@marcnoel wrote:
Just in case there hasn't been enough said about this.
One of the effects (side-effects?) of the Rewards-to-Points switch advisory coming with almost two months' notice is that it gives one time to think about the best course of action.
Points were introduced in January of 2022, so, anyone that joined after that started out with Points. Those people are unaffected by the switch, and some of us may have referrals that started after the Points switch, so they have no reason to leave (regarding this particular subject). Also, I find it hard to believe that NO-ONE started after the switch, because they didn't like that change.
Separately, I have gotten the impression that some people think they can leave PM, and take their rewards/discounts with them to another carrier. For example, if you are on a $ 34.00 PM plan now, and get $ 20.00/month in Rewards, you're paying $ 14.00/month. Do you really expect to jump ship, and go to Koodo, Freedom, etc., and get the same plan for $ 14.00? We all had to earn loyalty over time - five years to get $ 5.00 off per month. Most likely, a person would try a new carrier for a while, to see if it's worth recommending someone to join, so it would take some time to get referrals. You can TRY to switch, and get all your referrals to follow you immediately, but, if you all encounter problems with the new carrier, because you didn't wait to see how things went first, the referrals might not thank you.
I would prefer us to not lose $ 107.20 year in AutoPay and Loyalty discounts, but, it's still cheaper to stay put.
That depends on your PM plan, where you are, what device you are using.
And I don't think that the comparisons are to the PM plans minus current rewards. Since we'll all be paying full price as of May (points have to be accumulated and manually redeemed once you have a minimum of $15), we are comparing full price at PM with full price at competitor X for the same or better offerings.
Lets say unlimited talk and text plus 1GB of data... Full price at PM as of May: 12*$25=$300. Compare with Freedom yearly prepaid: $119/15GB/year. That is potential of $181 savings per year. (Yes, that is based on the assumption that you live in Freedom's native coverage. Things are, unfortunately, different for people in rural settings and in the Maritimes.)
Of course, people on the $34/50GB/Can-US plan will have a harder time to find an equal plan at the same / better price somewhere else, so it likely makes sense for them to stay at PM.
If one doesn't have friends on the target provider in the same area that can share their experience, get a prepaid SIM for a month and compare to PM side by side. If all works out and you want to change to the other provider, contact that provider to help you porting your number from PM at around 4 days before the May renewal?
