Autopay Discount Lowered From $10/mo to $5/mo Eff 1/1/25

PL1

Back on my last billing, I received a notice of a decrease in the autopay credit from $10/mo to $5/mo effective 1/1/25. Not complaining, but I just received my new bill today and the discount is still $10/mo! 😁

GeekGirl1

My latest bill hasn't changed, but I'll keep an eye out on it for next time.

mets18

Got my bill today and it did go up by $5

PL1

mets18 Got my bill today and it did go up by $5

Bummer! Are you on an old Mix & Match plan?

mets18

PL1 I think I am on M&M 2. Was getting 300 for 19.99 with discounts but now it's 24.99.

flyoffacliff

FWIW, I am on M&M v3 and have not seen a notice from Verizon about anything changing. My last payment was drawn 3 days ago and it's normal.

PL1

flyoffacliff FWIW, I am on M&M v3 and have not seen a notice from Verizon about anything changing. My last payment was drawn 3 days ago and it's normal.

I think I'm on M&M v2 myself. I did not see any notice on my current 1/19/25 bill, but it was on my 12/19/24 bill stating the change would take effect 1/1/25. My payment is always on the 8th of the Month.

PL1

I just received my billing notification today and it is in fact $5/mo. higher. Funny, the $10 discount and the new $5 discount BOTH say they have "no expiration date". I guess "no expiration date" means they can still change the discount to any amount they want! Maybe even ZERO!

digger16309

Mine also went up $5 this month, er, the discount went down $5. I have two separate bundles plus a recent service price reduction that miraculously came into place a few months ago when re-aligning my streaming services. So I’m hesistant to mess with it at all. But I’m really itching to take out autopay/paper free entirely now and pay the extra $5/mo to have them mail me a bill. It should be worth more than $5/mo to them.

PL1

digger16309 But I’m really itching to take out autopay/paper free entirely now and pay the extra $5/mo to have them mail me a bill.

You could get the Verizon Visa Card and set IT to autopay and get protection from unauthorized charges that way. I just signed up for it myself, not for that reason, but because it offers 4% for Groceries, Gas, Restaurants, some Walmart & Target stores. The only catch is that you can only use the points to pay your Fios or Wireless bill. I did change my autopay from my checking to the Visa.

aaronwt

PL1

You could get the Verizon Visa Card and set IT to autopay and get protection from unauthorized charges that way. I just signed up for it myself, not for that reason, but because it offers 4% for Groceries, Gas, Restaurants, some Walmart & Target stores. The only catch is that you can only use the points to pay your Fios or Wireless bill. I did change my autopay from my checking to the Visa.

I signed up for that Verizon Visa last year. Which is a great deal with the 4% back. With my new FiOS bill only $57.44, I earn almost enough every month to cover that bill.

I go lucky and got locked into a new two year deal in late December/early January. So I still get $10 off for auto pay with the Verizon Visa. Plus they gave me an extra $20 off a month for the deal. So I only pay $57.44 (all in) each month for Youtube Premium, Gigabit INternet, and Custom TV (With the TV Infotainment and Drama option I avoid the RSN fees). Plus, it locked me into the the old $9.49 broadcast rate. Allowing me to avoid the $5 increase that was going to happen. So $57.44 is after all taxes, fees, discounts, and one cable card.

Of course they recently started offering 2Gig service in my area. Which I would like to get. But, since my current cost is so low, my price would be double what I pay now. So I will stick with what I have. And even if/when they drop QAM TV it’s still a good deal for YouTube Premium and Gigabit Internet. (I was all ready to drop TV anyway until they gave me the new two year deal when I added YouTube premium for $10 a month. Since that was cheaper than getting it directly from Google at $140 a year)

GeekGirl1

I just got my bill today and it still hasn’t changed.

The $5 Deals at Work - Data is from an employer discount applied many, many years ago. I’m not sure how I got the $10 discount. Perhaps it was due to me dropping my FiOS TV service. I negotiated the internet-only package via online chat.

I’m wondering if they gave me the discount to keep my business. Hard to say. In any case, I’m leaving well enough alone.

compuguy

GeekGirl1 Same here. I still have my $10 triple play work discount as well.

