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PSA: You Can Now Convert Sprint SERO Plans to $30 SWAC plans

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Last Edited by jupiterman April 6, 2019 at 02:05 PM
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Update: The premium plan is now $45 before autopay discount, but no longer includes Uber credits. For those that don't use Uber, but pay for Amazon Prime, that now makes this plan the best deal.

Update: You can dial *2 from your Sprint phone to have your account converted. https://community.sprint.com/t5/E...swAdDfoPeA



Convert Sprint SERO plan to $30 SWAC plan
Anyone who is still on SERO can now convert their plan to the $30 or $50 $40 SWAC (Sprint Wireless Advantage Club) plans at this link:

http://www.sprint.com/swacconversion

Plan details

Advantage Unlimited Plus
$30/mo. with autopay
$35/mo. without autopay
Unlimited talk, text, and data
Tidal Premium and Hulu
50GB hotspot
Unlimited Talk. Text. and10GB LTE data in Canada and Mexico
HD video streams at up to 1080p, music at up to 1.5mbps , gaming
streams at up to 8mbps. Data deprioritization during congestion. MHS,
P2P and VPN reduced to 3G speeds after 50GB/mo.

Advantage Unlimited Premium
$40/mo. with autopay
$45/mo. without autopay
Unlimited talk, text, and data
Amazon Prime, Hulu and TIDAL Premium,
Lookout Premium Plus
100GB hotspot
Unlimited Talk,Text, and 4G LTE data in Canada and Mexico
Data deprioritization during congestion.MHS,
P2P and VPN reduced to 3G speeds after
100GB/mo.

Additional Benefits
Waived upgrade fee.
Waived activation fee
Nationwide long distance. Call waiting. Three-way calling.
CallerID
Global Roaming in over 185 Worldwide Destinations
25% discount onaccessories

Community Wiki

Last Edited by Schooby April 5, 2019 at 09:37 AM
Sprint reached out and tells us that the link in the OP is outdated and this one https://community.sprint.com/t5/E...-p/1033393 is the newer, corrected one.
I didn't want to edit the OP but if the OP wanted to edit to have this link.. that would be great.
~Schooby
Community Manager


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Note: Sprint stated they were in the process of of migrating all SERO accounts to SWAC, so you can either initiate the move yourself if you wish, or wait until they eventually get to your account.

Here is the dedicated customer service email. [email protected]
When I last used it, they took a full day to reply, but did so personably and thoroughly.

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> bubble2 299 Posts
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veritati
02-07-2020 at 12:11 PM.
02-07-2020 at 12:11 PM.
Hello XXXXX

Thank you for contacting Sprint. We received your request to move your
SERO account number xxxxxxxxx to the Advantage Club program.

Upon reviewing the account I am showing that your account does not
qualify to be migrated over to the Advantage Club program. In order to
qualify for migration, the current account type should be SERO. This
account is currently an individual liable account.

If you still wish to move forward with converting the account we are
able to do so, however we would need an active employee to sponsor the
account. If you have an active employee in mind, please provide their
name and we can move forward with the migration.

Please understand that our pricing plans are consistently reviewed to
promote customer satisfaction. If you wish to see what is currently
available for individual liable accounts please feel free to visit us
online at www.sprint.com.

Let us know if you have any further questions by contacting us at one of
the below customer service paths:

You can dial *3 for bill payment and *4 for account usage and balance
questions. These services are free and can be accessed from any Sprint
device.

Call: (800) 927-2199 to speak to a customer service representative.

We appreciate your business with Sprint.

Thank you,
Phillip E.

***********************************

Has this happened to anyone here?

Apparently they converted my account to an individual account in 2017 without informing me and now cannot convert my SERO Premium 500 to SWAC. I still have SERO but they say it's not even though it is. I am very confused.

***********************************

Hello XXXXX


It is account xxxxxxxxx,which has the SERO Premium 500 plan but the
account type is an Individual/Individual and not a swac account.To
convert the account to a swac we would need an active sprint employee
to
sponsor the account.

Thank you,
Phillip E.

***********************************

Hello XXXXX

I understand your frustration.

I took some time to review your account thoroughly and found that back
on 12/24/2017 your corporate ID SERO was removed and converted to an
individual account type. Your account has been this type since then.

