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forum thread Posted by t4m • Oct 17, 2024
forum thread Posted by t4m • Oct 17, 2024

T-mobile BOGO line plus free phones and up to $400 Costco credit + potentially reduced bill (YMMV) $45

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T-mobile Line on US promos are far and few between now and haven't seen any for a long time so this is as good as it gets. I ordered 2 new lines at Costco and they were aware of the offer. I have Go5G Plus but it may be available in other plans too. The promotion code is ID250574. There is 800 dollar off in Samsung Galaxy S24 series and up to 1000 off on Google Pixel 9 pro and higher. Of course in 24 monthly credits.

Costco has $150 gift card per line for adding a new line and $50 per line for porting a number. So you can get up to $200 per line.

If you are like me with 8 lines from previous free promotions (if you have 7 or 8 lines) with this promotion your plan will change to 9-12 lines and depending upon how many free lines you have, your bill may go down instead of going up. Line 9-12 are $45 each but your all free lines will get discounted at $45.

https://www.costco.com/t-mobile-b...wcase.html
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T-mobile Line on US promos are far and few between now and haven't seen any for a long time so this is as good as it gets. I ordered 2 new lines at Costco and they were aware of the offer. I have Go5G Plus but it may be available in other plans too. The promotion code is ID250574. There is 800 dollar off in Samsung Galaxy S24 series and up to 1000 off on Google Pixel 9 pro and higher. Of course in 24 monthly credits.

Costco has $150 gift card per line for adding a new line and $50 per line for porting a number. So you can get up to $200 per line.

If you are like me with 8 lines from previous free promotions (if you have 7 or 8 lines) with this promotion your plan will change to 9-12 lines and depending upon how many free lines you have, your bill may go down instead of going up. Line 9-12 are $45 each but your all free lines will get discounted at $45.

https://www.costco.com/t-mobile-b...wcase.html

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Oct 18, 2024
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HighTechnology
Oct 18, 2024
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Quote from Nirokogaseru :
I currently have 2 lines I'm paying for $150 and another 5 that are free on us I just added 2 lines so 8th and 9 lines what should my plan cost now? I'm on the the go plus plan
It should be $135 after the new lines.
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Oct 18, 2024
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t4m
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Quote from linrick :
There's no BOGO line on Costco's App nor from op's link.
Please reach out to T-mobile on social links and ask them to confirm that the BOGO is available and is available for your plan.
Oct 18, 2024
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andunn
Oct 18, 2024
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Quote from HighTechnology :
There are multiple aspects to the OP's posted deal that I will try to help spell out :

1) BOGO for the service is available on many different plans, so you add one new paid line and you get a second line free. So most will qualify for this portion of the deal if you already have a post-paid account. Sorry, I don't have a list of which plans do/don't qualify. If you're not an existing customer, then it's 3rd line free (pay for 2 and the 3rd is free) -- these promos don't stack so it's not possible to get 2 free lines during any single promotional period (but promos change every few months so you can get in on the current and next one which is how people get many free lines). This part of the deal is not unique to Costco and is available from T-Mobile.

2) New lines on newer plans get device credits --and free lines also qualify, so that's where the 2 free (or deeply discounted) devices the OP mentioned comes from. 24-month payment plan required, and the credits are also spread over 24 months. This also is not unique to Costco.

3) New lines and/or device purchases at Costco are exempt from the $35 activation fee, and each new line with device purchase is eligible for a $150 gift card rebate, plus another $50 gift card if you also port a number from another major carrier. This IS UNIQUE TO COSTCO (and I think some Sam's clubs with T-Mobile kiosks offer something similar to this, but don't know specifics).

4)The bill going down part is DEFINITELY YMMV - it's a billing loophole that happens when you hit 9 lines and have a good number of free lines. I will spare you the details, but you need to both cross the 9 line threshold and for the bill to go down you need about the same number of free lines and paid lines. For example I am at 4 paid and 3 free and thus this BOGO would take me to 9 lines. In my case, this would take my bill from $220 to $225, which is $5 for two more lines. If my paid / free were reversed (3 paid + 4 free) then the BOGO would decrease my bill by $5 rather than increase it by $5.

