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Select T-Mobile Accounts w/ Qualifying 2+ Line Plans: Get A New Line Expired

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T-Mobile.com offers Existing T-Mobile Customers on Eligible Plans with 2 Lines or More to add a New Line for Free.

Thanks to community member Jman100 for finding this deal.

What Do I Need To Do To Get This Offer?
  • This is a targeted offer from T-Mobile and is only open to select existing customers that meet the following requirement:
    • You must have a qualifying T-Mobile postpaid plan with 2 or more lines that falls under one of the following SOC Codes shown in this image (see instructions below on how to find your SOC code).
      • SOC (Service Order Code): The technical term used to describe plans and services that are added to customers' accounts within T-Mobile's billing systems.
    • If you are certain you qualify, login to your account below and:
    • Alternatively, you may call T-Mobile and a representative can assist you with adding your 3rd line.
      • If calling, promotion name is "2020 Line On Us 4".
Instructions to find your SOC code (thanks to Reddit user massiveprodigy):
  1. Using the Google Chrome web browser (desktop version), open the Developer tools panel on the right (Ctrl+Shift+I)
  2. Click on Network tab
  3. Click on XHR tab
  4. Log in my.t-Mobile.com and click Account at the top.
  5. In developer tools panel, choose manageaccount from the list on the left
  6. Account level promos will appear under accountDiscounts
  7. Line level features will appear under lines > # > addOns
  8. If there is a pending change, you can see exactly what it is by clicking productsPendingChange
  9. Rate plan appears under ratePlans
Can This Be Combined With Other Offers?
  • This deal CANNOT be combined with any of the following current T-Mobile promotional offers:
    • iPhone 12 "on us" (2020 Apple Trade Activate P3)
    • BOGO iPhone (2020 Apple Buy 2 P11)
    • Free Galaxy A71 5G with new line (2020 Samsung Activate P12)
    • Free OnePlus 8/8T+ 5G with new line (2020 OnePlus Activate P5)
    • Costco BYOD promos
    • TFB-exclusive promos
  • By participating in any of these offers above while using your new free line, you will forfeit the free line terms and will have to pay for that line.

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Edited December 20, 2020 at 03:25 PM by
Starting December 20th customers on an eligible plan with at least 2 paid lines can add a line for free.


Eligible SOC list: https://i.imgur.com/LZegl3r.jpg

Please note: There's a lot of misinformation and confusion around this promo. Inevitable when a promo like this happens half a month after an identical one just ended. Here are some critical nuggets of info:
  • The promo is called "2020 Line On Us 4"
  • It is fully stackable with "2020 Line On Us 3"
  • Internal docs mention a scenario where it isn't stackable. It is referring to "third line free" promos and only to accounts opened on the 20th or later. This appears to be causing confusion.
  • The promo seems to be showing on accounts as line on us 3 (double if you already had it). It's a known issue and being worked on. Will not affect eligibility.

Offer now available. Some reps are not yet aware of the promo's existence, so please be patient with them. You can also add the line as normal online and the promo will automatically apply within a bill cycle.

Ineligible stackable promos:
  • iPhone 12 "on us" (2020 Apple Trade Activate P3)
  • BOGO iPhone (2020 Apple Buy 2 P11)
  • Free Galaxy A71 5G with new line (2020 Samsung Activate P12)
  • Free OnePlus 8/8T+ 5G with new line (2020 OnePlus Activate P5)
  • Costco BYOD promos
  • TFB-exclusive promos

(PS: check this post here https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/..._your_soc/ to get a Chrome or Firefox extension that will make finding your SOC easy, or see the guide here https://reddit.com/r/tmobile/comm...soc_codes/ to find it manually)

Disclaimer: This is info based on leaked documents, and is subject to change. Any noticed changes will be added to this post when learned.

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Last Edited by HurricaneAlley January 6, 2021 at 09:05 PM
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Promotion ENDED 12/31/2020
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Free Line CAN be stacked with these New Line offers
1) iPhone SE 50% off
2) REVVL 50% off
3) Pixel 4a 5G 50% off
4) Costco Free A11 + $100 for new Lines ( NOT BYOD)

(Not 100% if works, but not listed on Ineligible list)
5) S20FE BOGO Free
6) Samsung BOGO $1000 off or Costco $810 off


20% Hookup codes:

EMPFNBM = Tmo 1 for older plans
NTMEMP20= New TMO Insider Voice 20% for Magenta

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PSA: COSTCO BYOD IS NOT STACKABLE!
They specifically call this out in the docs this time.

