tmobile's Gold rewards

I can't believe I just realized this. I'm sure I knew at some point, but somehow forgot but here's this post to remind me. In order to get calls for 10 cents/min on tmobile's grandfathered prepaid plan, we have to refill with a $100 card each time. Otherwise, the cost is pretty high.

$10 refill = $10/35 = $0.29/min or txt
$25 refill = $25/150 = $0.17/min or txt
$50 refill = $50/460 = $0.11/min or txt
$100 refill = $100/1000 = $0.10/min or txt

In other words, Gold Rewards gives you two benefits: 1) ensures that the minutes won't expire for a year and 2) gives an extra 15% worth of mins, but it does not bring the cost down to $0.10 per min/txts.

So in future, remember to refill with $100 cards!

Spend $100 in refills, and get instant Gold Rewards status.
Refill value Whenever Minutes® / Minutes Expire $10 30 min / 90 days 35 min / 1 year $25 130 min / 90 days 150 min / 1 year $50 400 min / 90 days 460 min / 1 year $100 1000 min / 1 year*