MTN Black Friday Discussions

Dean said:
From Retentions, the only 12 month options I was told were:

Sky Bronze - 1600 minutes, 30GB @ R699
Yellow Plan Deluxe - 500 minutes, 15GB @ R499

There may have been smaller Yellow Plan options too, but wasn't interested so not sure.
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And month to month?
 
skimread said:
And month to month?
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Not usually from Retentions, they're generally for contracts.

Best month to month that I've seen are their SuperFlex deals from the website, which is technically prepaid.
 
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Dean said:
Depends on the full contact period and the specific terms of your contract.
I think the most common one is 20 months on 24 month contracts.
Usually you can find that info specific to your contract in the MTN app, or just call them to ask.
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You can do an early upgrade, before upgrade month. You will be charged a early upgrade fee, you can then choose if you have a device to pay the balance of the device or add the monthly device fee on top of the new contract, till it is paid.

If the contract is a downgrade from the previous contract you will have to pay the remaining months difference once off.

Early upgrades with MTN is designed in such a way, to make sure MTN wins all the way to the bank, there is rare exceptions when early upgrade is a must, example not enough minutes.
 
Truly kak offerings this year. I expected this thread to blow up like with previous years but it seems like MTN didn't come to the party.

They put me on the 18 month contract for the 400GB@R439 so I am only due for upgrade next May but I was hoping to do an early upgrade. Looks like I might have to start looking else where

Sad to see an almost decade long marriage nearing its end
 
Dean said:
Was told:

125 minutes, 10GB data @ R119
75 minutes, 20GB data @ R139
525 minutes, 15GB data @ R209
and I think there was a bigger one too, but I didn't go further.

Asked a couple of times if each of the options has a different name, and was told no, they're all just called "Yellow Essential" Plans with differing bundle sizes, specially created for Retentions Black Friday only.
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Thank you for this. I had to expiring so opted for the 75/20 and the 525/15 .

I am grateful I have my 400gb one still with shareable data plus I still have a year on it of my 36 months.

I think this is a sign of the end for these good times.
 
iDOL said:
Thank you for this. I had to expiring so opted for the 75/20 and the 525/15 .

I am grateful I have my 400gb one still with shareable data plus I still have a year on it of my 36 months.

I think this is a sign of the end for these good times.
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Any chance you have a deal code for the 75/20?
 
TedLasso said:
Thanks @Dean .
Called 135, chose contract cancellation and was immediately in retentions.


15GB + 525 mins for R209
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Anyone managed to get onto this? What do they call it?

not too far off from the BF deal I've been on for the last few years. i've been getting 600mins and 25gb data. Don't need that much mobile data though
 
iDOL said:
I am grateful I have my 400gb one still with shareable data plus I still have a year on it of my 36 months.
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I have had a similar BF deal for the last few years. I am not sure exactly how much data - 400/500GB for about R 319
I don't know if they are planning to terminate this.
I have asked the MTN shop, as I have been getting notification for my main mobile number contract ending.
Nobody seems to be able to clarify what's going on, and I don't want to push the matter in case then go and end the out of contract packages I am on in order to sign me up to a new one!
 
Dean said:
Not usually from Retentions, they're generally for contracts.

Best month to month that I've seen are their SuperFlex deals from the website, which is technically prepaid.
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I've been wondering about just going prepaid. When I've run out of voice minutes, it's pretty affordable to just top up with 300 odd minutes... so maybe a small contract / prepaid + top up.

I've been on a BF deal with 600 mins the last few years @ R 149... the MTN dealer hasn't been able to offer me anything similar and it seems that I've been out of contract for a while, on month to month - and the bonus minutes and data seem to be falling away
 
I.am.Sam said:
not that i know off

retentions is only for us with BF deals

we go to retentions

we collect deals

we deal with 10 different people until someone finds the right one and shares the persons name here

we fight with them also

we get deals that one knows off and the other doestn

we fight again

we get good deal

we repeat every time contract is up for renewal
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what happened to sharing the retentions deal codes here? I remember doing this a few years back and got a great deal.
 
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