Upgrade O2 SIm only via MSE Best O2 SIM

flaneurs_lobster

BlueonBlue said:

Im not up to speed at all but mine is going up £1.80 I think on top of the £5
Was paying £5 for 2GB with O2 it was via the Virgin Media offer one year ago as with c-smiths post above ....I think ?
Obviously dont need alot of data so dont want to pay any more than £5 
Can anyone advise on options ?

If you want to stay with O2 then you'd be wise to stick with the deal you have. O2's lowest price for new customers is an outrageous £19 for 3GB (doubled to 6GB for VM customers). You could get the upgrade deal described above but that's £8 and you don't need the 32GB.

The other providers using O2 I've looked at (Tesco, Giffgaff, SKY) don't have deals cheaper than your £6.90.

Otherwise, other providers are available.....

BlueonBlue

Thats a great overview thankyou... I would have to look at considering other providers or stay where I am .
It will just keep going up annually though so time to do some research it seems .

Now I need to find out who are the preferred suspects are to consider ?

flaneurs_lobster

BlueonBlue said:

Thats a great overview thankyou... I would have to look at considering other providers or stay where I am .
It will just keep going up annually though so time to do some research it seems .

Now I need to find out who are the preferred suspects are to consider ?

It's only worth considering other networks if you can get a viable signal where you normally use your phone. If most of your use is local to your home then ask nearby friends/neighbours who they use/are happy with. Ignore the  coverage maps that the networks use (unless your use is for remote areas), they are very optimistic. 

BlueonBlue

Im in London ..if that helps ?

flaneurs_lobster

BlueonBlue said:

Im in London ..if that helps ?

The MSE guide to cheap SIM deals is as good a place as any to look

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cheap-mobile-finder/sim-only/

BlueonBlue

Thanks for the link ...it looks like Lebara is around a fiver with unlimited calls on the vodafone network
Will ask around regarding reception but it should be ok for my low use.

Detail_Merchant

BlueonBlue said:

Im not up to speed at all but mine is going up £1.80 I think on top of the £5
Was paying £5 for 2GB with O2 it was via the Virgin Media offer one year ago as with c-smiths post above ....I think ?
Obviously dont need alot of data so dont want to pay any more than £5 
Can anyone advise on options ?

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/o2-sim-1gb-data-2gb-27-non-eu-roaming-with-volt-unltd-minstext-eu-roaming-ps5-pm-for-12-mths-3-months-free-disney-amazon-prime-4565350

flaneurs_lobster

Detail_Merchant said:

BlueonBlue said:

Im not up to speed at all but mine is going up £1.80 I think on top of the £5
Was paying £5 for 2GB with O2 it was via the Virgin Media offer one year ago as with c-smiths post above ....I think ?
Obviously dont need alot of data so dont want to pay any more than £5 
Can anyone advise on options ?

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/o2-sim-1gb-data-2gb-27-non-eu-roaming-with-volt-unltd-minstext-eu-roaming-ps5-pm-for-12-mths-3-months-free-disney-amazon-prime-4565350

Good deal, available as an "upgrade" and seems there's £11.25 available via TopCashback.

matiushu

ducky2004 said:

@c_smith

@flaneurs_lobster

Please to report that the upgrade interface is now back!  I was presented with:

(1) Join O2

(2) Take out additional line

(3) Upgrade

Completed upgrade without issue :-)

Hi, what option should I use if I have an O2 account but no current sim as I moved to lebara few months ago but want to go back to O2 ?

Should I use option 1 (Join O2, although worried that it may not accept my email address because it's already active) or option 2 (Take out additional line)

Thanks

flaneurs_lobster

(2) sounds right to me. If they don't want you to add this plan to your account then it'll reject it, in which case go back with (1) and a different email address.