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Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

kykyuen — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:31:51 GMT

Anyone tried to downgrade their current plan >$35/month to the promotional $30/month plan?
Will the $35/month black friday plan then show up afterwards? Thanks.

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

slusagm — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:32:52 GMT

i honestly don't think this trick will work. Or even if it works, you might not see the plans you want on the same day. You might have to wait a day or longer

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

eddieO — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:35:35 GMT

@kykyuen a lot of this strategy will have to do with timing. If you select the Change Now option then you forfeit any remaining days left that you paid for and there is typically no refund for that so most people will choose Change on renewal option but then you have to wait till that date arrives so not sure if it will be in time for Black Friday deals for most folks but I'm also curious to know what becomes available

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

Handy1 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:35:48 GMT

@kykyuen I don’t know that anyone has tried it yet but I belive it would work and have suggested it as work around . And would be cheaper then porting out and back in to get that plan if support won’t help . So in that case I’d rather give them $30 a month instead of $36 if they don’t help me or give option to pay $35 MEX plan

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

AK32 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:37:06 GMT

If you see the plan offered to your account while logged in (browser or app) you can downgrade, but its a coin toss if they will offer you the black friday plan you want. Typically, they will only help you upgrade your plan (that is, to a higher monthly rate). So id say if you can change to a lower priced plan, they would be more willing to help you upgrade to one that is more per month. But they wont help you downgrade, you can only do that if you see it offered to your account specifically.

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

eddieO — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:38:45 GMT

to @Handy1 's point, I would not be surprised if we see the Mexico plans become part of the stable since Freedom appears to have kept their's all year. If that's the case we should have more time to be able to eventually switch to one of these plans even if we have to change to a lesser plan in the mean time

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

kykyuen — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:39:44 GMT

My plan is actually $40/mo, so I was thinking if I spend $30 to switch immediately, then I may be able to see the $35 black friday plan. In the long run, I'd be able to save money and get a better plan for wasting $30 now.

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

slusagm — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:41:51 GMT

the Black Friday deals could stay as Boxing day deals, so, you could still see them next month

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

kykyuen — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:42:29 GMT

And for your info, the CS_Agent told me the following - so there's a lot of maybes - that's why I want to see if anyone actually tried it 🙂

Regarding your question regarding the changes:

You must be aware that if you process changes in your account and select the option "Change now" you will be charged the full cost of the new plan and there won't be any refund or credit for the unused days of your cycle. This means if you go a head and change to $30+taxes plan you will pay the $30+taxes and there won't be any refund or credit. Later, there could be the possibility that the $35+taxes plan show or you need to wait 24 hours so the information in the account can be updated so you can log in and look for this plan.

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

will13am — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:42:40 GMT

Judging by the how price downgrades are generally not allowed, I think it is a safe bet to get the $30/20GB CAN-US plan which seems to be a bit of an exception. On the next plan cycle that should open up access to all plans costing more than $30. I don't have a working crystal ball to see into the future, I am pretty confident that boxing week is still a thing in Canada. Positioning an account with a $30 plan now going into boxing week won't lead to disappointment. I have put my money where my mouth is, my accounts with the $34 plan have been downgraded just in time for Christmas. 😂

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

makkahn28 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:43:46 GMT

Mine and my Mother's was the $34 Can-US 5G 50GB

When I found out on the New $35 Can-US-Mex(CUSMA) Or could be called(CAUSMEX) 5G 50GB, Checked in my Self-Serve, and it was available

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

kykyuen — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:44:51 GMT

Yeah, coz your plan is lower than the $35 Black Friday deal, so it would show for you. Lucky!

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

kykyuen — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:21:03 GMT

Okay I just tried it for the community lol.

It works. I'm able to see the $35/mo black friday plan immediately afterwards.

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

Handy1 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:28:48 GMT

@kykyuen Your an amazing community member for sharing this info , I knew in my heart it would work and why I have been suggesting it to those that didn’t see it in there accounts . Just makes sense it would work .thanks again you rock 🤘

adding now just schedule the plan change to the $35 Mex plan for next renewal if you still want it but I think the $30 plan worth keeping anyways if you don’t need more then 20GB of data and for the extra $60 a year you save your stil covered for the U.S. use you would need to visit MEX 4X or more a year with add on to make going for the MEX plan worth it at that point

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

kykyuen — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:29:16 GMT

Yeah I'm just keeping the $30 plan for the month, and have scheduled the $35/mo for next renewal period 🙂

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

kykyuen — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:33:27 GMT

Oh and the $30/mo promotion plan I see in my account is 4G, that's why I will need to switch it back to the $35/mo black friday deal so I get 5G back.

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

Handy1 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:41:41 GMT

@kykyuen Yes the data speed would be my primary reason for wanting to switch back also not so much the MEX part of things even though it’s nice to have I value data and speed and price over everything else

Adding @kykyuen I’m in the 60GB $34 plan and see the $35 MEX plan but considering the $30 plan just to save $4 a month just because of how hard it is to downgrade plan price these days and future proof myself from loss of potential friend refferals going forward

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

kykyuen — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:42:28 GMT

I had my $40/mo plan with 70GB data for a long time, and I rarely go over 10GB/mo.
So if you don't mind 4G, the $30/mo option is great. I'm actually surprise they offered it since it's a downgrade of plan which Public Mobile dislikes.

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

slusagm — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:44:52 GMT

@kykyuen when you are at $30 plan now, what other plan options you see?

Re: Anyone tried downgrading their plan to see if they see the $35 Black Friday Deal?

kykyuen — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:51:43 GMT

All plans that are above $30/mo:

$35 - ca/us/mex - (5g) 50GB
$45 - ca/us/mex - (5g) 75GB
$55 - ca/us/mex - (5g) 100GB
$36 - ca/us (5g) 50GB
$30 - ca/us (4g) 20GB
$40 - ca/us (5g) 60GB