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   Hello Rob Mccart!   
      
   ** On Sunday 04.08.24 - 01:00, Rob Mccart wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:   
      
    RM> I've been with Lucky for over 5 years. A couple of years   
    RM> back I saw that they now were offering  a plan at the same   
    RM> price with a couple of extra gig but you have to pretend   
    RM> you are changing to a new package to get the new data   
    RM> levels. (i.e. - Changing from their $40 plan to their $40   
    RM> plan..)   
      
   Yep..  I was not even aware that was an option until I ventured     
   into the "Change Plan" section.  I was at $40/mo, 5GB, for a     
   long time.  Then I just happened to notice they were offering     
   75GB for the same 40$ monthly.  I decided to save money instead     
   and switched to the $29/mo plan at 25GB.   
      
      
    RM> But I haven't been on their main site in ages and I had no   
    RM> idea they had made such drastic changes so, thanks, I'll   
    RM> have to go back and check it out and maybe save $11 a   
    RM> month to get more than double the data.   
      
   You have to decide fast.  Aug 6 will introduce a new set of     
   "plans".   
      
      
    RM> You asked something about Top Up Balances not getting used   
    RM> up. I'm not sure what you meant by that. I've had a   
    RM> positive balance there for quite a while, if it's still   
    RM> there when I go to the site, and it stayed there for years   
    RM> but I don't generally use Top Ups other than the payment   
    RM> for the full plan.   
      
   What I mean is that with auto-topup (via credit card or     
   qualifying debit card) your existing and banked Lucky dollars     
   never get used for payment. The only way to force the system to     
   use any of your banked Lucky dollars is to disable auto-topup.   
      
      
    RM> This added later.. I checked that out online and all those   
    RM> super plans and prices are for new customers only. I'm   
    RM> still glad you mentioned it because it will allow me to go   
    RM> from the 5 gig plan at $40 to a new 10 gig plan at faster   
    RM> speeds for $35 so that's better than nothing but it annoys   
    RM> me that they offer these super deals to new customers,   
    RM> that I believe are locked in, not temporary, (if they   
    RM> don't change their plan), but us loyal long-time customers   
    RM> are given much worse options.   
      
   You can still come in as a new user, and add that account to     
   your existing login if you want.  Luckymobile doesn't seem to     
   care.   
      
   And yes.. the plan structure seemed to penalize existing long-    
   time customers!   But I was kinda lucky and got the $29/mo plan     
   at 25GB.  Later, when a friend of mine (and an existing user)     
   wanted the same thing a few weeks later, the $29|25GB plan was     
   nolonger an option. Apparently, the $29 plan was a mistake.      
   But, I got it before it got removed for existing customers.   
      
   Meanwhile, my friend just registered a new plan (a new SIM) and     
   got it that way.  He merged that service into his existing     
   account without issues.   
      
      
    RM> I hate to change suppliers but another place with super   
    RM> plans these days is the NoName Mobile plans put out by   
    RM> Loblaws stores. I saw that on a NoFrills store flyer and   
    RM> checked it out online and the plans look really good (US   
    RM> coverage and lots more data at lower prices) and, as near   
    RM> as I can tell, they are using the Bell Network so should   
    RM> have the same coverage as Lucky and other Bell supported   
    RM> companies.   
      
   I wasn't really aware that NoFrills had a NoName mobile     
   offering until few weeks ago. The pricing seems very close if     
   not identical.   
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