{"id":173222,"date":"2026-01-15T11:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tjbdeals.com\/?p=173222"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:24:02","slug":"one-day-after-outage-verizon-offers-customers-20-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tjbdeals.com\/?p=173222","title":{"rendered":"One Day After Outage, Verizon Offers Customers $20 Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Yesterday, Verizon experienced a nationwide service outage that left many customers without reliable cellular service for hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Following the disruption, Verizon acknowledged the issue and announced it will be offering <span class=\"s3\">a $20 account credit<\/span> to affected customers. While compensation is better than nothing, there are a few important details customers should be aware of.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><b>What Verizon Is Offering:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><b>$20 credit per account (not per line)<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"s1\">Credit must be <\/span>manually claimed<span class=\"s1\"> through the <\/span>myVerizon app<b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Customers will receive a <span class=\"s1\">text message<\/span> when the credit becomes available<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Verizon says the credit typically covers <span class=\"s1\">multiple days of service<b><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"s1\">Business customers<\/span> will be contacted separately<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><b>Why Customers Are Frustrated<\/b>:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><b>1. The credit is not automatic<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Customers must actively log into the myVerizon app and redeem the credit. If you don\u2019t claim it, you don\u2019t get it \u2014 even if you were affected by the outage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><b>2. It\u2019s $20 per account, not per line<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">This means a customer with <span class=\"s1\">one line receives the same $20 credit as a customer with four lines<\/span>, despite paying significantly more and potentially having more devices impacted during the outage. Many customers feel this doesn\u2019t fairly reflect the scale of the disruption.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><b>How to Claim the Credit:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"s1\">Open the <\/span><b>myVerizon app<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Look for the credit notification once you receive the text<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Redeem the $20 account credit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">While the $20 credit doesn\u2019t undo the inconvenience many customers experienced, it\u2019s at least something back for a service disruption that shouldn\u2019t have happened. 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