Will my bill increase by inflation if my mobile contract started in January this year?

Matty36

Will my bill increase by inflation if my mobile contract started in January this year?

I cant seem to find the information online. I remember when I started my EE contract in December a few years ago but my bill did not increase in the following April. I want to switch to Vodafone and was curious if it will be the same. If I'm looking at a near 14% inflation/CPI increase after only 3 months into a 24 month contract,, I will probably not take it out yet.

Thanks

Neil_Jones

Almost certainly, that's probably what you will agree to in your T&Cs so if there is any difference it'l be in there.

flaneurs_lobster

As @Neil_Jones says, probably.

I renew my annual phone contract mid-April so that the price quoted will be that applying for 11.5 months. It might be worth continuing on your existing contract until then (unless EE want to impose a significant increase before then).

matelodave

You really need to check the T&C's for the contract that you are contemplating as nearly all of them are adding in the CPI+3.9% based on January's CPI figure.

As said above you could just hang on to your existing contract and wait to see what deals are available in April or hope that a really good deal now with a guesstimated 14% uplift might work out a bit cheaper. Worse come to the worse, get a short-term monthly SIM to tide you over

Do you really need an annual contract - do your sums to see if a PayGo or Sim only slution would suit you. Do you really need stupid amounts of data when you are out and about or could you get away with a lot less. Most people do end up paying for significantly more than they use

Matty36

Thanks for the replies. Finally got through to Vodafone. They said even if I took out a contract near the end of march, I would still see a universal price rise the following week. That seems so stupid to me. Surely there would be a cut off point? I will just leave it for now or might try Smarty or Voxi on a monthly deal like mentioned above.

Neil_Jones

Matty36 said:

Thanks for the replies. Finally got through to Vodafone. They said even if I took out a contract near the end of march, I would still see a universal price rise the following week. That seems so stupid to me. Surely there would be a cut off point? I will just leave it for now or might try Smarty or Voxi on a monthly deal like mentioned above.

So don't sign up at the end of March then.  Wait until April.  If you're in haggling territory you can haggle the CPI+3.9% rise back out of it if you play your cards right.