Sprint Aggressive With Guarantee, Gift Card Offer in Push to Add Customers

Sprint is pushing hard to steal customers from AT&T and Verizon, new promotions show. Customers who switch to Sprint from another wireless carrier will get up to $650 to help cover switching fees, and they can score for a limited time a $250 prepaid Mastercard if they buy a late-model “iconic” smartphone with a contract, it said Friday. Under a “100% Total Satisfaction Guarantee,” new and current customers who try Sprint’s “improved” LTE service are assured full satisfaction or they’ll get a refund from Sprint to cover phone costs, service charges and fees, it said. The carrier said it has been working to improve coverage, reliability and speed nationwide via its Next-Gen Network plan, resulting in a 36 percent performance boost in national average download speeds from March to March. Through roaming agreements, Sprint offers 30 percent more total LTE data coverage nationwide, it said.