Bag 2 for 1 at Odeon on Wednesday's without an Orange phone

MSE_Martin

What's it about?

If you haven't heard of Orange Wednesdays, where've you been? Every Wednesday any Orange customer can go to almost any cinema and get a 2 for 1 on the cinema ticket entry.

Yet this loophole is anyone, not just Orange customers can get access to the deal, for a one-off expenditure of just £1 therefore saving you (and a friend) the cost of a cinema ticket each time.

How the loophole works

It's quite simple really, you just buy a £1 pay-as-you-go Sim from Orange for a £1 and then you can use this to grab the tickets.

A Sim is the small (roughly 2cm by 1cm) microchip card that you insert into a phone when it’s first set up. It provides the identity of a phone for the mobile network, so it can recognise, bill and send calls to individual customers. The Sim card is usually located behind the battery on the back of the phone. Therefore when you temporarily change the Sim card in your phone, you've technically got an Orange phone.

How to get the 2for1 deal

The process of getting the 2for1 is quite simple. Once you get the Orange sim, pop it in your phone instead of your normal Sim, then text Film to 241 or call 241, it'll then send you a message which you show to the cinema ticket desk to get the deal.

You may need to unlock your handset

One tiny fly in the ointment is that when you put the Sim card in your phone it many not work. That's because some mobile networks lock handsets so only its sim cards can be used in the phone. If your Sim card doesn't work, there's an easy, free and legal way to unlock it. For details read the Unlock your mobile article.

How long will the Sim last?

To keep the Sim activate you need make a call at least once every 6 months. Yet this includes free calls to check your balance, just dial 453 from your phone and this will count as a call.

However do remember you have to pay to receive the 2fo1 text from Orange (it's 35p), the PAYG initially has £1 credit on it and once it runs out you will need to top it up (which is a minimum of £5)

When the credit does run out the minimum top up amount is £5. If you know you're going to use that amount of credit for cheap cinema tickets fine, if not just buy a new sim card as and when you need it.

Any possible problems?

Within Orange's terms and conditions it does state '[SIZE=+0]Text tickets are issued on a priority basis to active customers who spend over £5 per month with Orange. Orange may revise the terms of this promotion from time to time.'[/SIZE]

This means it does have a get our clause and while I've not yet heard of anyone falling foul of this. There's always a chance, then again the outlay is only £1.
Martin

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Casual

Great idea Martin, thanks! I think I'm going to use my old phone for it and make it my 'wednesday phone'!

Edinburghlass_2

No need for even a £1 outlay today if you send for a free Orange sim

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=3278244&postcount=21

ArsenalFC

Edinburghlass wrote:

No need for even a £1 outlay today if you send for a free Orange sim

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=3278244&postcount=21

Offer ended. £1 for a sim now.

GreyCat

According to the Orange website, you can apply for a free sim here https://www.orange.co.uk/itchyfreesim
until 31 Dec 06.
I filled out the form & it said the sim would be sent within a few days.

slinks

If I get a free sim surely I'll have to put credit on it in order to text/call to get the 2 for 1 offer?

Is there any way around this?

News_From_Nowhere

Yeah, the free sims won't work as you have to send a text message each week in order to use the offer. So easiest thing is to just buy a £1 sim card.

deltacharlie_2

There is another Orange loophole but you need a friend on Orange (sorry I am using mine today) to assist. They send the text in the usual way and then when they receive the offer code by return text they forward it to you to present at the box office. Of course, they cannot be using the same code on the same day as the code can only be used once (at least I expect so , haven't tried to push my luck on this one)

SteveyJC

where can you top up for just a fiver? Everywhere I go wants a minimum of £10 top up, which i dont really want to do, as all I use it for is the free cinema tickets?

matty_c608

Unlock lots of Phones FREE Here: http://www.unlockme.co.uk/unlockme.html

241 is FREE TO CALL! Don't Text - 1 Sim can last you forever

And the Text message does not ALWAYS cost 35p. Often, it is just the 12p Message charge.

anewman

Also remember that repeatedly extracting, and re-inserting simcards may damage them and the phone.