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Friday, May 22nd, 2026 5:23 PM

Approved $400 refund for unapplied Mobile Select promotion — CSA callback never received, requesting resolution

Posting here as a last step before filing an FCC informal complaint, since I've exhausted chat/phone support and a confirmed CSA team callback never happened.


Summary
I signed up for the "Mobile Select line free for 12 months with Xfinity Internet" promotion on June 1, 2025. The promotion was successfully applied at signup according to Xfinity's records — this was confirmed by a chat agent on May 16, 2026, who pulled up my account history and verified the original enrollment. However, the monthly bill credit was never actually posted to my account, and I was charged the line fee for 10+ consecutive months totaling approximately $400, paid out-of-pocket on the credit card on file. (Total payments so far: $450.96, plus $42.41 auto pay coming up 5/22)


What happened on May 16, 2026
After a >90-minute chat session, the agent confirmed the signup, validated the charges, and escalated to Tier 2. Two tickets were opened:
[Edited: "Personal Information"] (initial escalation to Tier 2)
[Edited: "Personal Information"] (Tier 2 escalation to upper team)
The total approved credit was confirmed as $400. Because the amount exceeded the agent's authority, the case was routed to the CSA (Customer Service Adjustment) team, and I was told CSA would call to finalize the resolution — specifically the refund method, which the agent could not change.


The unresolved question: refund method
During the May 16 chat, I clearly stated and the agent acknowledged the following preference:
Primary: refund to the original credit card the charges were paid on
Fallback: prepaid Mastercard
Not acceptable: credit applied to my Xfinity account
Account credit doesn't work for my situation because the Mobile Select promotion is ending shortly, the mobile line will be cancelled, and I haven't committed to remaining on Xfinity Internet long-term. Applying $400 as account credit makes me wait many months and depends on my continued tenure as a customer to draw down a refund of money I've already paid out-of-pocket.


Status as of today
It's now been six days since the May 16 chat. No CSA call has been received. No email follow-up. Both tickets appear closed on my end without resolution.


What I'm requesting
Confirmation that the $400 refund is still being processed
Refund issued to the original credit card on file (or prepaid Mastercard as fallback)
Written confirmation via email of the resolution method, dollar amount, and timeline before the case is closed


Evidence available
I have the full chat transcript from May 16 saved, including the agent's confirmation of the June 1, 2025 signup, the $400 approval, and the handoff to CSA. Happy to share via DM if needed.
Could a member of the support team look into this and confirm next steps? I'd prefer to resolve this here rather than escalate to FCC or the Texas AG, but I'm prepared to do so if the case isn't actioned.

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I just sent as a DM thanks. That was my original intention. It's just another unnecessary shady pattern from Comcast.

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3 hours ago

Resolved — posting the path in case it helps the next person.

Background: signed up for the 12-month free mobile line on a qualifying Gigabit plan. The credit never applied, and I was billed for the line ~11 months before catching it. Comcast confirmed the enrollment was valid in their own records, acknowledged a system error on their end, and refunded the full amount to my original payment method. Money's received, handled properly once it reached the right team.

Honest pointers if you're in the same spot:

  1. Check every monthly statement, not just the total. The line charge hides easily when Home and Mobile bill separately. Verify a promo credit is actually posting — don't assume.
  2. Get the enrollment confirmed in writing early. The agent who pulls your account and confirms your original signup date is doing the single most important thing in the process. Save that chat — screenshot it, the built-in transcript download didn't work for me.
  3. If the failure was their system, it's not a "customer billing dispute." You'll hear about a 120-day window — that's for contesting whether a charge was owed. When the company already agrees it was their error, push back politely on that framing.
  4. Escalate in order, and don't stop at the first "no." Chat → DM the support team here on the forums → file with regulators if needed. Each rung reaches someone with more authority than the last.
  5. Use the regulators — they're free and they work:
    • FCC informal complaint (consumercomplaints.fcc.gov) — routes to a team with real authority; provider must respond in writing within 30 days. Best lever for actually recovering money.
    • Your state Attorney General consumer protection division — pattern documentation; these are public record and feed state enforcement.
    • FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) — enters a federal database law enforcement uses to spot patterns.
    • BBB — lower leverage, but creates another record and sometimes routes to executive teams.
    • State Public Utility Commission — worth a look depending on your state and service.
  6. If your state allows one-party recording, record the call. The rep's own words on record turned every later conversation from "did this happen" into "how do we fix it."

One more thing: a single complaint is a data point; a hundred is a pattern regulators act on. If this happened to you, file — even after you're made whole. The filings outlive your individual case and that's how the friction eventually gets fixed for everyone.

Thanks to the reps who actually helped. Good luck to whoever finds this at month 10 with a credit that never posted.

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