Cricket Wireless offers a new trade-in program with Asurion to exchange old devices for credits on your service bill.

You can trade in devices online or at a retailer and receive credits directly applied to your bill in 1-2 billing cycles.

Unlike other carriers, you don't need to purchase a new phone or change your plan to participate in Cricket's trade-in program.

Got an old phone gathering dust in a drawer? You might be able to turn that forgotten tech into savings on your Cricket Wireless bill. The prepaid carrier is rolling out a new trade-in program, giving you the chance to exchange your used devices for credits applied directly to your service bill.

The new trade-in program is in partnership with Asurion, allowing you to exchange your old devices for credits that will be applied directly to your service bills. This is a welcome addition, as MVNOs like Cricket–who uses AT&T's network–typically don’t offer programs like this, and it has some advantages over what others offer.

You can trade in your old devices either online or at a Cricket Authorized Retailer. If you do it online, you’ll receive an envelope in the mail to send your old device in. The value of your device will be determined during the trade-in process. While Cricket may accept phones with cracks or other issues, these will affect the amount of credit you’ll get. If Cricket doesn't accept the device, it will be returned within 48 hours.