they have 3 airline offers US, southwest and Hawaiian. E-bates has a $150 rebate which allows me to sign up and get the good price (and free NFL package) along with 3 months of free hbo, starz, ect.
After 3 months I cancel premium channels. 9 channels of HBO and only a couple of decent movies each month, makes me remember why they're not worth the money.
Then at the 1 year mark when the bill doubles I can cancel and use the $150 towards the early termination fees...it will cost me $90 to cancel, but then my wife can get it in her name and we get the signup deals again...the NFL package alone is $240 if you get it again the second year of service...Blah...also the $60 tv bill goes to about $120 the second year.....so it almost makes sense to pay the termination fee.
Keep an eye on rebates, bigcrumbs had a $220 rebate at the end of last year, I just missed. Frequent miler posted there is a $100 back on $100 directv bill payment offer from Amex that might work, it can be found here: http://frequentmiler.boardingarea.co...offer-directv/