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Airtime Rewards – get money off your phone bill via minimal effort cashback app
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They are now taking £1.30 fee when withdrawing funds from airtime rewards. This isn't advertised in the app, website, or listed in the terms and conditions. Seems to have only started happening in the last week.Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.
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DarkConvict said:They are now taking £1.30 fee when withdrawing funds from airtime rewards. This isn't advertised in the app, website, or listed in the terms and conditions. Seems to have only started happening in the last week.
Is that when you're applying it as credit to your phone contract?Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £841.95, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £456.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £52.74, Everup £95.64 Zopa CB £30
Total (1/11/25) £1954.45/£2025 96%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
No, phone contracts are unscathed for now. The fee is for withdrawals elsewhere.Slinky said:DarkConvict said:They are now taking £1.30 fee when withdrawing funds from airtime rewards. This isn't advertised in the app, website, or listed in the terms and conditions. Seems to have only started happening in the last week.
Is that when you're applying it as credit to your phone contract?
They’ve also stopped awarding stamps (monthly challenge) for gift card purchases. Something they hid in their terms and conditions without making any email or app notification about.
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Really disappointed with that decision.silvercar said:Slinky said:DarkConvict said:They are now taking £1.30 fee when withdrawing funds from airtime rewards. This isn't advertised in the app, website, or listed in the terms and conditions. Seems to have only started happening in the last week.
Is that when you're applying it as credit to your phone contract?
They’ve also stopped awarding stamps (monthly challenge) for gift card purchases. Something they hid in their terms and conditions without making any email or app notification about.0 -
SFCooper said:
Really disappointed with that decision.silvercar said:Slinky said:DarkConvict said:They are now taking £1.30 fee when withdrawing funds from airtime rewards. This isn't advertised in the app, website, or listed in the terms and conditions. Seems to have only started happening in the last week.
Is that when you're applying it as credit to your phone contract?
They’ve also stopped awarding stamps (monthly challenge) for gift card purchases. Something they hid in their terms and conditions without making any email or app notification about.
Take a look at the everup app. Much better rates on giftcard purchases than Airtime offer.Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £841.95, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £456.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £52.74, Everup £95.64 Zopa CB £30
Total (1/11/25) £1954.45/£2025 96%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%1 -
They've now limited the cashout to £10 a month.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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I got the email informing of this change yesterday, 4 November 2025.DarkConvict said:They are now taking £1.30 fee when withdrawing funds from airtime rewards. This isn't advertised in the app, website, or listed in the terms and conditions. Seems to have only started happening in the last week.
Hardly the 14 days notice of change required in accordance with their terms.
As my Network Provider is not covered by AR, I have no alternative but to have it to card, so this is pointless for me now, added to the dramatic drop in cashback rates against certain gift cards.0 -
wiseonesomeofthetime said:
I got the email informing of this change yesterday, 4 November 2025.DarkConvict said:They are now taking £1.30 fee when withdrawing funds from airtime rewards. This isn't advertised in the app, website, or listed in the terms and conditions. Seems to have only started happening in the last week.
Hardly the 14 days notice of change required in accordance with their terms.
As my Network Provider is not covered by AR, I have no alternative but to have it to card, so this is pointless for me now, added to the dramatic drop in cashback rates against certain gift cards.
If you haven't already got it, have a look at the Everup app. They do good rates for giftcards. I'm using them much more now in preference to AR and Topcashback.Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £841.95, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £456.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £52.74, Everup £95.64 Zopa CB £30
Total (1/11/25) £1954.45/£2025 96%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%2 -
How do you update Airtime if you change networks (but keep the same number)? Has anyone done this? How will it work if I set up a new SIM with Lebara and port my number from O2? (Yes, I am dumping O2 after the additional price hike announcement! Thanks Martin for the advice on this.)0
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