Again, just trying to help unpack this since there are lots of facets to this.
I posted this in Reddit about a month ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/..._discount/

Was looking at doing the BOGO. Doing this would put me at 5 paid/5 free lines. What would my monthly price me? Some people were saying I need to original insider discount which I verified I have. I thought I calculated the price in the Reddit post and by using the document which was shared to me. Can anyone here confirm the price based on the information I provided in my Reddit post.
Last edited by andunn October 18, 2024 at 12:29 PM.
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t4m
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Quote from andunn :
I posted this in Reddit about a month ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/..._discount/Was looking at doing the BOGO. Doing this would put me at 5 paid/5 free lines. What would my monthly price me? Some people were saying I need to original insider discount which I verified I have. I thought I calculated the price in the Reddit post and by using the document which was shared to me. Can anyone here confirm the price based on the information I provided in my Reddit post.
You would expect
Discounts for first 8 lines:
Autopay - 40, 20% insider - 72, 4 free lines @45 per line - 180, Total - 292, Net price 108
For 2 additional lines (BOGO)
20% Insider - 9 (this could be 18, I am not sure), 1 free lines @45 - 45, Net - 36
Total price: 144 or it could be 135.
The other wild card is insider discount and depending upon how it is applied.
Oct 19, 2024
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HighTechnology
Oct 19, 2024
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Quote from andunn :
I posted this in Reddit about a month ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/..._discount/Was looking at doing the BOGO. Doing this would put me at 5 paid/5 free lines. What would my monthly price me? Some people were saying I need to original insider discount which I verified I have. I thought I calculated the price in the Reddit post and by using the document which was shared to me. Can anyone here confirm the price based on the information I provided in my Reddit post.
Your bill will definitely decrease with all these free lines and OG Insider once you get to 9 lines. I get $135 - $153 for the voice lines (5 + 5), depending on which free lines you have. This is based on the Google Sheet as I haven't fully deconstructed which free line promos make the price vary.
Then you add the cost of the MI line and the home internet lines, less any discount you get on those.
But even if it's $153 + $10 + $35, you'd likely be at $198

NOTE: OG Insider hasn't been available for a number of years, so there is a very select group of legacy customers that have this discount. The current Insider code is 20% off after the free lines come off (whereas the OG applies the 20% before, but still gives the full $45/line discount), so the OG version is better.
Oct 19, 2024
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andunn
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I've confirmed I have the OG insider discount from instructions in Reddit and have had it for over 7 years now.
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andunn
Oct 19, 2024
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Quote from t4m :
You would expect
Discounts for first 8 lines:
Autopay - 40, 20% insider - 72, 4 free lines @45 per line - 180, Total - 292, Net price 108
For 2 additional lines (BOGO)
20% Insider - 9 (this could be 18, I am not sure), 1 free lines @45 - 45, Net - 36
Total price: 144 or it could be 135.
The other wild card is insider discount and depending upon how it is applied.
I'm on Go 5g+. I currently pay $176 for my 8 voice lines. The breakdown is 4 free, 4 paid which is:

2 are fully paid
2 are totally free
4 are part of BOGO's

My total bill is $221 because I have internet ($35) and a $10 data line.

I just want to make sure my monthly bill decreases some when going to 10 voice lines before taking the plunge. It sounds like it will, but nobody seems to know and the document is helpful, but I don't completely understand it.

