Thanks for responding everyone, it is very interesting to hear all the different deals people get. I haven't paid for Sunday ticket yet as my first season was free as a new customer and my second season I told Directv that Charter wanted to buy me out of contract and I ended up getting ST with to go and of course red zone all for $14. And all I did was talk to a customer service rep about programing changes, never went to retention dept.
I for sure would go with a new one year contract for free ST this season, that would be a good deal to me. I would also push hard for them to upgrade my dvr or maybe some reg converters to digital converters. I have been lucky to get good deals in the past and feel that I have been well taken care of by DTV over the two years with them so I wouldn't say it was goodbye if they didn't honor one of my wishes here. but I can be stubborn sometimes if I don't get my way, lol!