We always encourage our customers to review their monthly billings in
order to address any discrepancies at that time.

The SERO type account is an expired account type and is no longer
available to our customers.

At this time, your account would require being sponsored by an active
Sprint employee in order to be placed on a SWAC account.

I apologize for any inconvenience.


Thank you,
Phillip E.
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Last edited by veritati February 7, 2020 at 12:15 PM.
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> bubble2 877 Posts
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gunthonungo
02-12-2020 at 11:38 AM.
02-12-2020 at 11:38 AM.
Quote from veritati :
Hello XXXXX

Thank you for contacting Sprint. We received your request to move your
SERO account number xxxxxxxxx to the Advantage Club program.

Upon reviewing the account I am showing that your account does not
qualify to be migrated over to the Advantage Club program. In order to
qualify for migration, the current account type should be SERO. This
account is currently an individual liable account.

If you still wish to move forward with converting the account we are
able to do so, however we would need an active employee to sponsor the
account. If you have an active employee in mind, please provide their
name and we can move forward with the migration.

Please understand that our pricing plans are consistently reviewed to
promote customer satisfaction. If you wish to see what is currently
available for individual liable accounts please feel free to visit us
online at www.sprint.com.

Let us know if you have any further questions by contacting us at one of
the below customer service paths:

You can dial *3 for bill payment and *4 for account usage and balance
questions. These services are free and can be accessed from any Sprint
device.

Call: (800) 927-2199 to speak to a customer service representative.

We appreciate your business with Sprint.

Thank you,
Phillip E.

***********************************

Has this happened to anyone here?

Apparently they converted my account to an individual account in 2017 without informing me and now cannot convert my SERO Premium 500 to SWAC. I still have SERO but they say it's not even though it is. I am very confused.

***********************************

Hello XXXXX


It is account xxxxxxxxx,which has the SERO Premium 500 plan but the
account type is an Individual/Individual and not a swac account.To
convert the account to a swac we would need an active sprint employee
to
sponsor the account.

Thank you,
Phillip E.

***********************************

Hello XXXXX

I understand your frustration.

I took some time to review your account thoroughly and found that back
on 12/24/2017 your corporate ID SERO was removed and converted to an
individual account type. Your account has been this type since then.

We always encourage our customers to review their monthly billings in
order to address any discrepancies at that time.

The SERO type account is an expired account type and is no longer
available to our customers.

At this time, your account would require being sponsored by an active
Sprint employee in order to be placed on a SWAC account.

I apologize for any inconvenience.


Thank you,
Phillip E.
Contact office of the president or ceo?
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> bubble2 299 Posts
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veritati
02-13-2020 at 09:04 AM.
02-13-2020 at 09:04 AM.
Quote from gunthonungo :
Contact office of the president or ceo?
Was going back and forth with them, then asked to escalate it. Someone finally stepped in yesterday and converted both of my lines to SWAC, effective at new billing cycle, although I don't know if there are different levels of SWAC like the first guy was trying to tell me, i.e. that there is individual liability rather than straight employee referral classification. I don't really care as long as the plans and services are the same and there's no term limit on it. Don't know what's gonna happen with the merger with T-Mobile though. Sprint is CDMA and T-Mobile is GSM so I wonder what they're gonna do

This is the e-mail that they use to correspond with me after I requested SERO to SWAC conversion: [email protected]
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> bubble2 2,179 Posts
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sixthday
02-13-2020 at 09:14 AM.
02-13-2020 at 09:14 AM.
Quote from preston411 :
Anyone afraid that the SWAC program will get discontinued like a year or so into it?? No reverting back to SERO. Forced to get a "regular" Sprint plan??
Yes. It will. So the better way is to keep the SERO I think.
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> bubble2 15,992 Posts
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desi_babu_2010
02-13-2020 at 10:22 AM.
02-13-2020 at 10:22 AM.
Quote from sixthday :
Yes. It will. So the better way is to keep the SERO I think.
logic is flawed.

