Just found this offer on my freedom card. Their cheapest plan is $20, so this will make a free plan for the first month. A certain cashback site also has $20 back, so you can combined them to make this a money maker.
Offer details
Earn $20 back on your first payment of a Consumer Cellular plan, when you spend $20 or more. Consumer Cellular offers the same coverage as the nation's largest premium carriers—with 5G coverage for free.
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ffer expires 10/31/2023. Offer valid on first payment only. Payment must be made directly with the merchant. Offer not valid on third-party services. For plan cost and to cancel plan, please visit merchant website for details.
https://www.chase.com/personal/merchant-offers
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Offer details
Earn $20 back on your first payment of a Consumer Cellular plan, when you spend $20 or more. Consumer Cellular offers the same coverage as the nation's largest premium carriers—with 5G coverage for free.
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ffer expires 10/31/2023. Offer valid on first payment only. Payment must be made directly with the merchant. Offer not valid on third-party services. For plan cost and to cancel plan, please visit merchant website for details.
https://www.chase.com/personal/merchant-offers
Nowhere in the information I saw leading me to sign up, or in my account information during my first month to indicate horrible added profit junk fees that were not included in the quoted price. I understand about government accessed taxes and fees, and I'm not talking about that (although other MVNOs like Visible and Red Pocket clearly include those in their quoted pricing).
I'm talking about pure added profit junk fees which they give fancy names to imply they are government-imposed, but they are not. Specifically, Fed USF Cellular: Federal which is NOT a federal government fee, and Operational Compliance Fee which was $6.24. The latter has quadrupled in the past year, and none of their marketing material is up front about it.
Shame on Consumer Cellular for one-upping the rental car companies in hiding phony fees, and shame on AARP for endorsing them so strongly.
Heading back to an MVNO that is honest enough to publish out-the-door pricing.
Yes, Consumer Cellular sucks with their junk fees and customer service sucks even more, but I've gotten $80 in Chase credits so far, and expect another $40, almost enough to cover 5 months of the $25 per month bill.
I wanted a back up phone line with some data, and so far it's worked well. I'm planning to port out the number soon though!