Newbie wondering how to pay the bills....

I recently got my CDL, and today was orientation in Phoenix. Because of the holiday, I'll be heading out with a mentor tomorrow if all goes well. I have one major concern at this point, which is how I will pay my bills during training. I'm told that I can only set up direct deposit from a terminal, and I have to wait at least 24 hours after my driver code is assigned to do so. We are getting coded tomorrow, so by the time I am able to set up direct deposit, I'll be off with my mentor.

They gave me a Comdata card, but as far as I know, I can't use it to pay bills. Sure, I can pull money out of the ATM, but unless I find a Chase bank or ATM, I have no way to get cash into my account. The only other thing I can think of is to buy a prepaid card and/or money orders, but a prepaid card won't work for anything except the phone bill, and it makes me nervous to make loan payments through the mail due to the tight timing....

Any other ideas? The whole Comdata thing is new to me, so I'm hoping there is an easy answer to this dilemma that I'm just not familiar with.

 

Thanks everyone. Jigsaw, I hadn't thought of that, I've used the apps to deposit checks before, but I didn't think you could use comchecks that way! Daddytrucker- didn't know about that either. Things are looking up!

Im hoping I have a cool mentor that will run me by a terminal, but with all the horror stories, I didn't want to count on it.

 

I agree. I was pretty disappointed when they said we wouldn't be able to set it up. I've been carrying my checkbook around with me since day one of academy waiting to do DD! Lol that gives me some hope, I'll try it out.