Originally Posted by draver

My suggestion on another forum is to pay 90% early with a CC, then leave the balance for an AutoPay debit/checking on the actual due date. It may or may not fool the system to consider you deserve the AutoPay discount. Partial payments are accepted and the method is selectible on my account at least.

Others have commented that they are getting damage/theft coverage on their phones when using the card for service payments. This seems like it should conform, however the card coverages discussed seem to max out at $600 with a deductible per event. Still, if I have more than one line, and pay 90% with a CC it would seem pretty hard for the CC company to argue I didn't pay the whole amount for one phone with their instrument. Seems like a pretty good argument in small claims court?