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Browser extensions to find your SOC easier
Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstor...ldjhocmmpl
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/...mo-helper/

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t-mobile soc:
1. How to find:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/...soc_codes/
2. List of soc codes:
https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...1340439917


If your promo isn't working under your account properly try this (worked for me):
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=143239985&postcount=899


Still on TMO ONE All In Promo plan (FRLTUL2LP) which is never eligible for free lines?

This is a great (grandfathered) plan as it gives you 2 lines for $100 or $80 after 2GB data limit kickback on the 2 lines (or even less if you have the plan with T-Mobile employee hookup code). Plus with the additional promotion you get HD streaming, 10GB full speed hotspot and twice the international data speed (256kbs instead of 128kbs).

BUT... this account only supports 3 lines and unless you got the one free line they offered once under this plan you never got and will never get a free line with the plan.

But if the plan works out for you can move to another T-Mobile One plan (FRLTULF2) which cost a little bit more (2 lines for $120 or $100 after kickbacks) but you will be eligible for the free line and hopefully for additional free lines in the future (the plan supports up to 8 lines in total). The reps are also be able to move the kickback and ONE Plus promotion to the new plan. They might not do it immediately for the new free line but this is also possible and might need another try.
Plus the new plan includes $10.99 Netflix Standard HD account contribution which also needs to be factored in as a bonus.

If you want to get out of that hole and make the change here is my conversation regarding the plan change with T-Force on Twitter:
https://slickdeals.net/f/14713250-t-mobile-customers-add-a-line-for-free-starting-december-20th?p=144023981#post144023981

Then I called 611 at night and asked the overseas team to also add the promo add-ons to new free line so that all lines on the account have the ONE Plus promo (no kickback on the free line of course):
https://slickdeals.net/f/14713250-t-mobile-customers-add-a-line-for-free-starting-december-20th?p=144031265#post144031265

Summary of the process and overview of changes:
https://slickdeals.net/f/14713250-t-mobile-customers-add-a-line-for-free-starting-december-20th?p=144039584#post144039584

As I wrote it needs some time and the right reps to make it happen as I struggled with reps in the past to switch to a different T-Mobile One plan and not ending up with a Magenta plan and losing the kickback and One Plus promotion.
Good luck!

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Regarding costs to add new line

If you add the line via the website, youll pay $10 for the SIM card to be shipped to you.
If you add the line via a phone call, youll pay the $10 SIM card charge and also $20 for assisted set-up. It is relatively easy to get both of these comped.
If you have a spare sim-card or eSIM, you can use that instead of paying $10 for a new one (bear in mind that it may not be able to do SA 5G). You will need to call since the website does not allow re-use of old cards. (You can also do this via online chat support lines like in-app chat and t-force on twitter)
Expired cards do work, but you have to request a replacement. Again, no SA 5G.
If you have a Costco near you, they will give you the sim card and activate for you for free. You also may get the YMMV $100 cash card (but so far the jury is out if it actually will go through)


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Do I need another free line? Nope. Will I get another free line? Yup.
My plan is never eligible Frown
Thank you for posting this and thanks to T-mobile, too

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aznlilchino103
01-11-2021 at 04:53 PM.
01-11-2021 at 04:53 PM.
Anyone had their promos stick?
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rastatech
01-12-2021 at 12:46 AM.
01-12-2021 at 12:46 AM.
Quote from KingUltra View quoted comment :
LOL !! @ "5.5 million net postpaid phone additions" .
An earlier release I saw they talked about 5.5 million New Customers.

I guess they fixed that very quick as "New Line =/= New Customer"
Quote from haijose View quoted comment :
Why T-Mobile stock is up 70%
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wh...05212.html [yahoo.com]

T-Mobile said Thursday evening it delivered a record 5.5 million net postpaid phone additions in 2020. A total of 1.6 million of those additions came in the fourth quarter ...
Come on TMUS, it's 2021... Let's pump-up Q1 and start the new year right with the first free line offer of the year... Big Grin
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Last edited by CalmSoda260 January 12, 2021 at 01:16 AM.
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rastatech
01-12-2021 at 12:56 AM.
01-12-2021 at 12:56 AM.
Quote from mrsdealchecker View quoted comment :
Thanks for sharing..
Any one had luck adding these on? Any strategy to follow?
I asked at least 2-3 times over the last 2 years or so to add the insider hookup but no success yet. The reps I got all claimed they could not do it.
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rastatech
01-12-2021 at 01:16 AM.
01-12-2021 at 01:16 AM.
BTW, anyone waiting for USPS...

