O2 Open discount - does it work for contracts > 24months?

[pgn]

Now that O2 Refresh can be customised, extending a contract out to 36 months if desired, does the availability of O2 Open discount also match the term chosen?

I notice the recently announced O2 Offers pages default a new Pay Monthly offer to a 36-month contract to keep the figures low...

Anyone tried lately to use O2 Open on a new longer-term (more than 24 months) Pay Monthly contract?

From the O2 Open Aug-2016 Ts&Cs page here:

   4.10 Airtime Discounts will remain in place for the duration of the Qualifying Contract up to a maximum of 24 months (“Offer Period”). If you leave O2, or your Qualifying Contract is terminated for any reason, including upgrading to a new Qualifying Contract, then the O2 Open Airtime Discount will stop. If you change to a new or upgraded Qualifying Contract, Eligible Employees will need to re-apply for a new O2 Open Airtime Discount meeting all the criteria of joining the Scheme that may apply at that time.

[pgn]

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@Martin-O2 wrote:

Hey guys I'll get some clarification on this one first thing next week! 

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Super, that would be appreciated, thank you.

[pgn]

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@Martin-O2 wrote:

Hey guys I'll get some clarification on this one first thing next week! 

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Any update on this yet, @Martin-O2?

I get a one-shot code from my employer's perks website for O2 Open discount, and I need to be sure it works if I have to tailor the contract duration to get the monthly Device Plan and Airtime combo down below a certain amount a month (allowing for the odd SMS to non-UK numbers, and the April RPI increase, of course!).

[Martin-O2]

Not yet @pgn. Things have been moving a little slower due to the Christmas period but I'll chase this up for you today. 

[pgn]

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@Martin-O2 wrote:

Not yet @pgn. Things have been moving a little slower due to the Christmas period but I'll chase this up for you today. 

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Thanks!  I can't imagine O2 would have overlooked the change from 12/24 to (up to) 36 month contracts in a product as widely used as O2 Open.

But that's not to say the person in the O2 Shop or O2's own online ordering system would see it the same way... 

[Martin-O2 · Accepted solution]

hey @pgn I've received a reply and I can confirm that O2 Open will cover whichever term you select between 3 to 36 months. 

[MI5]

Good to hear @Martin-O2

[adamtemp64]

Just checked mine only a 23 month term but the pop up wording reflects @Martin-O2 comment

[pgn]

Thank you for confirming, @Martin-O2.

As my last device plan payment comes off this month, I'll be looking around for the best combination of up-front payment, monthly repayment plan cost and tariff to get me a OnePlus 6T (purple this year?) in the next couple of weeks.  The O2 Open discount rate duration is another factor in that giddy mix, now laid to rest.

[adamtemp64]

@Martin-O2 The wording in my picture could do with an update the blue box popup