Cricket New Customers: 64GB Apple iPhone SE + 3-Mo. Prepaid Unltd Service Expired

There is a visual walkthrough at the end of this post. Read the instructions first. Most of the instructions is from previous Cricket deals. Please review before asking the same questions in the thread.


EXISTING Cricket Customers


Approach 1:

Note about this approach: This instructions is from a previous deal, I personally tried it and at the last step of merging two accounts after 2 months, the credits were messed up and I didn't get all of the credits from the new account. Do it at your own risk and see the second Approach further down that I personally used recently.

STEP 1
Create a new account to purchase the phone. You can self refer and both your existing and new accounts will each get $25

STEP 2
Before purchasing this device with the new email address, generate the $25 referral coupon from your existing cricket amount. (If you've reached your referral limit, can also search eBay for "cricket $25 referral code"- the FREE referral link is in the eBay item description there's no need to pay $0.99) REMEMBER sharing, advertising, or PMing referrals is a VIOLATION of SD rules!
Referrals can also be found on https://www.reddit.com/r/CricketW..._20200804/

Your referral code expires 30 days from generation- purchase and activate during this time period

STEP 3
IMMEDIATELY after activating your new phone, enter your unique referral code emailed to you in the "Everything's Better with Friends" section of the myCricket app or Cricket online website. After inputting referral code, you will see a 60-day countdown tracker in the "Everything's Better with Friends" on when your $25 credit is credited.

Downgrade immediately your plan to the $30 plan. You will get the full $30 prorated credit if you downgrade within the first day of activation.

STEP 4
After 2 months on the cricket plan, both your new and old accounts are credited each with the $25 referral. The $25 referral credit will apply on the 59th day and you will get a text notifying you of the credit. After the credit posts, 1 day before your third month is charged on your new account, call Cricket customer service to merge your new account with your old account ensuring your $25 credit from the new account is transferred/ merged with your old account and then cancel that additional line that was merged

Approach 2:

NOTE: I have personally done this approach but don't know if anybody else has tried it. So, do it at your own risk.

Purchase the phone and pay $180, immediately after activation downgrade your plan to the $30 plan. You will get the full $30 prorated credit if you downgrade within the first day of activation. Right after that merge your new account into your main account by chatting/calling Cricket customer service and during the process make sure that the $150 credits in your new account will be transferred to the main account. Finally, cancel the additional line. You will have the phone for $30 and will have $150 credits in your account.


NEW Cricket Customers


STEP 1
Before purchasing your free phone, secure a $25 referral coupon from the cricket referral program (Search eBay for "$25 cricket referral code"- the FREE referral link is in the eBay item description there's no need to pay $0.99) REMEMBER sharing, advertising, or PMing referrals is a VIOLATION of SD rules!.
Referrals can also be found on https://www.reddit.com/r/CricketW..._20200804/

Once a referral code is generated, it expires within 30 days.

If you get the error "Well that didn't work as expected!" when trying to claim a code, you need to find a new link as this person has already reached their refer limit. NOTE: I also had this "Well that didn't work as expected" error when using a VPN (Torguard) service. Turned it off and it worked fine.

STEP 2
IMMEDIATELY after activating your new phone, enter your unique referral code emailed to you in the "Everything's Better with Friends" section of the myCricket app or Cricket online website. After inputting the referral code, you will see a 60-day countdown tracker in the "Everything's Better with Friends" on when your $25 credit is credited.

Change your plan to the $30 plan. You will get the full $30 prorated credit if you downgrade within the first day of activation. You should now have 6 full months of service with the $180 you prepaid and just have to pay $5 more for an extra 7th month of service. The $25 referral credit will apply on the 59th day and you will get a text notifying you of the credit. After 6 months on Cricket, you can request your free cricket phone to be unlocked


Visual guide for the process to activate new Cricket phone accounts for anyone who is confused about the process:

New Cricket Phone Activation Walkthrough
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Extra $25 "bonus" discount

Several have reported that hovering over the close button (top right of browser window) can trigger a pop-up offering either $25 or $10 bonus for the purchase. This has been seen in the shopping cart window, as well as later in the checkout process.

Most success has been reported when shopping is executed in Edge's InPrivate or Chrome's Incognito web browser sessions.

Terms & Conditions
Limited time offer. Online only.
Requires new account. Excludes upgrades & AT&T ports. Must activate on min. $60/mo. voice-and-data plan. Pay first three months of $60/mo. plan service ($180 total) at point of sale, plus device taxes. $60 will be applied to first month service charge. Remaining $120 will be credited to your account and applied to second and third month service unless used on other eligible service or features. Credit will be lost if service is canceled. Credit is not redeemable for cash, has no cash value & is not transferable or refundable. One-time fees may apply. See cricketwireless.com/fees. Return: w/in 7 days. Up to $25 fee may apply. See cricketwireless.com/fees for details. Price with use of Mfg/Dist coupon automatically applied at checkout. By accepting Mfg/Dist coupon, customer agrees to pay all transactional tax due on item sold, including value of coupon where applicable. Limit: 2 phones per customer. General: May not be combinable with certain offers, discounts, or credits. New line pricing is available to customer once every 180 days. Phone may be restricted to Cricket network until completion of 6 months of service after activation. By activating/using svc, you agree to Cricket Terms of Service (cricketwireless.com/terms). Svc good for 30 days and is subject to Cricket network management policies, see cricketwireless.com/mobile broadband for details. Pricing, terms, & other restr's subject to change and may be modified or terminated at any time without notice. Coverage & svc not avail. everywhere. © 2021 Cricket Wireless LLC. All rights reserved.

Possible free year of Sams club, see https://sams.cricketwireless.com

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