Cancelling phone contract?

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My mobile contract ends in November. It's been so long since I had a contract I'm out of touch with how to cancel.

Usually you have to give notice to cancel?

Shpuld you cancel within 30 days of the end of contract so you aren't billed for a 3rd month? I'm planning to move onto pay monthly sim only.

Ideally I'd do it without having to ring with the advisor over and over trying to get me to upgrade
 
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Presumably, you want to keep your number and port it to the new sim?

Just request a PAC code: the request acts as notice of 30(?) days, and you just use that to move your number to a new contract. If you don't use the code, it expires and your contract continues.

As for timing: do it before the end of your deal. You'll pay until 30 days after your pac code request.
 
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I had this written down in a .txt file to remind me on what I need to do once a year. This example is for switching from Three to BT, but it works the other way round too or with other networks such as PlusNet.

1. Make sure that Three's contract is in its last month
2. Text PAC to 65075
3. It will then ask you to text d.o.b. so text PAC 300175 (e.g. for 30th Jan 1975)
4. The PAC code will arrive within 1 minute with final bill
5. Visit Quidco and pick a BT deal, which takes you to BT's site
6. If with BT broadband already, use the same login details
7. Enter in the PAC code and finish off
8. Quidco should track ok
9. A BT sim card will ship in 1-3 working days via RM
10. Service changeover happens immediately when changing sims
11. Await the Quidco cashback

The purpose of this is that your mobile bill will always be low by switching networks once a year. If you stay with a network for too long, you bill will go up. It's called the "loyalty tax". You can also do this yearly with internet providers.
 
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