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For people who are still looking for discount from T-Mobile and AT&T, this is a great news! Live Cash Back actually is still offering 25% cash back for T-Mobile and AT&T. If you want to buy a new phone, you should try to use the 25% cash back.

It is pretty easy to get the link work. Go to Live.com and type in “T-Mobile” or “ATT, ATT phone, ATT plan” and the link for the 25% will appear on the screen.

I know some may do not know how to do it. Here is the link for T-mobile, and this is the link for AT&T.

Combined with my previous posts on how to save money on monthly bills from mobile carriers. I believe you can save a lot of money on your cell phone bill.

I wrote two posts about how to get discount from T-Mobile. 1. How to Get A Discount from T-Mobile. 2. New T-mobile Discount for University Employees, Students and Alumni. These two posts attract a lot of T-Mobile users to MyCardBlog.com. I believe I have provided great information on how to save money at T-Mobile. There are actually many readers are not using T-Mobile services. It’s important to write up something on how to save money with other mobile carriers.

It is not a secret that all mobile carriers have discount for some corporations or groups. But some are still not aware of the fact that he/she is eligible to get discount from specific mobile carrier. For students or university employees, you can always go to your local stores to check whether you are eligible to receive a discount for your cell phone plan.

AT&T: Premier Corporate Discount Program

AT&T is the larget mobile carrier in US and has business agreements with thousands of corporations, government agencies and educational institutions to offer wireless products to their employees and families at a significant discount.

Simply use your work email to see whether your are qualified for a discount. This can be done in seconds.

Verizon: Employee Discount Program

Verizon wireless also has agreement with many big corporates, governments, schools and even social groups. Enter your work email address to see if you qualify for discounts from Verizon.

T-Mobile: Corporate Discount Program

I have introduced on how to save money with T-Mobile. But the above link will take you to the corporate discount page where you can check whether you are eligible for a discount which ranges from 0% to 15% off your monthly bill.

Sprint: Employee Value Program

Sprint offers huge discount for employees of corporations, governments, schools or other groups that have business agreement with Sprint. You need to enter your work email to see whether you are qualified.

My post on “How to get a discount from T-Mobile” is very popular. I believe that this post has helped a lot of people to save money on their T-Mobile cellular service. I personally use the Freelancersunion.org
discount. The reason why I use this discount is you don’t have to call T-Mobile and give them the promo code. All you have to do is finish the form online and the discount will automatically shown on your bill. This is the easiest method to get a discount from T-Mobile.

Right now we have another great method to get huge discount (usually 15%) from T-Mobile by using University discount. This is a new discount provided by T-mobile by corporation with major US universities. This has been confirmed to work and it’s very simple to complete the discount request over the phone with T-Mobile customer service.

Let’s see a typical announcement from Penn State University.

Following information is listed on its website:

INCREASED T-MOBILE DISCOUNTS!

T-Mobile has increased discounts from 10% to 15% for Penn State students, faculty and staff, effective January 12, 2009. If already enrolled in the T-Mobile/Penn State discount program, accounts will automatically receive the new discount. Existing T-Mobile customers can call 1-877-453-8824 to have the Penn State discount added to their account.

Clemson University also has a similar notice listed on its website:

• As a current Clemson University Student, Faculty, Staff or Alumnus, you and your immediate family can take advantage of this outstanding discount from T-Mobile!
• To Open a T-Mobile Account and Receive the 12% Discount — plus waived
  activation fees and discounted phones — just call 866-464-8662, select option 3, and provide this promotional code: 11303TMOFAV
  OR
  Visit T-Mobile Premiere for more details.
• To Receive the 12% Discount If You’re Already a T-Mobile Customer just call
  877-453-8824 and provide this promotional code: 11303TMOFAV

It seems that Clemson University needs a promotional code to get the discount. It seems that even alumnus (Everyone can be an alumnus of Clemson University, T-Mobile can’t check this. Employee’s family members can also qualify for this discount.)can use the discount to save money.

University of Kentucky

Welcome University of Kentucky Employees! Great News!  You are eligible to receive corporate benefits when you activate new service through this T-Mobile Premier site or by calling 1-866-464-8662 referencing promotional code 866TMOFAV and identifying yourself as a University of Kentucky employee.  Keep in mind that you may now transfer your current number to T-Mobile when signing up for T-Mobile service.  Simply call 1-866-464-8662 and reference promotional code 866TMOFAV.

University of Louisville

U of L Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Family Members qualify for 15% off their monthly bills and huge equipment discounts with T-Mobile when they purchase new equipment or upgrade equipment through Tom Tollefson @ www.tomst-mobilesales.com/uofl, login: uoflcardinals, password: uofl09tmo.

Drexel University

University Procurement announces that Drexel students, faculty and staff are now eligable for a 15 percent discount on any T-Mobile rate plan, plus discounts on the latest handsets.

Information about T-Mobile service and the Drexel program can be accessed through the T-Mobile Drexel discount portal http://www.t-mobile.com/Drexeldiscounts or by calling 1-866-464-8662 and mentioning promo code 4946TMOFAV.

Existing T-Mobile customers can call 1-877-453-8824 to have the Drexel discount added to your account.

There are more universities that can get discount from T-Mobile. When you call in, the customer support may ask for my University ID, email address with .edu. If you are not a university student you can use the promotional code I listed above.

