How can I pre pay my utility bills

We travel a great deal and paying my utility bills on time is a problem.

A friend told me he simply went to TelMex and CFE and pre loaded a few thousand pesos in his account and they pay his bills when they come due and subtract the proper amount.

I have also been told that if I open a Bancomer account they will do the same thing but I do not wish to associate with Bancomer for various reasons.

So... has anyone done the pre load at TelMex and CFE and, if so how did you do it ??

Thanks

Just open an bank account in Mexico with ay bank and bank on line..

I have over paid both those utilities at some time and the extra value is applied to the next bill(s).

The only thing I prepay is the water because they give discounts otherwise I pay when it is due.. no prepaying without discount for me.

For CFE I just go to the kiosk/machine in front of the CFE office in Chapala. I use a previous bill to scan the barcode and then add a little bit over the highest bill I have received just to be safe. It gets applied to the next bill and any overage gets carried forward as a credit. Very easy and works like a charm.

I haven't needed to do that with Telmex but I would imagine you could go to the office and do the same thing.

REC wrote:For CFE I just go to the kiosk/machine in front of the CFE office in Chapala. I use a previous bill to scan the barcode and then add a little bit over the highest bill I have received just to be safe. It gets applied to the next bill and any overage gets carried forward as a credit. Very easy and works like a charm.

I haven't needed to do that with Telmex but I would imagine you could go to the office and do the same thing.

I pay my bill at Walmart and they take the bar code when I pay. I could , however download a previous bill on my computer with the bar code if that would work.

Thanks