Question about moving mobile number

[VincentHanna]

My other half was out of contract with EE, and so gave her cancellation notice a few weeks ago, she was given a PAC code valid until July 3rd.

Since then she has got a deal for a Samsung Galaxy S9 free handset with 30GB Data which also happens to be on EE for £33 a month

I believe they don't let you port existing numbers across to the same network with this deal, but apparently if we get a PAYG sim with someone like O2/Vodaphone/Three etc we could shift her number to that, and then back to EE on the new contract sim?

They all seem to want you to put £10 on a PAYG sim to activate the thing though - Is there a cheaper way of doing it?

 

[stu.artd]

You/your other half could try contacting the EE outbound/upgrade teams to see if they can match that offer. Would save porting away then back.
They may not match it but they might get close enough

 

[VincentHanna]

Too late now, we have the new handset and SIM.

She did ask when she cancelled, but they couldn't get near that deal.

 

[stu.artd]

Good luck with the porting out / in. It should be straight forward but hope it goes OK anyway.

I got my PAC a few days ago and have had contact from a guy in the outbound team offering a s9 with 10gb pm for £28 or a 64gb iPhone 8 with 30gb pm for £33. No upfront fees.

 

[xb8browney]

The only cheaper option would be maybe a rolling 30 day SIM and cancel straight away

 

[silverblack]

GiffGaff with a £5 goodybag should work.