Verizon, for a limited time, is offering extra 1GB of bonus data every month upon customers on prepaid plans enrolling into auto pay and making their first successful automatic payment.
The largest wireless carrier in the US in a statement said that customers on the $45 prepaid monthly smartphone plan, who normally get 1GB of data per month can have a total of 2GB when they sign up for auto pay. And customers on the $60 prepaid monthly plan who normally get 2.5 GB of data per month can have a total of 3.5 GB. Customers on a $45 or $60 smartphone plan who are currently enrolled in auto pay will receive 1GB of bonus data after their next auto pay payment.
Giving away the extra bonus data for customers opting into auto pay marks a shift in the reward mechanisms used to entice more customers to use the service. Other players in the market, namely AT&T and Cricket, have been rewarding their customers who use the auto pay service with credits againsts their bill. AT&T and Cricket's customers get a US$5 rebate for signing up on the service.