“It’s all about making the customer feel like they are getting a really good deal. “We are seeing this all the time, because it’s such a crowded marketplace that credit card companies are trying to come up with more creative ideas,” Kimberly Palmer, NerdWallet’s credit card connoisseur, told Moneyish.
All new Chryslers and Dodges come with a 12-month trial subscription, for example, while Fords come with six free months, and Buicks three free months.Ĭredit cards have also gotten into the game. Many car dealerships offer free SiriusXM trials, and even gratis year-long subscriptions (which start at $11 a year), when you buy a new or pre-owned vehicle equipped with satellite radio. So providers are turning to other perks more in line with customers habits - particularly, music and video streaming."Ĭell phone carriers and wireless services aren’t the only ones banding together, however. “In the age of unlimited plans, it's harder to stand out. They used to do so by lowering prices or landing exclusive phone deals - when Apple first introduced the iPhone, it was available exclusively through AT&T,” consumer savings expert Courtney Jespersen at NerdWallet told Moneyish. "Cell phone providers have always looked for ways to differentiate themselves. Right now the Sprint Unlimited plan starts at $50 for the first line, and $40 for the second, with the third-fifth lines free. Once those six months lapse, users will be charged $9.99 a month for the basic Tidal service, unless they opt out.
Considering HBO Now costs about $15 a month if you don’t have cable, saving that $180 a year calls out to “Game of Thrones,” “Westworld” and “Insecure” fans.Īnd Sprint customers get six free months of Tidal HIFI, Jay-Z’s premium $20-a-month plan on his music streaming service, where Jay, Beyonce, Kanye and Rihanna tend to drop their albums first. AT&T throws in an HBO subscription for new and existing customers dropping about $145 a month to connect two phone lines to its unlimited HD plan. It’s not the only cellular provider trying this tactic, especially ahead of the new iPhone’s arrival in the next several weeks.
If you’ve already got Netflix, the wireless carrier will cover the cost of the standard subscription, or $9.99 a month to stream on two screens at once. 12, customers who link at least two phone lines on the T-Mobile ONE unlimited data family plan (running about $120 a month) will get a free Netflix subscription. And T-Mobile recently announced that starting Sept.