topic Re: SIM plan rip-off in Sky Mobile

SIM plan rip-off

Geoffers47 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:13:32 GMT

Anyone know why I am being told that my expring £8pm 5Gb SIM data plan will now cost me either £12pm or £13pm when elsewhere on their site Sky are offering the very same 5Gb SIM for just £7pm?

Also, if my SIM plan is expiring, can I switch to, say, a GiffGaff SIM and save myself from yet another way above inflation price hike (this one is 50% +) from Sky.

Re: SIM plan rip-off

caesarome — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:17:05 GMT

@Geoffers47 wrote:

Anyone know why I am being told that my expring £8pm 5Gb SIM data plan will now cost me either £12pm or £13pm when elsewhere on their site Sky are offering the very same 5Gb SIM for just £7pm?

The £7 price is for new customers only I presume this £8 price you are paying for it now would have been an offer one when you signed up.

@Geoffers47 wrote:

Also, if my SIM plan is expiring, can I switch to, say, a GiffGaff SIM and save myself from yet another way above inflation price hike (this one is 50% +) from Sky.

You can move your number to a GiffGaff sim if you have had it for 12 months or more by getting a pac code from Sky and then giving it to GiffGaff once you have got the sim from them.

Re: SIM plan rip-off

PandJ2020 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:34:55 GMT

@Geoffers47 wrote:
...Sky are offering the very same 5Gb SIM for just £7pm?

...for new/additional dataplans only. (With new phone numbers)

Also, if my SIM plan is expiring, can I switch to, say, a GiffGaff SIM and save myself from yet another way above inflation price hike (this one is 50% +) from Sky.

Yes. The increase isn't an inflationary one - it's a discount ending.

Re: SIM plan rip-off

twilight+princess — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:10:10 GMT

You have the option to call & renegotiate your contract or find a different supplier (I moved to Smarty) & request a pac code from Sky to transfer your number to the new supplier.
Smarty have no mid contract price rises & costs seem to remain the same as there's no yearly contract - just a rolling month to month one.