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Friday, January 29th, 2021

Incorrect AT&T Thanks tier level

Our AT&T Thanks program got downgraded on Friday, January 8, 2021 to Blue (as though we only have one AT&T service when we have at least two). Our DirecTV and Wireless services have been connected since August 2019 and our AT&T Thanks tier has been Gold this whole time. There is no reason for the downgrade, we still have both services, and they had been connected since August 2019. After calling on multiple occasions and speaking to no fewer than 15 different AT&T agents over the course of several hours, we have still not been returned to our correct tier level. Both the DirecTV and Wireless accounts have the same phone numbers and home address on them. Both accounts have my name. The DirectTV account also has my spouse's name, and because of that, the AT&T/DirecTV agents are apparently helpless, and cannot reconnect our Wireless and DirecTV accounts.  Some agents have said the problem would be fixed (it hasn't been), and other agents have told me that the only solution is for us to cancel our current DirecTV service and order a new DirecTV service with only my name on it. That apparently involves disconnecting and sending back our current DirecTV equipment and receiving and reinstalling new DirecTV equipment - and losing all our recordings in the process. This seems absurd. A recent computer glitch on AT&T's side has caused this problem, and the only solution offered is to completely cancel and restart accounts along with actual hardware de-installation and re-installation? An enormous inconvenience to us, and certainly a waste of everyone's time. Please, there has to be a better solution. Has anyone else experienced this, and figured out a good solution?

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5 years ago

Hey @LdeP! Here to help. 


Let us clarify this for you.  AT&T Thanks is an appreciation program that we have in order to award our loyal customers with exclusive benefits. 

This program has 3 categories. The number of eligible AT&T products and services you have determines your tier level – Blue, Gold, Platinum 

Blue: (1 service) 

  • Wireless plan with less than 15GB
  • DIRECTV or U-verse with less than 240 channels.
  • AT&T Internet

Gold: (2 or more services) or (1 premium feature).

  • Wireless plan with less than 15GB - with more than 15GB or unlimited data.
  • DIRECTV or U-verse with less than 240 channels - with more than 240 channels.
  • AT&T Internet 

Platinum: (All three services + 1 premium feature) or (2 premium features)

  • Wireless plan with less than 15GB - with more than 15GB or unlimited data.
  • DIRECTV or U-verse with less than 240 channels - with more than 240 channels.
  • AT&T Internet 


Most of the reasons to be downgraded in these categories are:

  • Account holders name change.
  • Disconnection of one of these services.
  • Change of the plan.

To get additional information please click here 



If you still need further assistance let us know. 

Sarhay, AT&T Community Specialist.

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5 years ago

Canceling DTV then putting it into another name at the same address is account fraud.

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5 years ago

@ATTHelp, I’m sure your message was well-intentioned, but unfortunately not at all helpful, since your response simply describes the AT&T Thanks program, and does not answer any part of the question I asked. I am thoroughly familiar with the AT&T Thanks tiers, which is how I know that we are in an incorrect tier level. 

@Shannon02, thank you for pointing out that the “solution” recommended by the AT&T/DirecTV agents amounts to account fraud. I hope that AT&T takes note and makes sure to provide better training to the help agents. 
AT&T should have a division that oversees and manages integrated services and that is equipped to fix issues related to customers who have multiple AT&T services, like this one. I have specifically asked to be connected to something that would be akin to an office of integrated services, and in response, agents have forwarded me back to billing, or customer loyalty, or sales, or any other number of departments that seem not to have any information or ability to address this problem. 

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255.7K Messages

5 years ago

Hi @LdeP here to help!
In order to proper assist you please chat with me at http://sm.att.com/1bcd36e1 this link will expire after 30 minutes, feel free to message me back for a new one. I am looking to hearing from you. Sarhay, AT&T Community Specialist.

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5 years ago

Not sure if this will work, but can you edit your account name in your profile on your online account app to just your name and it add your other name of your spouse as a secondary user. This would update the account name so it is the same as the other account and then link your accounts! I think their solution is ludicrous and who wants to do all that. If an account name change would work. Just a suggestion.

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212 Messages

5 years ago

To cover up their mess, they removed the THANKS tier from the main home screen in AT&T online (servicing). Mine is still broken - going on three months.

The "logic" - from the Adobe/AEM team outsourced offshore Indian Hindians - broke when I went from "35GB data" to "unlimited data", and two lines went to four lines in "group 1".

To recap, I added two lines, purchased two phones, went to a more expensive unlimited plan... and my tier DROPPED. I still have AT&T Fiber 1000, AT&T U-verse, Connected Car internet, and everything else.

$400/month+ in service, and I dropped tiers.

This whole program is a joke. AT&T support - and "office of the prezident" - is useless.

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255.7K Messages

5 years ago

We want to look into that for you,  @lindros2!

 

From the looks of it you have purchased qualifying services and added a feature to be eligible for new tier benefits. However, there is a reason which may have resulted in a drop in tier.

  • What name and address are the services in?
    • Customers are recognized across services by the combination of their last name and address.
      • Example 1: If wireless service is in the husband's name and TV service is in the wife's name, and they do not share the same last name, we cannot recognize those services together.
      • Example 2: If you have wireless service at your primary residence and DIRECTV at another residence, say, a vacation home address, then those two services will not be recognized together.
        • You may want to work through the usual channels to have your name and address updated to match across all products and services to upgrade your tier status. This may include a Transfer of Billing Responsibility (ToBR) or Unify your billing accounts.
        • Once you've reconciled any conflicting name/address, it could take up to two weeks before the correct tier status is recognized.

Make sure to sign in to your AT&T account and confirm that your service address and info are the same. Let us know how this worked! 

 

Lar, AT&T Community Specialist

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5 years ago

@ATTHelp / you’re not understanding. 
I was at platinum.

no account info changed. 
I opened a case on January 26. Nothing. 
escalated. Nothing. 
office of the president. Nothing. 
Is this “thanks” for $5000/year in spend?

this is a charade. A joke. Useless. 


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