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My agent moved me to a cheaper Xfinity plan it found hidden from the website menus

He asked the AI to check if his phone and internet plan was worth what he pays, and shared the agent's own account of what it did. The AI signed into his account and checked five months of statements: he uses 14 to 30GB a month, so his unlimited plan was charging him for room he never uses. It found a cheaper tier, Mobile Select at $30 a month with a 50GB data bucket, $15 a month less than his $45 legacy plan. The tier was not offered on the self service pages, so the AI opened the Xfinity chat, told the bot it was acting for him, got passed to a live agent, and handled the account checks, including spotting an expired approval link and getting a fresh one sent to his email. Before agreeing, it read the order review page: one line, $0 due today, $15 a month less, no add ons. His whole part was typing the word go. The saving is $180 a year from the next bill.

$180a year

How it works

  1. Sign into his account and check five months of statements
  2. Compare plans and find Mobile Select at $30 a month, $15 less
  3. Open the Xfinity chat and declare it is acting for him
  4. Get handed to a live agent
  5. Handle account checks and an expired approval link
  6. Read the order review fine print
  7. He types go
  8. Plan changed, saving starts next bill

Why it’s worth knowing

The cheaper plan existed but was never shown in the website menus. The agent found it, then did the chat, the checks and the fine print reading itself.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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