they can stop either / both programs.
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> bubble2 1,050 Posts
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hosic
02-14-2020 at 08:55 AM.
02-14-2020 at 08:55 AM.
Quick question, going to attempt
This but wanted to ask, are you able to sign up with prime on an existing prime plan? Long time prime customer and hate to lose my history/etc by opening a brand new account
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> bubble2 2,046 Posts
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NowItsTime
02-14-2020 at 10:21 AM.
02-14-2020 at 10:21 AM.
Can anyone provide me with a SWAC referral?
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Huzordaddy
02-14-2020 at 12:35 PM.
02-14-2020 at 12:35 PM.
According to the terms in the SWAC paperwork, I can only upgrade my phone directly through Sprint.com or at a corporate store. Has anyone been able to buy a cheaper phone at another retailer like Best Buy or CostCo and upgrade their SWAC account?
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> bubble2 2,179 Posts
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sixthday
02-14-2020 at 12:39 PM.
02-14-2020 at 12:39 PM.
Quote from Huzordaddy :
According to the terms in the SWAC paperwork, I can only upgrade my phone directly through Sprint.com or at a corporate store. Has anyone been able to buy a cheaper phone at another retailer like Best Buy or CostCo and upgrade their SWAC account?
Yes. You can. But you need to pay full price. You wont get the upgrade discount from Best Buy or Costco.
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> bubble2 7,341 Posts
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ready2rumble
02-14-2020 at 12:45 PM.
02-14-2020 at 12:45 PM.
Quote from Huzordaddy :
According to the terms in the SWAC paperwork, I can only upgrade my phone directly through Sprint.com or at a corporate store. Has anyone been able to buy a cheaper phone at another retailer like Best Buy or CostCo and upgrade their SWAC account?
This was true for SERO, as well. I was never able to purchase my phone when on SERO (for the 11 years or so that I had it) outside of Sprint corporate stores, or sprint.com. Same issue with SWAC. I can only buy from Sprint. Either way, I could always BYOD if I wanted (which I did on several occasions when buying from samsung.com directly).
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ramblerFW
02-15-2020 at 05:30 AM.
02-15-2020 at 05:30 AM.
February 11, 2020 – T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced that after receiving a favorable decision in Federal Court in New York the companies are now taking final steps to complete their merger to create the New T-Mobile.

Hmmm....what will this mean for our plan......???
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> bubble2 14,302 Posts
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BalkiBartokomous
02-15-2020 at 10:11 AM.
02-15-2020 at 10:11 AM.
Quote from ramblerFW :
February 11, 2020 – T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced that after receiving a favorable decision in Federal Court in New York the companies are now taking final steps to complete their merger to create the New T-Mobile.

Hmmm....what will this mean for our plan......???
No one knows for sure. I don't think it means anything for at least 2 years while the new company gets an action plan together. Unless they come out of the gate swinging, I think they will ease into whatever changes they plan on making. In the end, they still need to compete with the other larger carriers so I'm sure they won't want to bleed customers (if we are even the least bit profitable for them).
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banzaiwolfe
02-15-2020 at 03:39 PM.
02-15-2020 at 03:39 PM.
Quote from hosic :
Quick question, going to attempt
This but wanted to ask, are you able to sign up with prime on an existing prime plan? Long time prime customer and hate to lose my history/etc by opening a brand new account
Yes. I had an active Prime account when I switched over to this plan and I was able to switch to Prime billing through Sprint. I also received a prorated refund on my current Prime subscription.
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BalkiBartokomous
02-22-2020 at 12:00 PM.
02-22-2020 at 12:00 PM.
Quote from ramblerFW :
February 11, 2020 – T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced that after receiving a favorable decision in Federal Court in New York the companies are now taking final steps to complete their merger to create the New T-Mobile.

Hmmm....what will this mean for our plan......???
T-Mobile and Sprint have both said they do not plan to raise prices for customers in the short term. In a statement [businesswire.com] on Tuesday, T-Mobile said it would deliver existing plans "at the same or better prices for three years."


We'll see if we're included in that statement or not.
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ahmed
07-17-2020 at 12:21 PM.
07-17-2020 at 12:21 PM.
Submitted the form on the 9th for both of our SERO lines and on the 13th received an email asking for the employee number..

Please send your 9 digit CID/Employee number of termed employee.

If you do not have it you can contact your HR Dept., they will gladly
provide it to you.

Did the chat and the rep told me they will automatically convert it to a consumer account if they dont receive the employee number. He told me he can create a case with corporate accounts. He told me there is no going back to sero.

Anyone else had this happen?
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Last edited by ahmed July 17, 2020 at 12:55 PM.
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