Mailed trade-in phones December 30th and they did not even show in the USPS tracking system ( waiting for item to get on the network) until January 10th when the item was almost at the destination. Trust me, I checked USPS every day for the tracking number... I was already angry at myself for not getting the receipt at the postal office and just dropping it off and then it sows up in the system 10 days later. Everything is super delayed there. Let's see how long processing takes at Assurion. I read 3-4 weeks here earlier in the forum...
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KingUltra
01-12-2021 at 01:36 AM.
01-12-2021 at 01:36 AM.
Quote from CalmSoda260 View quoted comment :
BTW, anyone waiting for USPS...

Mailed trade-in phones December 30th and they did not even show in the USPS tracking system ( waiting for item to get on the network) until January 10th when the item was almost at the destination. Trust me, I checked USPS every day for the tracking number... I was already angry at myself for not getting the receipt at the postal office and just dropping it off and then it sows up in the system 10 days later. Everything is super delayed there. Let's see how long processing takes at Assurion. I read 3-4 weeks here earlier in the forum...
I almost got a heart attack from the stress when I dropped off a $350 Trade in for google. Just like your package, it took about 10 days to show up on the tracking. They are so back up, that they are not even bothering to scan the packages.

FYI, the Trade in that T-Mobile received on Dec 28 are still pending.
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Telemachus
01-12-2021 at 06:38 AM.
01-12-2021 at 06:38 AM.
What is the concern with the trade-in phones?

As long as I get my credits they can take as long as they want...

How do you check it?

"Trade-in Status" under accounts just takes me to an empty orders page.
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Last edited by Telemachus January 12, 2021 at 06:42 AM.
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mrsdealchecker
01-12-2021 at 01:08 PM.
01-12-2021 at 01:08 PM.
long shot... byt, any one know (through their contacts maybe ) when another free line promo might come again?
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ZFold6ix
01-12-2021 at 05:51 PM.
01-12-2021 at 05:51 PM.
Quote from supernoman View quoted comment :
My two recent line additions show up as 2020 Line on Us 3. I didn't know I could get LOU3 twice. I would have gotten another free line if LOU4 could have also been added.
How long did it take to show up on your account?
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supernoman
01-12-2021 at 06:15 PM.
01-12-2021 at 06:15 PM.
Quote from MrDivaNYC View quoted comment :
How long did it take to show up on your account?
Tmo cleared it up on Jan 4th. Now my account has LOU3 and LOU4.
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Evan55
01-12-2021 at 07:14 PM.
01-12-2021 at 07:14 PM.
Quote from mrsdealchecker View quoted comment :
long shot... byt, any one know (through their contacts maybe ) when another free line promo might come again?

Friday
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Telemachus
01-12-2021 at 08:23 PM.
01-12-2021 at 08:23 PM.
Wouldn't that be cool
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MeMyBoba
01-13-2021 at 09:44 AM.
01-13-2021 at 09:44 AM.
Bill was generated today. Promos stuck but I didnt do anything crazy. Shows as LOU4.

Curious for those with One Plus Promo, does your cellular plan show as One Plus Promo or does it show as HD Video? On main line shows as OPP, but other lines showing as HD Video
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pricehunter
01-13-2021 at 12:22 PM.
01-13-2021 at 12:22 PM.
Quote from InFor3 View quoted comment :
That's what happened to me until someone said t-mobile replaced for free. All you have to do is contact tmobile and tell them your purchased unactivated sim cards are expired and ask them to replace them.
Not sure how to rep you for Redbox code, thank you
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GreenCreature437
01-13-2021 at 10:32 PM.
01-13-2021 at 10:32 PM.
Quote from MeMyBoba View quoted comment :
Bill was generated today. Promos stuck but I didnt do anything crazy. Shows as LOU4.

Curious for those with One Plus Promo, does your cellular plan show as One Plus Promo or does it show as HD Video? On main line shows as OPP, but other lines showing as HD Video

When HD Video is enabled for the line it shows that.
If you don't have it enabled on the line (e.g. to save data for kickback) it will just show ONE Plus Promo).
That's how it is here at least.
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aboyz
01-13-2021 at 10:39 PM.
01-13-2021 at 10:39 PM.
anyone know a trick for kickback not to go over 2GB so I can get my kickback for each line.. currently have two line with kickback? any trick or things to do? since i'm at home mostly can i set it not to use my 4G?
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