At the end of 2025 I got the usual thing in the mail
saying that my Sirius XM car-radio subscription was going
to renew and replace my current promotional price ($107.88/year)
with the standard monthly price ($24.98/month). So, as usual
every year, I called Sirius to get the promotional price back.

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Sirius XM has deployed an AI assistant for billing calls that proactively offers promotional pricing and can negotiate lower rates on request. The author successfully negotiated their subscription from $107.88/year down to $83.88/year by simply asking the AI for a better deal. This raises questions about how low AI systems will go in pricing negotiations, whether similar tactics work with other subscription services, and how AI customer service compares to human representatives in flexibility and social dynamics.

Sirius XM’s AI call center gives good deals