Lots of unused credit - pay towards new phone?

[Anonymous]

Hello to you all,

Apologies if this has been asked before but I did a search and could not find anything.

I am currently on Pay as you go Unlimited and have built up a lot of credit on my phone (currently in excess of £100). I was wondering if it is possible to put this credit towards a new handset with O2?

Or, if I chose to switch to a contract with O2 would I still be able to avail of this credit?

Many thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer. 

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

If you switch to a contract you can transfer the money over as a credit on your account. I think thats the only way.....

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:
If you switch to a contract you can transfer the money over as a credit on your account. I think thats the only way.....

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Many thanks for your prompt response M15. I think you are spot on. Thank you for taking the time to reply. Will have to weigh up my options I think.

[MI5]

Good luck with your choice, but as you say, choose wisely

[Cleoriff]

Hi Shauneyd, I moved to contract from PAYG in February this year. I had £50+ credit from PAYG. The only option they gave me was to move my credit to go towards my contract bill(s)

I did ask if it could be used to pay for the handset (Samsung S3) but apparently any credit from PAYG can only be used to offset bills Hope this helps