O2 - retentions deal or leave?

[Sumanji]

Hi,

My missus has just come to the end of her iPhone 5s contract with O2 (24mos, 1GB, about £40pm). She's really itching to get an iPhone 7, though would settle for a 6s on a cheaper deal with more data and EU roaming.

She was ready to jump ship to Three on the 4GB £42pm deal, but since she doesn't have much of a credit history, she got rejected when we applied online. Without the £90 Quidco cashback online, it makes it a bit too expensive for her.

What are our options for getting a deal via O2 retentions? She's been with them for 4 years, and regularly has to go over her allowance for EU roaming and extra data, so I figure this is a good thing for negotiating...

Ideal deal would be something like:

• £50 up front
• £40pm
• Minimum 2GB data (but ideally 4-5GB)
• Unlimited minutes / texts
• EU roaming allowance

Is this doable? If not from O2 retentions, then from another source that is less stringent on the credit check front!

Cheers,

Su

 

[Sumanji]

Nice thanks Baz! Looks like these CPW deals are new?

Do you happen to know if it's CPW or the network that run the credit checks? Ideally would like to do it all online so we can claw some cashback

Cheers,

Su

 

[Sumanji]

Wow, that's a great deal Dumbnub, thanks!

So is it worthwhile phoning up O2 retentions with these deals and trying to negotiate with them (since it would possibly avoid the credit check problem?). Or is it unlikely that they would be able to come anywhere close to the value?

Cheers,

Su