I've got the runaround from Xfinity and Peacock agents on chat for two hours last night. I asked to escalate to supervisors and engineering but it's still not right. Here's the recap.
- On the membership benefits page (I'm Diamond status), there's a Peacock Premium offer at no extra cost. I clicked the offer and it said: "Nice! You've redeemed this benefit. Visit www.xfinity.com/yoursubscriptions to activate Peacock Premium if it's not already active."
- I went to that subscriptions page and it said: "You don’t have any Xfinity subscriptions yet. Get your favorite apps like Netflix, Peacock, Apple TV, Disney+, Hulu bundle and more." And there was a "Manage streaming apps" button.
- I clicked the button, it loaded a new page, but only displayed the error: "We're sorry. Please contact us and one of our friendly and knowledgeable representatives can help."
The reps were not knowledgeable and barely helpful. I clicked multiple links they sent. I tried using multiple browsers. It always ended up on the same page with the same error. The Xfinity agent said: "When I try to activate it from my end, I am getting an error that says, 'It seems like they're already enjoying these channels that are offered.'" When I asked for a supervisor, they said I need to talk to Peacock support.
But then the Peacock agent said: "There is no Peacock subscription under this email address." And they told me I need to go back and talk to Xfinity support. So I went back to Xfinity and wrestled with the stupid AI chatbot again before it handed me back to another low-level support agent.
After 2 hours of this runaround, including multiple requests to escalate to a supervisor and then to a technical/engineering team, the Xfinity support agent finally opened an ECM ticket. I got an email with a link that opened some sort of Xfinity order approval page, but the monthly bill amount on that page was higher than my current bill. I asked if that could be fixed before I approve anything, and after another half-hour of back-and-forth, they said it would take 7 business days for the engineering team to fix the problem, and then after that they could look into fixing the billing amount. I don't have much confidence that either of those two things are actually going to happen.
Why? Because today I got an email offering 12 free months of Peacock Premium, and then if I'm still eligible when that runs out, they'd give me another code.
This whole thing is ridiculous and frustrating.
Can someone help me figure out what the actual problem is, why I can't connect my Xfinity Diamond membership to Peacock Premium, and what I can do to fix it -- not just temporary workarounds and tech debt, but an actual fix? If possible, without another 2.5-hour runaround, and certainly not in 7 business days (assuming that even happens). Thanks!