1. I have a SO account with a big balance and it's existed for a while. (it's the one I was going to make my primary before learning I owe Rogers 10 more months). I just added another $25 for a 1yr extension and lent it to a friend. Can it be a referee? Referrer?

2. I found an old SO SIM, wasn't sure if it was still good so I put it in a phone and turned it on. Now I have a $5 balance and a 1yr extension. Not ready to sell or use the SIM yet but is it be eligible to be referred? It's at least a year old, probably more, but only activated recently.

3. I found what might be another old SO SIM (the 20-digit ID is almost identical to #2), I'm not even going to put it in a phone until I decide what to do with SIM #2!

Thanks for any advice you may have on these referrals.

=aw

major said:

Both phones were activated a few days apart. After activation, you can request a referral code from SO immediately (there isn't any minimum airtime credit required).

After getting a referral code for each phone, I applied a $100 voucher to phone #1. I then called SO customer service to apply the referral code from phone #2.

I then applied a $100 voucher to phone #2 and called SO customer service to apply the referral code from phone #1.

The total airtime credit on each phone is now $5 (initial phone credit) +$100 (voucher) +$25 (promo bonus) +$10 (referrer bonus) +$10 (referree bonus).

Still works ....

I was able to obtain a $10 referrer bonus and a $10 referree bonus for each of my two phones.

rchiu said:

It's still on as of today (19 Aug) ... just called and got a code myself. Should have asked if there were any plans to end the promo, but I forgot ... Next person who calls please inquire.

Asked a rep about a month ago (Aug 26). As of then he said there were no plans to end it.

Flash said:

Yep, I did that when I bought my 2 speakout phones as well.

Oh, and btw, you don't NEED 25$ to apply the code, they tell you do, but you don't actually. For 1 of the phones I met a nice CSR and he just asked for the code, I gave it to him, and then I had 15$ (5$ initial + 10$ referral)

I just called customer service and found they had a new way to curb this: I was told that once a referral code is generated from a given phone number, that phone number will not be able to become the referee.

Also I was told the phone needs to make at least one call before it can generate a referral code, however like others have said there was no requirement for the referrer to have $25. That requirement was only for the referee.

just to make sure, after i hang up, i did a balance inquiry (*777) on my phone and yes, it
does still works. i have additional $10 on my airtime load.

ka-boom!!!!

Oh, and btw, you don't NEED 25$ to apply the code, they tell you do, but you don't actually. For 1 of the phones I met a nice CSR and he just asked for the code, I gave it to him, and then I had 15$ (5$ initial + 10$ referral)

After getting a referral code for each phone, I applied a $100 voucher to phone #1. I then called SO customer service to apply the referral code from phone #2.

I then applied a $100 voucher to phone #2 and called SO customer service to apply the referral code from phone #1.

The total airtime credit on each phone is now $5 (initial phone credit) +$100 (voucher) +$25 (promo bonus) +$10 (referrer bonus) +$10 (referree bonus).

major said:

I purchased 2 phones and was able to be the "referrer" and the "referree" for each phone. Thus each phone was credited with an extra $20.

A minimum $25 balance is not required to get a referral code. You can ask for one as soon as the phone is activated (which will give you a $5.00 balance).

As for applying a referral code, you do need a $25 minimum balance.

I purchased 2 phones and was able to be the "referrer" and the "referree" for each phone. Thus each phone was credited with an extra $20.

The "someone else" is me, I got a new free phone through the latest free phone promo and wanted to get the $10 credit twice if possible.

The ad for Pay it Forward states you have to have a credit balance, not a min balance. Do you think the CSM confused this with the min $25 air credit you need to use in order to redeem the code?

This means that existing customers can refer up to 12 people each in a year (using a different code each time).

I see. Thank you very much.

Cindy said:
What does " You can have 12 bonus redemptions per year" mean? Thanks

This means that existing customers can refer up to 12 people each in a year (using a different code each time).

Peter said:

Some details about the referral bonus from the referrer point of view that I didn't notice before (maybe they're new):

- You can generate up to 3 referral codes per month
- You can have 12 bonus redemptions per year

What does " You can have 12 bonus redemptions per year" mean? Thanks