Orange - downgrade? 30 March 2014 at 11:55AM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Mobiles 20 replies 1.7K views

digp

I am in the last five months of a 24 month contract and am now on the Orange 250MB Plan , 24 months @ 21.99 p/m.

Is there a cheaper plan I could ask to be downgraded to... I am trying to save as much money as possible as the contract comes to an end before I cancel it later this year.

Thanks :money:

grumbler

Is 250Mb all what you need? What about minutes and texts?

digp

Allowances not important at this stage, money saving however is. Thanks

grumbler

http://www.store-orange.co.uk/orange-sim-only-deals.html

That said, don't expect they allow you to downgrade easily.

Peco141

Cancel contract and move to giffgaff

grumbler

Peco141 wrote: »

Cancel contract and move to giffgaff

This makes no sense until the minimum term is over.

Peco141

Sorry meant when his term was up

robbies_gal

you can try the last time i done it though was over a year ago

digp

grumbler wrote: »

This makes no sense until the minimum term is over.

If I could get the tariff down to say < £15 a month [ £10 or < would be even better ] for whatever allowance it doesn't matter I would then be able to exit the contract less expensively than if I tried now [ @ > £20 for ~ 5 months ] and switching to giffgaff is a real option. Just looked at Tescomobile and their tarrifs are not that competitive anymore.

prowla

A while back I called Orange about the price of 0800 numbers, and the operative noticed that I didn't use much of my plan's allowances and offered to reduce it by £5/month, but keep the same service, which I accepted.

Some time later I looked at my account online I noticed that they had actually reduced my package and halved the data allowance.

I'm a bit miffed that they said it wouldn't change the package, but in reality it's not been an issue, so I've done nothing.

The change was about 1/3rd of the way through a 24-month contract.

However, I have been with Orange since the 90s (I've had the same number, apart from the change when the mobiles' area code went from "0973" to "07973"!), so I guess I qualified for some customer loyalty...

grumbler

digp wrote: »

If I could get the tariff down to say < £15 a month [ £10 or < would be even better ] for whatever allowance it doesn't matter I would then be able to exit the contract less expensively than if I tried now [ @ > £20 for ~ 5 months ] and switching to giffgaff is a real option. Just looked at Tescomobile and their tarrifs are not that competitive anymore.

digp wrote: »

Allowances not important at this stage, money saving however is.

If allowances are not important, how can you save more money essentially by paying for the remaining months twice - at Orange and at Giffgaff?