The "Pioneers" should receive a FREE Smartphone for being loyal customers; sticking with Public Mobile (Nothing extraordinary like the new iPhones and Samsungs)
@Rambo - sure. But if you're willing to go on a 90-day plan you can actually save a significant chunk over what you're currently paying. And even more so over what you'll be paying once the price goes up. But if you don't want to go on a 90-day plan, then obviously you're better off staying on your current plan. The only reason I even mentioned that at all, is because you brought up 90-day plans at $120.
@Rambo the lower data plans are less of a discount but they are a discount nontheless
You have the old $40 Canada plan with 1GB data with $3 price increase = $43
As has been mentioned, current inmarket pricing is 90 days $126 with 3GB data (although I would suggest upgrading to $135 for 6GB is a far better value but I digress)
The 90 day plan is better because it offers more flexibility in data use (your current plan, once you hit 1GB is over; the 90 day plans can actually exceed if needed)
$126 / 3 = $42
So right off the bat, even if you do nothing at all, the new plan is $1 per month cheaper than old plan, plus has better data use
Now as mentioned, you can qualify for rewards (autopay, loyalty & community are easiest)
Less price, more rewards, better data use
Oh and this has been mentioned many times but just in case....
If you prefer to pay monthly or buy vouchers go ahead
You can manually top up your account every month, same as you do now
@kav2001c - Rambo actually would be paying $40 a month (at most) because they are on a grandfathered plan, so have to have been with PM for at *least* 2 years. So they'd be saving a guaranteed $3 a month once the new prices kick in.
@kav2001c really? I thought I read in a couple places on the forums that pioneers would be eligible for loyalty credits once they switched over to a reward eligible plan.
@WearySky they are. Maybe we discussing two different issues or I misread your first post.
The official word is this:
If you change from an old plan to a new plan, you will start to accumulate loyalty rewards from the date of change
You are not supposed to get retroactive credits for the years you spent on the legacy plan
So in OPs case, next year he would get a $1 credit
In practise there have been some people who switched over, and suddenly saw $2 or $3 credits
Based on terms this is a bug, but I never got anyone to comment officially on this
(I suspect they don't want to promise credits because some accounts are so old they can not do a simple price plan change, eg in my case they created a whole new account for me)
