That does suck. Fortunately for us, we have the family plan, which offers unlimited night and weekend minutes. As does the next tier up for individual plans: for $20 more than the base plan, you get double the minutes, plus unlimited night and weekend. Marketdroids call this "upselling" which sounds so much more professional than "bait and switch."

I will say that it isn't technically a bait-and-switch, because it isn't a secret; I noticed it in the terms of agreement before I even bought the iPhone: "Minutes will be depleted according to usage in the following order: Night and Weekend Minutes, Mobile to Mobile Minutes, Anytime Minutes and Rollover Minutes."

However, it is rather buried, and the prose style does not help you truly grasp the import of the terms. Ah, well. . . .