AT&T giving away 1000 bonus rollover minutes for iPhone
If you're a loyal AT&T iPhone customer who stuck with them during the great Verizon temptation of '11 then they're set to reward you with 1000 bonus rollover minutes. Some of you may get a text advising you of the offer but if you don't, just text the word "yes" to 11113020 and you'll get a reply verifying the bonus.
Very nice, AT&T! If you try it out let us know if it works for you!
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What theme is that? I used to have that SMS/desktop background changer app but it doesn't work on ios4
Scared aye?
Its not just iPhone customers. I switched from the iPhone to the Galaxy S Captivate about 8 months ago and I was able to get it. It says to allow 4 weeks for processing.
Lol. I emailed georgia bout this this morning
It didn't work for me & I sent the text last night, but it could be because I'm an employee : (
Competition is sweet!!
Yes, I did not receive an invite, and it works as described. Thanks
Took about two minutes for a response but it worked for me. Nice one. Thanks AT&T.
I have over 2000 rollover minutes so i don't need them. What I want is the ability to add hotspot tethering without giving up my unlimited data. I don't expect the tethering to be unlimited, a 2 GB tethering addon for $20 would be ideal.
Jb. Mywi free. I use 14 gb a month
I'm not looking to beat AT&T, I just want them to offer us the same deal that Verizon has. $20 is a quite reasonable price for adding Internet on the go for my iPad on the rare occasions I am not near a wifi hotspot.
I have over 6000 roll over minutes. I have no idea what to do with them. I kinda want someone to call me and read me a story or something...just to waste my minutes.
ROTFL! I'll call you and read my medsurg text out loud.
If it will help me waste 6000 minutes I'm down. Lol
Same here, Adam. But I can't use ne of them to send a text because AT&T needs yet another 20¢!
My fiancee's father got this message and hes on a blackberry 8310 I think. It has nothing to do with the iphone.
I tried it and it worked. Yay!!!!!!
I sent it (as did 3 others on my plan, all with iPhones) and got the message back on all 4 lines. I just wonder if its real or not. I guess we will see when we get our bills next month.
If I have multiple phones on a family plan, can they each text the message?
I switched from Sprint to an AT&T iPhone on February 9th, the day before the official launch of the Verizon iPhone. I sent the text and got the same response as listed in the article, so it appears to have worked for me. Not bad for my 1 day of being a loyal AT&T/iPhone customer.
old news.. from yesterday afternoon..
I have over 5,000 rollover minutes. How about money off my bill?
lol @ the bitesms picture.
I just tried it and it worked
This should give me about 12800 rollover minutes now! Lol (yes I'm on the lowest family plan sharing minutes between 4 iPhones)
yup - never going to use them. But it worked.
And worked for me...mine & my wife's phone
For those wondering what theme I was using in the photo above is iElegance along with bitesms !!! Very sweet theme !!! This is a complete theme !!!
It that a jailbreak theme?
Is that a serious question?
Worked 4 me
It work for me.
Yup, just did it, worked great!
I am just glad the iPhone is on a different carrier. It seems to me most people switching to Verizon are not going to stay for a measly 1000 bonus min. But a nice gesture for existing customers.
Verizon has a "bonus minutes" feature they give but requires a contract extension....I wonder if AT&T's is the same.
Hasn't worked 4 me. Waited 10 minutes...nothin
It worked for me. I had all 3 phones on my account do it. I guess we'll have to see if we get 3000 minutes.
Yes, it worked for me! Thanks for the info!
Seemed to work. I got the msg back. Will see if it shows up on my bill.
I have so many rollover minutes expiring each month that this won't even make a difference for me.
Same here, I loose about 600/month and I even use some in the process.
thanks tipb!
I mean it is a free 1000 so I'll gladly just accept it. Lol
This hasn't worked for me at all and I did this almost 7 hours ago
What about those of us that the unlimited minutes plan? We get nada. I called and complained, was handed over to a supervisor. I explained that those of us who have unlimited minutes are paying the most and getting any sort of "gift" from AT&T. He gave me a once time ten dollar credit. Something is better than nothing!
I did it last night and received the confirmation message.
