Can you still downgrade your call package to a cheaper one ?

loser40

If I remember correctly you used to be able to downgrade your call bundle package to the cheapest bundle package shortly after signing a new contract, and thus save money while still getting the handset you wanted !

Can this still be done, and if so on which networks ?


TIA,

Mark.

Jon_01

Not 'shortly after signing up' no. They haven't let you do that for a long time.

On some networks it at the half way point of the contract on others its only in the last month.

robbies_gal

orange let you do it half way through i downgraded in the 9th month but you can only do it once

none of them let you do it straight away afaik

loser40

Jon_01 wrote: »

Not 'shortly after signing up' no. They haven't let you do that for a long time.

On some networks (let you do?) it at the half way point of the contract on others its only in the last month.

Thanks for your reply.

Oh OK..any idea which networks still let you switch to a cheaper tariff half way through a contract ?

TIA,

M.

loser40

gabbyevs wrote: »

orange let you do it half way through i downgraded in the 9th month but you can only do it once

none of them let you do it straight away afaik

What goes around - comes around - if only eh.

So Orange do.. any others ?

M.

grumbler

O2 used to allow this a year ago, but beware it's the next cheaper tariff, not the lowest one, at both Orange and O2.

gjchester

loser40 wrote: »

Can this still be done, and if so on which networks ?

Most Vodafone plans are now the Your PLan variety. These cannot by downgraded at all over the contract minimum term.

robbies_gal

sorry thats what i meant you can only downgrade one tariff below your own on orange anyway and thats halfway through

Toe-Jam

I thought with this orange best plan you could change your tariff every 6 months?

simax

Best Plan is not offered with every deal. Three don't allow downward migrations within the minimum term. Vodafone certainly don't either.

Buzby

They don;t offer it any more, due to others a long long time ago, realisng thewy could save mney by doing so, and at a stoke ending a usefal back-stop to those who genuinely needed to conserve their cash because of a change of circumstances.

So, with zero flexibility in tariffs within the miunimum contract period, taking out a contract is no longer a sensible option for many, and the networks are seeing this already.