There are new data points from 9/14/23 on which seem to indicate that the BYOP SIM trick below no longer works. (i.e. Even though the deal is still available to people who have been Fi members for a while, someone who just activated a BYOP SIM won't see the instant discount and only see the 24-month credit offer). Therefore, I'm crossing out the info about the BYOP SIM trick.
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* Added on 8/1/2023 by hpham_53: It's still 3-4 months away until people doing this deal will be close to completing their promotion. But I'll go ahead and add the info below on how to verify that your promotion was Earned, and how to Cancel/Pause Fi service after that.
* How to Verify that your S23 promo was Earned:
There's a countdown in your Billing-->Fi Savings-->In Progress that shows how many more days your Fi service has to remain active. The countdown will never say zero day. On the 120th day, it will stay at "1 more day". On the morning of the 121st day, the countdown should say "Stayed (past tense) active on Fi for 120 days in a row". Then later in the day, the In Progress column disappears, and the promo discount gets moved to the Earned column. At that time or later, it's safe to Cancel or Pause your Fi service.
You can use this Date Calculator: https://www.timeanddate
Enter your activation date as the Start Date, select Add 121 days and it'll show the date when it's safe to cancel/pause your Fi service.
* How to Cancel your Fi service:
In your Fi account, click on Account-->Your Plan, scroll down until you see "Leave Google Fi". Click on that and follow the on-screen instructions. You'll have the options to Let Go your Fi phone number, or Transfer To Another Provider. (There used to be an option to port it back to Google Voice, but I think it's no longer available). If you choose to let go your Fi number, your Fi service will be cancelled IMMEDIATELY. If you choose to port out, your Fi service will remain active until your Fi number has been ported out to another provider.
* How to Pause your Fi service;
In your Fi account, click on Account-->Your Plan, scroll down until you see "Pause Service". Click on that and follow the on-screen instructions. Your Fi service will be paused and Automatically Resumed after 90 days, unless you cancel it before 90 days are up. Once it's Resumed, you can leave it Active, or Cancel it, or Pause again (I don't know how many times you can Pause). If you have a lot of remaining referral Fi credit (which is not refundable), you can choose Pause instead of Cancel to wait and see if there will be new Fi promotions in the future to use up your Fi credit.
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Chances this will work? Chances this will mess up my s23 deal?
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Also we're you at any time a previous member of Google Fi .
It's a bit hard to believe that just now google Fi changed its policies . If it was they have known this trick for years now and I highly suspect Google has moved in to stop it now
Another point of contention could be that the offer date change (10th September to 20th September ) somehow messed up with showing the promo code to you as you were in middle of the process then .
Also I would not rely on any tech support as I have had pretty bad experiences all around even across the best of the brands.
The latest one is a friend whose Z Flip 5 preorder was auto cancelled by Samsung on the last day of preorder and they promised they would be giving a price match across all channels and now rejecting the same saying the order had a preorder code involved .
Tldr : Share the exact chronology of events with the dates and whether in the past at any time were you a Fi member ignore the tech support who also work on permutations and combinations like us
Basically google took the offer away somehow for new members.
If I would have just bought it on the 11th when I first got the sim and saw the offer I would have the phone in hand right now, but since basically I waited 3 days for my 3rd day of the billing cycle and google deleted the offer, looks like I'm out of luck.
Chances this will work? Chances this will mess up my s23 deal?
Maybe someone who uses a group plan can offer some details or you can ask Fi support.
Maybe someone who uses a group plan can offer some details or you can ask Fi support.
https://fi.google.com/about/promo...-eBZxpAAYA
I don't see anything in the terms that would suggest it wouldn't work.
I chatted with two people from google fi who said I could use the promo twice, one for me and one for her.
I added my spouse to my account and ordered the s23 for $400 off. Let's roll the dice, hopefully it works.
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I added my spouse to my account and ordered the s23 for $400 off. Let's roll the dice, hopefully it works.
1. Does your spouse have her own Google account? I assume yes.
2. Does your spouse have her own Fi account? I assume she signed up today with the BYOP SIM.
3. When you order the phone for your spouse, how did you indicate that it was for her and not for you? Did you somehow tie it to her Fi phone number?
4. Is the order charged to your payment method or hers?
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