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what's up with T-mobile removing autopay discount for credit cards?
I just literally signed up for a new plan - debit cards have fees for providers too - accessing my bank account isn’t a good approach from a security perspective (noting that T-mobile has been hacked...
That was announced months ago. It is because credit card companies charge a service charge that is based on the percentage of every transaction, which eats into T-Mobile's revenue. Removing the auto pay discount for credit cards negates that.
cloh76 wrote:I just got the message too. It's stupid. Especially since I use Apple Pay which gives me the additional 3% cashback on top of the $20 discount
In all fairness the competition (T-Mobile and Verizon) also requires a debit card or checking account to receive their version of the auto pay discount. You could argue that they have had fewer data breaches, but you can't argue they are not matching their competitors.
