Play with MNP(mobile number portability)-enjoy the stuff for free

FALTU STUFF analysed the MNP offerings of Vodafone & Airtel & found something interesting.


First v requested a porting code for an Airtel connection. Airtel had gained nearly 150,000 ported customers till the end of February.


As soon as v received the porting code v got a call 4m Airtel's retention department. The customer care agent offered us double the talk time for free, & local calls charged at just 20 paise /min!---its true!!!!!

In addition to that, it also sent us 2 free movie tickets a couple of days later (this was probably bcoz of heavy usage on that Airtel connection)


But Airtel is not alone in this regard. A colleague who uses Vodafone's prepaid connection, & who rarely uses his phone, got 100 % talk time for 2 months as part of a retention package 4m the operator.


For our another connection Vodafone, also offered us a bill plan for Rs 350 with 750 minutes of free calls plus 350 free SMSs on our post paid connection.


Our colleague, who switched to Airtel, was offered a post paid pack for Rs 99 by the operator, even though the minimum billing plan displayed on its vbsite is Rs 199. Under the plan, he got Rs 100 worth of both local & STD calls at 50 paise/min.


Another Vodafone Mumbai user who shrd his experience with MNP got a Rs 199 plan with 400 free local minutes to any network, & after the free minutes vre exhausted, he was charged 30 paise per pulse for local calls to any network; 0.50 paise/min for STD calls, & a discount of Rs 100 on SMS messages.


Hovver, there r things that u need to remember to get the best offers. The first is that u mustn't call the retention department urself. If the operator feels that u r doing it to get offers, it will not entertain u.


The other thing is that u must disclose the true reason for ur switch as the free faltu stuff will then be better suited to ur needs. For example, if u r looking for better local call or data rates, say so. The retention department will then offer u an appropriate plan.


If u r not satisfied with customer service or network quality, don't get bogged down by the retention offer, there r better plans available with other operators too.


Hence, the moral of the story is: try MNP even if u don't intend to switch, u will get the best offer, if not 4m ur existing service provider, 4m another operator.
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