This post originally ran on 8/13, but I am re-running it because I just got an email that the deal has been extended essentially the same, through December 31st. See this Sprint promo page for more information
Up to 25,000 American AAdvantage miles for switching to Sprint
I got a flier in the mail the other day, offering 25,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles for switching cell phone service to Sprint. You earn 20,000 AAdvantage miles now (only for new customers), and you’ll get 5000 miles over the next 12 months (417 miles / month). This deal has been going on for a few months but expires September 1st.
Existing customers are able to take advantage of the 5,000 miles (417 miles / month), though that will give up any discount you have through the Sprint Discount program (i.e. through your employer, school or other)
Here is a copy of the flier I got in the mail
But I believe it’s open for anyone – direct offer link. Again, although the picture above says it expires on September 1st, the updated promo page gives an end date of December 31st.
Sprint cell network
I am sure that there are many people that are very passionate about how Sprint “sucks”, usually with horror stories of poor customer service, network or both. Personally I believe all of the cell phone companies are just as bad and out for themselves, so I’m not sure one is any better (or worse) than the others. A lot of it is dependent on the network conditions in your particular location (or the places where you travel)
Sign up and cancel?
It seems that in a situation like mine, with an unlocked phone and no current contract, that I should be able to
- Sign up, pay the $30 activation fee, and get the 20,000 AAdvantage miles
- Wait for the miles to post, paying for 1-2 months of service
- Cancel
So call it $100 all-in, though really it’s less than that since really my cost is any premium Sprint has over my current cell phone costs, which wouldn’t be a ton. Even paying $100 for 20,000 AAdvantage miles seems like a pretty good deal.
The promotion runs through September 1st, so you’d need to sign up before then.
Has anyone taken advantage of the Sprint AAdvantage deal? Let me know your experiences in the comments
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I went to the sprint store,sales person mentioned this offer only don’t works with full 50% offer. $60/month.still not bad.
I was looking at this also… Does the $60/month include a phone? How difficult to cancel? How many minutes/how much data does it include? Thanks!
Those are all the same questions I’m looking at :-). I would say the $60 / month does NOT include a phone. We currently have unlocked phones and aren’t on a contract. I’m not sure it would make sense if that wasn’t true for you
Did the math, currently pay $23 for 400 monthly minutes with Virgin Mobile (phone cost $15.00). If I switched to Sprint I’d have to buy a new phone, pay $30 month access charge and then the monthly plan cost which varies from$25 to higher. I might as well just wait for an AA promotion and buy miles outright, and also spare a visit to a Sprint store and insufferable sales people. That in itself is enough reason to simply buy miles.
I did it but mainly cause I was traveling and wanted cheap international service. Paid $100 for the phone, 2 months of service ($40×2) plus the $30 activation. Not a great deal for me but the miles posted in about 6 weeks so for $220 I got 20417 AA miles. Had cheaper phone and plan but didnt work overseas
I did it n April. My husband and I were on the same phone plan but we did two separate accounts with Sprint and each got 25k miles and pay $30 less total. The call quality sucks a lot of the times though.
Unlocked phones that will function on the Sprint network are very few.
I just had my 20,000 bonus and 416 (monthly miles) post after signing up on July 14. Given that I switched from Verizon and therefore got a really good monthly rate ($36) for 3 GB, I think it’s worth doing. The service also isn’t as bad as some may suggest.
No but as an existing user I get 417 miles each month
Even though it says this offer expired Sept 1 — pretty sure I saw it’s being offered again. Just in case anyone’s still interested. Personally, I’m going to pass, unless I can find cheap unlocked Sprint phone in a quick search on ebay/amazon.