u/niceeone1

I’m currently on my first international trip since forced migration. My entire account is spared from it and I still have Kickback after a full billing cycle.

I just got a text alert from T-Mobile that I’ve used 1.6GB already this month on one of my lines. I know for a fact that as recently as this past March, international data usage doesn’t count against Kickback limit as it’s in a different bucket. This standard message seems to imply that my international data is now eating into the 2GB allowance for kickback discount.

I’ll report back when my statement closes in a week to see if it actually is now counted toward kickback limit.

As a precaution to getting down voted: Yes I know I’m lucky that I still have my legacy plan and Kickback. I’m just posting to report this change.

Edit: I don’t know if data usage in Canada & Mexico is in the same bucket as domestic. I know that Canada & Mexico get its own 5GB allowance and the rest of the world gets a separate 5GB per month. However, I’ve travelled in Mexico before and didn’t get this kickback message. So, something definitely has changed. Looking in T-Life, it seems that T-Mobile is counting all data usage on a single line, combined with domestic, hot spot and international roaming. At least that’s what the graphic reflects.

Last month, I maxed out the card and made a payment from a linked checking account. This was the first time I noticed that available credit was instantly restored, it even was explicitly shown on the payment confirmation screen.
I made an in person purchase with Apple Pay a few hours later, for less than $11, the system took away the instantly restored credit. I waited almost 7 days to see the payment fully posted.

This month, I didn’t use my card that much. I made a full payment on the last day the statement balance is due, and Robinhood again instantly restored my available credit. I used a virtual card for an online purchase within an hour, and the newly restored credit is still there.

I think that there’s no official acknowledgement of instant credit restoration from paying with a checking account, it is indeed offered to seasoned account. I received my first ever credit limit increase two months ago.