Overview
- On ITV’s The Martin Lewis Money Show, Lewis said millions who let contracts roll on are overpaying and could cut bills by hundreds.
- Customers can text INFO free to 85075 to see their early termination or cancellation charge, with £0 indicating they can leave without penalty.
- Those who want to keep their number can request a Porting Authorisation Code by texting PAC to 65075 and give it to the new provider.
- Lewis recommends using comparison sites for short-lived SIM-only deals, noting MVNOs such as Lebara and iD Mobile run on the main UK networks.
- He suggests calling your current provider for potential retention offers and advises saving your phone’s IMEI (dial *#06#) so police and networks can block a stolen handset.