Long time customer

[MarieMcD]

My dad has had his account for 22 years - Sky + w/ Variety pack - and as a thank you for his customer, his bill has increased twice in the past 2x years...

I hear his package will be phased out soon but he's a Pensioner in his 70s and I'm not sure he'll get used to Sky Q, not to mention the others... 

€50.80 pm for what seems to be majority free to air channels just feels extortionate. Has anyone made a similar switch? Or switched on behalf of an elderly relative?

[Mark39 · Accepted solution]

Variety is a legacy package for which your dad will be paying over the odds. If Sky will permit it without upgrading to Sky Q he'd be better off switching to the current Signature package. 

[TimmyBGood]

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@MarieMcD wrote:

€50.80 pm for what seems to be majority free to air channels just feels extortionate. 

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As that's presumably ROI, have you considered Saorview or Saorsat?

Sky doesn't have to offer discounts on anything, and particularly not platforms they are trying to get rid of.

[Linda541]

What is the difference between Variety Package and Signature Package?

[caesarome]

@Linda541 

Variety is an old discounted package, Sky Signature is the basic package than included access to Sky Boxsets as Variety doesn't.