@Abta
There are no specific student benefits offered by public mobile but they do give you the opportunity to take advantage of the rewards program to lower your bill. While the points rewards do not directly get applied to your bill like the old $$ rewards program you can get them to pay your phone bill every month if you work at it a little and as a student you have captive audience of your fellow students many of whom are discovering the real cost of their cell phone bill for the first time.
If you joined public mobile after July 13th you are earning 3×back in get back points on your purchases for the first 12 months. If you can afford save up your points for the first year to take advantage of the extra earning potential. When you have a little extra time spend it here in the community asking questions and learning about pm so you can learn not only how to manage your service and account but be able to explain to your fellow students how it works, the latest promotions and bonus referral credits.
Community rewards will get you started with an hour or two a week earning a point or two a month ($1 to $2) and if you are a quick study and enjoy helping others 5 points ($5) a month can be achieved. If you are earning 5 points then you should be able to start referring new customers by learning which students need to make their dollars stretch. Once you start getting referrals these will collect points every month even better try to refer them during bonus referral promotions so that you get $25 credits ($5×5 months) while you build up your list (points program participants must record and track their referrals on their own or put blind trust in pm to reward points accordingly). Try and aim for 1 referral a month over your first year with public mobile.
Over your first 12 months you can possibly earn:
- 15pts - Anniversary points (5 welcome points+10 points on your 12 month anniversary)
- 27pts - 3×Get back points (2.25 points based on the $15 plan)
- 30pts - Give back (Community) points (1pt×3 months+2pts×6 months+5pts×3 months)
- 88pts - Refer-a-friend points (1 new referral per month for 12 months)
- 145pts after 12 months (145 pts÷15=9/$15 bill credits+10pts leftover....almost a free year!) With no new referrals the second year would earn 12pts×12months=144pts+10pts (leftover)+10pts (anniversary)=164pts - 45pts (last 3 months using bill $15 credits)=119points+community points?
Just 3 more referrals and the $15 plan is free and any other points earned are a bonus!