PL1

So, I just received my bill tonight. After changing my Autopay from my checking account to the Verizon Visa Card and I lost all of my autopay! After an hour long chat, I was told I lost my autopay because I did not use my checking account or my Verizon Visa Card. When I told her I WAS using the Verizon Visa Card, she just said it should work but it is not working for you. HUH? So, I have set it back to my Checking Account. I am waiting on a callback in the Morning, but I’m thinking this will not go smoothly. 😦

digger16309

IMHO Verizon is already a huge customer service black hole to me. I’ve spent hours on hold or working through inane issues that take other companies a few minutes to resolve. I wouldn’t add to it by taking on their credit card, even if it did save me money on my bill. There are tons of rewards cards out there.

PL1

digger16309 IMHO Verizon is already a huge customer service black hole to me. I’ve spent hours on hold or working through inane issues that take other companies a few minutes to resolve. I wouldn’t add to it by taking on their credit card, even if it did save me money on my bill. There are tons of rewards cards out there.

I hear ya! It was not so much the autopay credit I was looking for. It is the 4% on Gas, Groceries, Walmart & Target. There are no free cards (meaning no annual fee) out there that give that much back.

But, I did get a callback this morning and the rep was very helpful. He credited me my $5 discount back for this Month and explained what happened. While you CAN get the Verizon Visa card with Fios, you MUST have Verizon Wireless to get the autopay discount. Would be nice if this was in writing somewhere I could find!

aaronwt

PL1

I hear ya! It was not so much the autopay credit I was looking for. It is the 4% on Gas, Groceries, Walmart & Target. There are no free cards (meaning no annual fee) out there that give that much back.

But, I did get a callback this morning and the rep was very helpful. He credited me my $5 discount back for this Month and explained what happened. While you CAN get the Verizon Visa card with Fios, you MUST have Verizon Wireless to get the autopay discount. Would be nice if this was in writing somewhere I could find!

I only have Verizon FiOS and I still get the Auto Pay Discount. I do not have Verizon Wireless. When I signed up for the Verizon VISA card. It specifically said you needed either Verizon Wireless or FiOS to get the Auto-pay discount.

aaronwt

PL1
I hear ya! It was not so much the autopay credit I was looking for. It is the 4% on Gas, Groceries, Walmart & Target. There are no free cards (meaning no annual fee) out there that give that much back.
But, I did get a callback this morning and the rep was very helpful. He credited me my $5 discount back for this Month and explained what happened. While you CAN get the Verizon Visa card with Fios, you MUST have Verizon Wireless to get the autopay discount. Would be nice if this was in writing somewhere I could find!

I only have Verizon FiOS and I still get the $10 Auto-pay discount. When I signed up for the Verizon VISA is specifically said that you needed either Verizon Wireless or FiOS to get the auto pay discount. And the info on the Verizon site also said the same thing. There was no requirement to just have Verizon WIreless to get the discount.

Unless they changed things in the last few months?

EDIT: I just looked at the Verizon VISA site and it shows.

Auto pay, auto save
New enrollees to Verizon’s Auto Pay can get up to $10/mo off each eligible wireless phone line, up to 12 lines max (depending on plan) and/or $10/mo off each eligible Fios service.

So it does still show the discount for FiOS service.
I switched mine from the auto debit from my checking account to the Verizon VISA to keep receiving the $10 off each month. Plus, I also get $10 off from the Deals at Work discount.

digger16309

Unrelated (seemingly), but I just got notice that my Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle is increasing $5/mo unless I want Disney+ with and then it will stay the same. I didn’t know it came with no ads, which shows how little I watch it. It says I can make a switch but with this company, I’m afraid to try it. We’ll see….

PL1

digger16309 Unrelated (seemingly), but I just got notice that my Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle is increasing $5/mo unless I want Disney+ with [ads?] and then it will stay the same.

I don’t “think” add-ons affect your current package. At least, that is how it has always been in the past. You could call and get an estimate sent to you before accepting any changes. But if you hardly watch it, why not just cancel? What I personally don’t trust is making the changes on their website. 😖

digger16309

Others in my family do watch it but if I hardly watch it, I don’t want to pay $5 more for it.