topic Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike in Pay Monthly

O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:11:14 GMT

Are o2 sim only tariffs being hiked up by an extra £3 from October 2025?

Customers that were migrated from Virgin mobile.

O2 help desk chat confirmed this was the case.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:14:48 GMT

It would appear that this is correct, however I'm wondering if the £3 hike includes the yearly £1.80 price index rise?

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

MI5 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:23:43 GMT

@Diston

Only on 30 day contracts I believe.

See clarification here https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-Monthly/Increases-in-cost/m-p/1807667#M290709

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:39:01 GMT

I pay monthly for my airtime plan, so is that a 30 day contract?

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

MI5 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:58:39 GMT

@Diston

30 day contracts can be changed at anytime.

Monthly contracts have a minimum term of 12 or 24 months.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:02:16 GMT

I bought my new phone myself separately not from o2, so I assume mine is a 30 day contract therefore I will receive the £3 hike.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:11:21 GMT

I am checking how much an ee unlimited calls and texts with 10GB data will be and if it happens to be less then I'll probably move to BT/EE.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:08:56 GMT

On my o2 account it says under data pay monthly.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

MI5 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:30:51 GMT

@Diston

Text INFO to 85075

If you have a balance to py, you are on a contract and will not get the increase.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:07:27 GMT

Is there a charge to text 85075 ?

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:16:13 GMT

When I hit to send a system message appears saying:

Messages would like to send a message to 85075.

This will incur charges on your account.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

MI5 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:21:28 GMT

@Diston

There's no charge.

That's just a standard warning that all phones give.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:22:17 GMT

We really hope you want to stay with us, but if you choose to switch today, your Early Termination Charge will be £0.00. If you're on a standard contract, this will include your remaining balance. Your final bill will still include any airtime you've used and any out-of-bundle charges like Charge To Mobile services.

After you leave, you'll lose services on your account including any free-of-charge ones. If you've got accessible formats active on your account, this service won't be available either.

For more info about the services you'll lose, full switching info and your accessible formats,Can't use that link? Reply to this message with link I've removed 'EMAIL' or 'POST' and we'll send you the info that way.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:24:59 GMT

@MI5

That's what I received after sending the text, what do I take from it? Will I be charged the £3 and is it a 30 days contract?

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:34:31 GMT

It would appear that I'm on a 30 day rolling contract, so I assume I'll pay the £3 hike.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

madasaf1sh — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:45:58 GMT

Yes, if you stay with o2 then you pay the extra £3 per month.. @Diston

So have a look around as lots of Virtual Networks will give you a much better deal...

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

MI5 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:51:06 GMT

@Diston wrote:
It would appear that I'm on a 30 day rolling contract, so I assume I'll pay the £3 hike.

How long have you had this sim @Diston ?

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:55:45 GMT

@MI5

Quite a while

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

MI5 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:58:50 GMT

@Diston

It would still be free to leave if you were passed your minimum term of either 12 or 24 months.

But really, when you log in to your MyO2, it should specifically say "30 day contract" if that's what you have.

O2 will also have emailed you with the details as it's a change to your T&C's and they are legally obliged to do so.

Re: O2 Sim Only £3 October Price Hike

Diston — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:21:33 GMT

@MI5 contract ended in May last year according to o2 app