Subj : luckymobile, anyone?
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Wed Aug 07 2024 00:51:00

AA>Yep..  I was not even aware that was an option until I ventured
  >into the "Change Plan" section.  I was at $40/mo, 5GB, for a
  >long time.  Then I just happened to notice they were offering
  >75GB for the same 40$ monthly.  I decided to save money instead
  >and switched to the $29/mo plan at 25GB.

They still show the $29 for 20GB so it hasn't suffered too badly.

AA>You have to decide fast.  Aug 6 will introduce a new set of
  >"plans".

Hopefully I won't regret what I changed to after that, although it's
always easy enough to change your plan.

The plan I was working on went through as of the next billing period.
I wasn't quite sure what they do if you change your plan in the middle
of a billing month, if you lose money or get a credit and a new billing
date but I didn't mind waiting a couple of weeks and leaving the dates
as they were. I got an eMail from them saying it's now scheduled so it
all looks good.

RM> You asked something about Top Up Balances not getting used
RM> up. I'm not sure what you meant by that.

AA>What I mean is that with auto-topup (via credit card or
  >qualifying debit card) your existing and banked Lucky dollars
  >never get used for payment. The only way to force the system to
  >use any of your banked Lucky dollars is to disable auto-topup.

Okay, I see that. I have about $7.50 Lucky Dollars and I figured the
only way to use it was to buy some extras one month but I haven't had
a need for anything so far.

RM> they offer super deals to new customers,
RM> but not to us loyal long-time customers

AA>You can still come in as a new user, and add that account to
  >your existing login if you want.  Luckymobile doesn't seem to
  >care.

That just seems odd. You're either new or not, and if you add on the
account doesn't that leave you paying for 2 separate accounts, the bulk
of which is for the unlimited phone use so adding more of that is no use.

RM> I hate to change suppliers but another place with super
RM> plans these days is the NoName Mobile plans put out by
RM> Loblaws stores. I saw that on a NoFrills store flyer and
RM> checked it out online and the plans look really good

AA>I wasn't really aware that NoFrills had a NoName mobile
  >offering until few weeks ago. The pricing seems very close if
  >not identical.

Most of it is fairly close, although I saw it before seeing the new
offers from Lucky so it was a bit of a shock. I think on the lower
priced plans at NoName you get US calling included which I don't
think hits the cheaper plans at Lucky but I could jump from 10 gig
at $35 to 80 gig with US calling thrown in at Lucky for another $5
which is tempting at that price even if I'll probably never use the
extra data or the US calling..

One thing they said was being cut off as 'incompatible' was the
extra 2 gig I was getting on my old plan for having automatic top up.
Do you have that set up and did they give you something extra for
that on the new plan?
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