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Verizon Alerts Legacy 5G Subscribers About Game Perk and Loyalty Discount Cuts

The carrier will remove costly game perks, loyalty credits from legacy plans to steer customers toward its myPlan packages.

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New Verizon tactic might compel you to ditch your legacy plan
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Overview

  • Verizon will discontinue free Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass on its 5G Get More and Play More legacy plans effective September 22, 2025, with full removal from accounts on September 25.
  • Affected subscribers are receiving in-app and email notifications in the My Verizon app warning of the upcoming perk and discount eliminations.
  • Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass subscriptions, valued at $6.99 and $4.99 per month respectively, must be claimed by the September 22 cutoff or they will be canceled or converted to paid subscriptions.
  • Line-level loyalty benefits such as the $10 per-line discount, $10 and $15 account credits, and select unlimited offer discounts will end beginning in September 2025.
  • After unbundling perks in 2023 and raising legacy plan rates by $4 per line in March 2024, Verizon is urging customers to migrate to its newer myPlan add-on model.