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Quote from andunn :
I'm on Go 5g+. I currently pay $176 for my 8 voice lines. The breakdown is 4 free, 4 paid which is:2 are fully paid2 are totally free4 are part of BOGO'sMy total bill is $221 because I have internet ($35) and a $10 data line. I just want to make sure my monthly bill decreases some when going to 10 voice lines before taking the plunge. It sounds like it will, but nobody seems to know and the document is helpful, but I don't completely understand it.
Since your current price is 176 for 4 paid and 4 free line, it would seem you do not have OG insider discount, instead you have the later one. With OG insider your prices should have been 169. So your price after adding lines would become 180 after adding 2 more lines (BOGO). With OG insider your current price would have been 169 and it would have gone down to 135. Hope that helps.
FWIW, I was also not on OG Insider but in my case, it would seem I have been converted to OG Insider but I will wait till my first bill arrives to confirm that. I could have been lucky and I would not count that as given to make my decision.
Last edited by t4m October 19, 2024 at 03:56 AM.
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Quote from t4m :
Since your current price is 176 for 4 paid and 4 free line, it would seem you do not have OG insider discount, instead you have the later one. With OG insider your prices should have been 169. So your price after adding lines would become 180 after adding 2 more lines (BOGO). With OG insider your current price would have been 169 and it would have gone down to 135. Hope that helps.
FWIW, I was also not on OG Insider but in my case, it would seem I have been converted to OG Insider but I will wait till my first bill arrives to confirm that. I could have been lucky and I would not count that as given to make my decision.
Is EMPFNBM not the original insider discount? This is what I was told was the original and have verified is on my account.
Oct 19, 2024
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andunn
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Quote from t4m :
Since your current price is 176 for 4 paid and 4 free line, it would seem you do not have OG insider discount, instead you have the later one. With OG insider your prices should have been 169. So your price after adding lines would become 180 after adding 2 more lines (BOGO). With OG insider your current price would have been 169 and it would have gone down to 135. Hope that helps.
FWIW, I was also not on OG Insider but in my case, it would seem I have been converted to OG Insider but I will wait till my first bill arrives to confirm that. I could have been lucky and I would not count that as given to make my decision.
I used the Google doc again that was linked in this topic and it matches to my $176 bill for 8 lines (4 free) with the original insider discount when filling in the top portion . When updating it to 10 voice lines (5 free lines) with the new BOGO it drops to $144 with original insider.
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t4m
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Quote from andunn :
I used the Google doc again that was linked in this topic and it matches to my $176 bill for 8 lines (4 free) with the original insider discount when filling in the top portion . When updating it to 10 voice lines (5 free lines) with the new BOGO it drops to $144 with original insider.
I am looking at the same place and I see 176 with the new Insider and 169 with the OG. But may be there is something that I may be missing for your account. Attaching the image
Oct 19, 2024
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Quote from t4m :
I am looking at the same place and I see 176 with the new Insider and 169 with the OG. But may be there is something that I may be missing for your account. Attaching the image
The only way I get to $169 is if I have 1 in the drop-down on row 13. Not sure what is meant by paid lines on row 13 since my lines are accounted for in rows 4 and 6. If I change to zero and just use rows 4 and 6 for my 8 and 4 free I get $176. Then if I increase it to 10/5 it drops to $144 (row 16), but goes up $4 to $180(row 20). Kind of confusing when I have logged into my account and verified my account has the original insider code attached to it.
Oct 23, 2024
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Nirokogaseru
Oct 23, 2024
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Quote from HighTechnology :
It should be $135 after the new lines.
When I go to my rate plan on the T-Mobile app it is now showing $45 discount for each of my free lines it's not showing the discount for the new lines but I do see the bogo free promo code attached to each of the two new lines under the service promo section so I'm assuming on my next bill the $45 will also be taken off and the app will update showing the discount on the rate plan section then.
Nov 1, 2024
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andunn
Nov 1, 2024
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Quote from t4m :
It is showing reduced to me. Will update when actual bill shows up.
What did your new updated bill look like?

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t4m
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Quote from andunn :
What did your new updated bill look like?
It has gone down from $148 for 8 lines to $108 for 10 lines.
Go5G Plus
$108.00/mo
Applied discounts and promotions:
$40 AutoPay Discount
$45 Line Discount ID220005
$72 Insider Discount
$45 Line Discount ID200005
$45 Line Discount ID200011
$45 Line Discount ID200012
$45 Line Discount ID210004
$45 Line Discount ID240574 (Additional Lines)
I think I can reduce it further by getting rid of the 4th paid line, but will need to wait at least a year, now that I have added a BOGO.

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