WOOT!!! Thanks for the heads up. It worked for me.
It worked! Awesome. Thank you.
Worked right away for me..... Thanks Thank you for accepting our free 1000 bonus Rollover minute offer. Please allow up to 4 weeks for processing.
Worked for me, with a-list on my account I carry bout 5000 rollovers.
Sweet, 1000 bonus minutes I should call someone to celebrate!
@#$%!
I have 3985 rollover minute. I don't need any more minute. What I would like to have is 1000 new text messages since I am on the 5 dollar/200 test message plan.
It worked!! THANKS!!
Wife and I are on iPhones and my son, who uses an android phone got the message. We haven't yet?
I don't need the extra minutes either, but I heard accepting the bonus minutes puts you on their spam "special offers" list, which I opted out of previosly. If I go for it, I'm going to call them up later and tell them to take me back off their spam list.
meh i have so many roll over it doesnt matter I never use them. Most of my minutes are free because of M2Mobile.
Worked for me too! Got the confirmation text about 10 minutes after I sent the "yes" text. Thanks for the info TiPB!
I did this and have thus far gotten 6 separate confirmation texts in response. Will I get 6000 bonus rollover minutes; not that I can even use that many. The minutes I have are starting to expire as it is. Haha.
Worked for me.
worked for me as well thanks!
It worked for me and a friend, but are we sure this is legit? If so, bravo AT&T!
Awsome yep me too Very niiice!!!!
It worked for me and my wife. It appears that we will have 2000 minutes added to our account, but that may get corrected on the back end. Either way, it is a rare present from a mobile provider!
I didn't get anything yet, but I did send the text!
Just got the reply now! It only took 5 minutes!
Worked for me - thanks
It worked for me - now let's see if they actually do it!!
Worked for m thanks!!
Ok so it worked I got the text but is this for real?
i have a blackberry and it still worked for me
crazy it worked...too bad my mom pays for unlimited minutes.
I have heard this opts you in to receiving mass marketing texts. Anyone can confirm this?
Enjoy the free minutes everyone!
I experimented and if you reply stop to the number you get this message :
AT&T AUTO REPLY: You have Opted out of AT&T marketing messages. Please do not REPLY to this message.
Enjoy lol.
Thanks for this. I got the same.
It worked for me too!
I heard about this from a friend and said... yeah right. whatever. and promptly ignored it. Now that I see you guys doing it, I tried it and I got the auto reply, and saw the "please allow up to 4 weeks for processing." I want to believe AT&T! Don't let me down.
it worked for me
I never got a text! Rip off!
yes it works.
Oddly, it seems to have worked for my original 2G iPhone "Go Phone" account as well, thanks!
Never got the offer, but I was able to receive it by texting that number and saying yes. Thanks for the tip, TiPb!
This is legit I checked AT&T fb page and they are posting about this !!!
Just joined att and got this wewt!
Good for those that need the minutes.
It worked for me. Thanks!
FYI guys and girls
I just called Premier customer care and was told that AT&T is offering 1000 free rollover minutes, but the text has to be sent to you, then you have to respond to it. She said that I could not just text into that number. If I don't receive the text, then I am not eligible.
my wife never got the text but she sent "yes" to the number and got the 1000 minutes.
What background are you using in the screenshot and how do you set that up?
!Muchos gracias! Worked as promised.
Worked like a charm <3 You guys are amazing!
Does anyone have the wording from the original text? Maybe I'm overly cautious, but I'd prefer to make sure I'm not agreeing to something before blindly "accepting an offer" from AT&T.
Worked for me, received response right away exactly as shown in the story.
Did not work when I texted it from a non-native app (Textnow). Said I needed a valid 10 digit number. So my wife sent it from her phone using the native message app and she got the 1000 minutes with no issues.
My friend also tried it. She used the native message app and she had no luck. Got this “1113020. Error invalid number. Please resend using a valid 10 digit mobile number or valid short code."
It's 11113020 with four 1's. I just did it and got the message back.
wow . thanks a lot. ( the message was worded differently for me. )
i'm not going to believe this until i see it on my bill. hopefully we didn't just say "yes" to a donation to a way-smarter-than-me scam artist.
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