Hi guys, not sure if this qualifies as a deal, I only got it via chat with an Optus customer rep. Mod please move to forum if inappropriate.
My existing plan expired so I was hoping to get this deal as a "loyalty bonus" to an existing customer, $30/15Gb. But the kind Optus guy twisted my arm and offered 17Gb instead:
The $40 sim only plan with 15 GB data for $30 is a new service deal.
You need to sign up for that on a new number or a porting number. If you sign up for this new number deal now, I will give you the plan for $30 with 17 GB data as an offer for you.
I didn't want to be rude, so I accepted. They have to send me a new SIM, so not sure if I can port my existing number to that plan, but will try. Let me know if anyone else tried and got this.
Update After reading all the comments below checked with Optus to clarify the deal:
- it is a new plan, I cannot keep my old number - sadly
- after receiving and activating the new sim i can cancel the old one, so no charge for two plans as long as they are not both active same time;
Update #2 and final Finally got my new SIM delivered. Knowing it's going to be a new number decided to chat Optus anyway about keeping my old number. Got bounced to about 3 different departments and reps, told to call via phone customer service dept. Another 2 reps talking to directly. The last one said it is to much trouble to transfer my number to a new SIM, easier to port the new plan to my old SIM. Got that done in about 15 min.
Conclusion and why bother: this deal is not for the faint hearted. You also have to keep cool talking to reps, bitching doesn't help :) Why I wanted to stay with Optus so bad? Because when it works it flies! I am getting speed of 83 Mbps down, 30 up, wouldn't dream of that speed on my Telstra ADSL.
yep, i got this deal with 17gb, cheers