How long before you can come back to O2?

[elverdiblanco]

I originally joined O2 on a comparison site SIM only deal at £8/month. After a couple of price hikes it will be going up from £10.50 to £13 in April. I use little in the way of calls, texts or data so £13 is looking rather expensive for what I use. I can see a better deal with O2 on a comparison site but it is for new customers only. So, if I were to leave O2 and port my number to an alternative provider on a 1 month rolling contract, how long would I have to wait to re-join O2 as a 'new' customer and port my number back in?

[Enlli]

If you are going to do that then once you have left and are on the new network, take out a new contract and PAC back in at the end of the month

A few people have done that and it has worked.

As a low usage user why not consider the likes of giffgaff, Tesco and the like and avoid annual price rises.

My MNVO SIM is still the same price as when I took it out in 2019

[elverdiblanco]

Where I live there is barely a signal on any of the networks so I rely on wifi calling and support for that on MVNOs can be sketchy. I've also used the O2 priority tickets feature more than a few times so for those reasons I'd prefer to be direct with O2, but not at any cost.

[madasaf1sh]

So giffgaff would be ideal as they have the full range of network services you need, but without Priority, and to be honest, I would rather save a few quid than stay on a network just for tickets @elverdiblanco 

Also be very aware there is no guarantee you would pass o2's credit and affordability checks if you leave and decide to come back..