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Verizon Introduces New 'Up' Rewards Program With Perks Including Free Months of Apple Music

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Verizon today introduced a new Verizon Up rewards program that offers customers perks for paying their monthly bills.

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For every $300 spent towards Verizon products and services, including a phone bill, customers will receive one credit, which can be exchanged for one reward. Every month, there are six new customized rewards to choose from, with the selection changing on the first day of each month.

Those rewards include up to four free months of Apple Music for new Verizon customers, and one free month for existing subscribers, along with 20 percent off roundtrip JetBlue flights, three free months of HBO NOW, up to $10 per credit towards their next device purchase, up to 2GB bonus data, and more.

Other rewards partners listed on Verizon's website include Amazon, EA Sports, Google Play, Nike, and Starbucks.

Verizon Up also provides customers with access to a limited number of tickets for events in sports, music, and entertainment, such as NFL games and Broadway shows, on a first-come, first-served basis. There also appears to be a chance to win tickets to major NFL events, including Super Bowl LII.

The rewards program is available to Verizon postpaid customers enrolled in the Verizon Selects marketing program and residing in the United States. Credits earned expire after 60 days, and all rewards have an expiration date. Additional information can be found on the Verizon Up website, video, and FAQ.

Verizon Up is available through the free My Verizon app [Direct Link] for iPhone and iPad.

Update: As a point of emphasis, the required Verizon Selects program uses personal information, such as the web addresses of the sites you visit, apps and features you use, device and advertising identifiers, and information from other companies, to provide targeted advertising and marketing.

Article Link: Verizon Introduces New 'Up' Rewards Program With Perks Including Free Months of Apple Music
 
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Not much of a program IMHO. I'm not loving TMob for the few months I've been with them but their TMob Tuesday program murders this tripe. In as many months I've received an entire season of MLB.TV, 2 pizzas, 2 movies (that I watched -- offered others but didn't want to sign up to Vudu), $8 in credits at Dunkin Donuts, $4 in credits at Baskin Robbins. This week another free RedBox Blu-Ray is coming up. And that is the other thing -- it's every week not wait a few months to accumulate $300 in spending.
 
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From the article. “You have to enroll in Verizon Selects, a program that allows the company to track a huge chunk of your personal data. That includes web browsing, app usage, device location, service usage, demographic info, postal or email address, and your interests.”

No thanks...
 
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Chupa Chupa said:
Not much of a program IMHO. I'm not loving TMob for the few months I've been with them but their TMob Tuesday program murders this tripe. In as many months I've received an entire season of MLB.TV, 2 pizzas, 2 movies (that I watched -- offered others but didn't want to sign up to Vudu), $8 in credits at Dunkin Donuts, $4 in credits at Baskin Robbins. This week another free RedBox Blu-Ray is coming up. And that is the other thing -- it's every week not wait a few months to accumulate $300 in spending.
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Actually you have to spend $300 in TWO months because credits expire 60 days after being awarded.

[edit: credits can take 5 business days to be credited to an account]
 
Val-kyrie said:
Actually you have to spend $300 in TWO months because credits expire 60 days after being awarded.
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The way I interpreted that was that you can take however long you need to reach $300 and once you reach that threshold, you receive 1 credit that can be redeemed for a reward, but that 1 credit expires after 60 days.
 
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ck2875 said:
The way I interpreted that was that you can take however long you need to reach $300 and once you reach that threshold, you receive 1 credit that can be redeemed for a reward, but that 1 credit expires after 60 days.
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You're correct. I misread it.
 
AT&T offers you a free companion movie ticket every Tuesday and $25 a month off Direct TV Now, which would give you ESPN and other channels for $10.

T-Mobile has their weekly discounts, which range from awesome (free season of MLB.TV) to nice (free Redbox night).

Meanwhile, Verizon gives you 1 free month of Apple Music when you spend $300 aka once every 2-4 months depending on your plan.

Honestly, why even bother?
 
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What a waste. Really sad that this is the best rewards program they could come up with.
 
I guess nobody ever wears sun or different glasses. I'd imagine that messes things up.
 
ck2875 said:
Seemingly a response to T Mobile Tuesdays.

Granted, I imagine their customers would rather Verizon just made the plans cheaper than giving them 'rewards' for paying out the arse.
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Couldn't have said it better. A cheaper bill would be my preference. I don't personally use their services, but I've seen enough complaints about their pricing being the worst.
 
