{"id":15311,"date":"2016-03-15T12:20:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T19:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=15311"},"modified":"2016-03-15T12:23:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T19:23:46","slug":"unrelated-public-service-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/unrelated-public-service-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrelated public service announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=http:\/\/www.directv.com\/DTVAPP\/referral\/referralProgram.jsp?ampid=ARE-Y096-R1DQ&#038;f=AL&#038;refAcctNumber=2694710&#038;dist_src=email&#038;cmp=INT-rcus-dtv-ref-em-dmc-9-0-10040115&#038;tellapal.ed=EM target=_new><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/directv-coupons-1.jpg\" alt=\"directv-coupons-1\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" align=left><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the past 10 years or so I&#8217;ve changed TV service providers every two to three years due to price. They (Charter, DirecTV, Dish) usually give you a good deal the first year, an OK deal the second year, and then a lousy deal after that. At least that&#8217;s been my experience. So usually in year three I switch.<\/p>\n<p>I just began year three with DirecTV and watched my bill go to over $100 a month (from under $50 a month the first year and under $80 a month in the second year). So I called them to tell them I was cancelling if they didn&#8217;t give me a break. They did. By agreeing to stick with them for another 12 months they are cutting my bill by $40 a month. I&#8217;m happy, and I don&#8217;t have to go through the hassle of switching.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in a similar situation, give them a call. If they don&#8217;t give you the discount, ask specifically for the loyalty discount ($10 off per month) and the additional 12-month agreement discount ($30 off per month). You have to be with them for at least two years to get these discounts.<\/p>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t a DirecTV customer yet, you can sign up <a href=http:\/\/www.directv.com\/DTVAPP\/referral\/referralProgram.jsp?ampid=ARE-Y096-R1DQ&#038;f=AL&#038;refAcctNumber=2694710&#038;dist_src=email&#038;cmp=INT-rcus-dtv-ref-em-dmc-9-0-10040115&#038;tellapal.ed=EM target=_new>here<\/a> for an even better rate. You get an additional $10 off for 10 months by using that link than you would just going to their site or calling in based on a mailer. After you&#8217;ve been a customer for a couple years be sure to call them to get your rate back down to a reasonable number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past 10 years or so I&#8217;ve changed TV service providers every two to three years due to price. They (Charter, DirecTV, Dish) usually give you a good deal the first year, an OK deal the second year, and then a lousy deal after that. At least that&#8217;s been my experience. So usually in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15314,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15311\/revisions\/15314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}