Attached is a list of confirmed schools:
Princeton University
Fordham University
New York City Publics Schools (teachers and employees only)
NYU (Teachers and Employees only)
The Ohio State University (15%)
UKY
Rutgers
UC Berkeley
UC Irvine
Auburn University (15%)
Johns Hopkins University (15%)
University of Southern California (15%)
University of Texas (15%)
Colorado State University (15%)
San Fransisco State University (15%)
Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ (8-15%)
St.Cloud State University, MN (15%)
University of Minnesota (10%)
University of Illinois (15%)
Arizona State University (15%)
Brigham Young University – Provo (15%)
Indiana University (15%)
University of South Florida (15%)
University of Georgia (15%)
George Mason University (15%)
Old Dominion University (15%)
UVA (15%)
San Jose State University (15%)
Sacramento State University (15%)
Loyola University of Chicago (10%)
Valencia Community College (8%)
Kennesaw State University (15%)
Californis State University, Los Angeles (15%)
University of Rochester, (15%)
San Diego State University (15%)
CUNY Baruch College, New York (15%)

My post on how to get a discount from T-Mobile was very popular in the past month. Simply fill out a form online with some well-known codes is a very easy job but it can save you a lot of money every year. T-Mobile just announced the new smart phone—T-Mobile G1which is supposed to be the direct competitor of the Apple iPhone. The T-Mobile G1 is the world’s first Andriod powered mobile phone in partnership with Google.

The G1 is kind of a combination of T-Mobile SideKick and T-mobile Wing to me. Because it use Google developed Andriod Operation System, you can use a lot of Google stuffs like one-click Google search and easy access to all Google Applications – Quick and easy access to the Internet in one click. One touch access to Google applications: Maps (including satellite, traffic and street views), Gmail, YouTube, Calendar and Google Talk.

Specific feature of this phone: dimension—4.6 x 2.16 x 0.63 inches, has a 3.1-megapixel camera, weighs 5.6 ounces, features a 480 x 320 HVGA display, sports 3G (obviously), GPS, supports up to 8GB of memory. This phone also has touch sreen, 3G/WiFi and full HTML internet capabilities.

I can see an upgrade information in my T-Mobile Account. It shows $179.99 to me and has black and brown color options. You have to choose date plan for this phone. An unlimited data plan will cost $25 per month, while unlimited data and messaging will cost $35 per month. It will be never cheap to use a “smart phone“.

I have been using T-Mobile for two years and never got any discount from them. I searched on the web for a while and found that there are many opportunities out there to help you save a lot at T-Mobile either for keeping your current service or adding a new line. I summarized some of them and hoped that this will be of help to MyCardBlog.Com readers.

10% off of your current T-Mobile Monthly service fees from Freelancersunion.org

This is the one that I’m using and it’s free to anyone because anybody can be a member of Freelancers Union (no membership fee).

Here’s how:

Register an account at Freelancersunion.org and get a member number (free and easy!)

Go to Freelancersunion.org and click “Discounts” at the top of the home page

Go down to “Life” and click “T-Mobile” and you will see “T-mobile offers cellular calling plans, messaging and wireless internet service as well as a wide range of phones, handhelds, PDAs, and accessories to help you stay in touch with friends, family and clients.” Offer: Freelancers Union members are eligible for a 10% discount off their monthly recurring fees, equipment discounts on new activations, and more!

Click on “more information” and login your account and you will be redirected to T-Mobile website to fill in a migration form.

Click on the “Click here for Discounts” link

Scroll down to “Current Customers” and click on the “Complete migration form” link

Enter your information, phone number, T-Mobile account number

After you enter everything they need, click on the “submit” button. You should get a note telling you all is well and you will see your discount in 1 to 2 billing cycles.

The discount will show up after 1 billing cycle. This 10% off is available to both new and old customers and will not affect your current plan. The only thing that will change is the billing cycle since as everyone attached to this organization needs to have the same billing cycle.

12% off your current T-Mobile Monthly service fees from MGM Mirage

This is a similar corporate discount from T-Mobile for MGM Mirage employees. You can do this because T-Mobile doesn’t need any employment verification.

Here’s how:

Go to www.t-mobile.com/mgm and click”Click here for Discounts”

If you are new to T-mobile, you can choose the plan there and activate a new line online.

If you are a current T-Mobile customer, you can click ” Complete migration form” and fill in your current phone number etc.

OR you can call T-Mobile at 866-464-8662 (877-453-8824 for current member) and mention code 999TMOFAV to do the same thing!

The benefit for using the corporate discount is you can easily get activation fee waived and sign up for a one-year contract. At the same time, most of the phones are much cheaper and some are free!

More discounts are available:

JetBlue discount code: 1240. Call T-Mobile at 866-464-8662 and choose option 3 and mention that you are an employee of JetBlue with code 1240. You will get 12% off monthly fees without activation fees.

Phillip Morris discount code: 2609. You will get 8% off your bill. No activation fees. Call T-Mobile at 866-464-8662.

Avon discount code: 5871TMOFAV. Call T-Mobile at 866-464-8662 and choose option 3 and mention that you are an Avon family member or friend of an Avon Sales Representative. You will get 12% off of your monthly service fees, no activation fee, and 1 year contract on most plans. You may also go to www.tmobile.com/avon to get discount!

Starbucks: Call T-Mobile at 866-464-8662 and identifying yourself as a Starbucks employee. You will get 15% off monthly fees and free activation on all orders. You may also go to www.tmobile.com/starbucks to get discount!

Overall:

If you are a current T-Mobile customer, you can get up to 15% off your monthly fees.

If you are new to T-Mobile, you can get up to 15% off your monthly fees without activation fees and huge discount on T-Mobile phones. And some of the plans require only one-year contract! The reason why you can get the discount is they don’t request your emplyment verification! Good luck!