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This is the most deisgraceful and.thoughtless "article" by Macrumors, nothing more than a rehash of a press release while completely ignoring the dark and cancerous nature of this program.

As others have pointed out, this "rewards program" is actually a trick to get you to give Verizon permission to use your web surfing history. They could easily run this "loyalty" program without using your history...just time as a Verizon customer, amount spent, products used, etc. you don't need surfing history for this.

The fact that Macrumors article doesn't event mention the violation to privacy and decency is disgraceful. I am yet to see one article outside of this one which frames it as what it is—a threat to privacy in exchange get for a bunch of meaningless "rewards."

For shame Macrumors. Hopefully they will pull article or re-write. No need to be propaganda arm for a Verizon.
 
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BWhaler said:
This is the most deisgraceful and.thoughtless "article" by Macrumors, nothing more than a rehash of a press release while completely ignoring the dark and cancerous nature of this program.

As others have pointed out, this "rewards program" is actually a trick to get you to give Verizon permission to use your web surfing history. They could easily run this "loyalty" program without using your history...just time as a Verizon customer, amount spent, products used, etc. you don't need surfing history for this.

The fact that Macrumors article doesn't event mention the violation to privacy and decency is disgraceful. I am yet to see one article outside of this one which frames it as what it is—a threat to privacy in exchange get for a bunch of meaningless "rewards."

For shame Macrumors. Hopefully they will pull article or re-write. No need to be propaganda arm for a Verizon.
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I was actually surprised they didn't talk more about the Verizon Select program required to go along with this.

I've been a Verizon customer the majority of my life, and I am seriously considering switching over to T-Mobile for no other reason than Verizon just pisses me off as a consumer.
 
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BWhaler said:
This is the most deisgraceful and.thoughtless "article" by Macrumors, nothing more than a rehash of a press release while completely ignoring the dark and cancerous nature of this program.

As others have pointed out, this "rewards program" is actually a trick to get you to give Verizon permission to use your web surfing history. They could easily run this "loyalty" program without using your history...just time as a Verizon customer, amount spent, products used, etc. you don't need surfing history for this.

The fact that Macrumors article doesn't event mention the violation to privacy and decency is disgraceful. I am yet to see one article outside of this one which frames it as what it is—a threat to privacy in exchange get for a bunch of meaningless "rewards."

For shame Macrumors. Hopefully they will pull article or re-write. No need to be propaganda arm for a Verizon.
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I mentioned enrollment in Verizon Selects is required, but for absolute clarity, I've added an update with some details of the information that is collected.

Thanks for your feedback.
 
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I get vendors all up in my business every work day, opt-out of pretty much everything. I'm hoping that T-Mo expands their coverage footprint here in the Western US, right now there's coverage holes bigger than several Eastern states - but there's no way I'm opting in to more VZW BS. Several of my contract lines (with GFed UL data) expired just yesterday, and I'll be shopping those lines around soon…
 
nviz22 said:
T-Mobile causing Verizon to do un-Verizon like things, eh?
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Oh, Verizon is still doing very "Verizon-like" things here. You basically have to give them the keys to your digital life in order to take advantage of these "perks".
 
As a Verizon user who has had to constantly turn off the "ads" and data mining DEEPLY hidden in the Verizon account settings for years and years... I won't be doing this.

Thanks to this article, I was reminded to withdraw consent again for Verizon Selects. My personal preference.

Joe Rossignol said:
I mentioned enrollment in Verizon Selects is required, but for absolute clarity, I've added an update with some details of the information that is collected.

Thanks for your feedback.
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As a Verizon family plan owner for many many years, I for one thank you for this article. I didn't see it like that at all (the way the person you replied to saw it). I read your article, was glad to see that I didn't have to find this out some other way (as Macrumors is my favorite site to visit in the morning). You get a thumbs up from me.
 
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Val-kyrie said:
The question is whether or not Verizon is already doing this.... Don't they still use 'super-cookies'?
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They do:

https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/verizon-selects-legal/
Does the program use device identifiers?

The program uses online and device identifiers, including browser cookies, ad IDs from Apple and Google, and one created by Verizon, known as a Unique Identifier Header or UIDH. Verizon includes a UIDH in the address information of Internet requests going to Verizon companies (including Oath) and to a small number of partners to help deliver services unrelated to advertising. When you join Verizon Selects, the UIDH may also be shared with partners who provide advertising services. Verizon partners are authorized to use the UIDH only as part of Verizon and AOL services.
 
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