There is an AWFUL lot of contradiction on here but let me put this to rest once and for all.
The easiest way to get your 100GB AND keep your £10 credit is as follows:
1. Receive SIM
2. Put SIM in phone. Any phone. Dumb phone, smart phone. It doesn't matter. No need to turn data off
3. Text 'STOP PACK' to 150 (this merely stops the £10 1GB/50 mins/50 texts add-on from starting. This is the ONLY thing STOP PACK does. It does NOT stop the 100GB add-on from being applied)
4. Buy a £10 top up in a shop using the E Top Up card supplied. (It's much easier to top up this way due to problems with the EE top up website)
5. Text 'CHRISTMAS100' to 150
6. Voilà. You now have your 100GB free each month, for two months - and your £10 credit to spend on anything you want.
Thanks to preecey
- Apogee00
To check if an existing SIM from previous promotions is eligible for the offer, or if you want to ensure the promotion is active on the SIM without losing any money in the process, text CHRISTMAS100 to 150 BEFORE you top up. If the text back asks you to top up before they add the free data, the promotion is live on the SIM. If the text back states something along the lines of 'sorry you're not eligible', do NOT top up as you won't get the free data.
- preecey
If you don't want to start using the data straight away make sure at step 2 above that Data is TURNED OFF.
- kar999
Between steps 3 & 4 above reply YES to 150 to confirm you want to stop the pack. (You don't get a further text back. )
- kar999
Top comments
kab600
16 Oct 1582#4
Some info on this from last time:
- Yes it's 100gb not 100mb. Activated after top up by texting CHRISTMAS100 to 150.
- You get 100gb for the first month. Then it automatically gives you 100gb for a second month. Then it becomes a normal sim.
- If you text STOP PACK to 150 after topping up but BEFORE using data (switch data off on your phone, the text will still go ok) it won't use your £10 before giving you the 100gb. So you can use the 2x100gb and still have £10 credit to activate afterwards whenever you wish.
- It can be used in mifis, and EE don't ban tethering.
- If you have a sim from the last 100gb promo(s), it will activate this offer if you top up by £5 then text CHRISTMAS100 to 150 EDIT: PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THAT EE DO NOT NOW ALLOW THIS. Further edit: Topping up by £10 and texting CHRISTMAS100 DID work on 6th Nov.
- You can save it for future use - just do the stop pack thing and then don't use any data. I'm still using one now and it'll run to mid-December. Need to text once every six months to stop the sim being disabled. Your credit can be used for this without activating a pack.
- If you top up old sims, the 100gb starts immediately - haven't found a way to delay for future use.
preecey
27 Oct 1515#866
There is an AWFUL lot of contradiction on here but let me put this to rest once and for all.
The easiest way to get your 100GB AND keep your £10 credit is as follows:
1. Receive SIM
2. Put SIM in phone. Any phone. Dumb phone, smart phone. It doesn't matter. No need to turn data off
3. Text 'STOP PACK' to 150 (this merely stops the £10 1GB/50 mins/50 texts add-on from starting. This is the ONLY thing STOP PACK does. It does NOT stop the 100GB add-on from being applied)
4. Buy a £10 top up in a shop using the E Top Up card supplied. (It's much easier to top up this way due to problems with the EE top up website)
5. Text 'CHRISTMAS100' to 150
6. Voilà. You now have your 100GB free each month, for two months - and your £10 credit to spend on anything you want.
paulandpam1
23 Oct 154#683
Also not forgetting the pis$ poor speeds on Tesco mobile.
piggy999
29 Oct 154#952
To get 10 months you will need 5 sims
Let's say you start on November 1st.
Sims 1,2,3 you activate on Nov 1st. That means " stop pack, top up £10, text christmas100". You must use a dumb phone.
Sim 1 data us for Nov and Dec
Sim 2 data is for Jan and Feb
Sim 3 data is for march and april
Sims 4 and 5 you activate on December 29. Again, you must use a dumb phone.
Sim 4 data is for may and June
Sim 5 will expire at end of June due to the six-month-rule. Therefore you must make a call or text from this sim, towards the end of June, to keep the sim alive. This will be paid for from the £10 PAYG credit you have on the sim, after you did the STOP PACK when activating. Texrts are 12p, calls are 30p. This call or text will keep the sim alive for a further six months, and will have the effect of triggering the data.
So sim 5 data is for July and (nearly all of) August.
So using the 5 sims you will have data from Nov 1st all the way to the end of August (nearly)
All comments (1586)
marteee
16 Oct 151#1
Is the postcode lookup on the form broken?
MrPuddington to marteee
16 Oct 151#22
And that is not the only thing that is broken - but I still do it for 200GB...
amour3k to marteee
23 Oct 15#666
Worked for me?, try it again ..... lol. :-)
LOUKELL
16 Oct 152#2
postcode finder not working
boro_boy
16 Oct 152#3
same here :disappointed:
kab600
16 Oct 1582#4
Some info on this from last time:
- Yes it's 100gb not 100mb. Activated after top up by texting CHRISTMAS100 to 150.
- You get 100gb for the first month. Then it automatically gives you 100gb for a second month. Then it becomes a normal sim.
- If you text STOP PACK to 150 after topping up but BEFORE using data (switch data off on your phone, the text will still go ok) it won't use your £10 before giving you the 100gb. So you can use the 2x100gb and still have £10 credit to activate afterwards whenever you wish.
- It can be used in mifis, and EE don't ban tethering.
- If you have a sim from the last 100gb promo(s), it will activate this offer if you top up by £5 then text CHRISTMAS100 to 150 EDIT: PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THAT EE DO NOT NOW ALLOW THIS. Further edit: Topping up by £10 and texting CHRISTMAS100 DID work on 6th Nov.
- You can save it for future use - just do the stop pack thing and then don't use any data. I'm still using one now and it'll run to mid-December. Need to text once every six months to stop the sim being disabled. Your credit can be used for this without activating a pack.
- If you top up old sims, the 100gb starts immediately - haven't found a way to delay for future use.
Sportos to kab600
17 Oct 15#223
How will it keep your mind happy till March April?
can you delay getting the 100GB a month?
If so, how?
So
usmaan786 to kab600
17 Oct 15#263
can you pls elaborate on the £5 top up and say if u want to save some days i.e not gonna use data on sat and sun can u just deactivate on those days and reactivate on monday and save 2 days??
carpediemjay to kab600
17 Oct 15#265
YOU MISLED ME! Had the summer sim 100gb for two months so I topped up five quid. Sent CHRISTMAS100 to 150 but they said the promotion is only available to customers who order the christmas sim. Grr oh well
bayhabourbutcher to kab600
17 Oct 15#286
regarding what i said earlier about sending a text to keep the sim active but that doesnt activate the 100gb allowance
I have this evening found out what I said was incorrect
i.e. as a test Ive just sent a text on such a SIM with an unactivated 100gb allowance & its caused the 100gb allowance to activate & start its 2 month countdown
rather annoying as I was hoping to start using my spare SIMs after my landline BB contract end in may 2016
the only way I could see round this is maybe if you buy a £1 data pack & then send a text & hope that that stops the activation of the 100gb add on
1more
16 Oct 151#5
Same problem, "Find Address" not working for me either ! tried Firefox, Chrome and Edge browsers with no luck.
DonkeyKonk
16 Oct 151#6
Great deal, surprised its out yet again, thanks for info OP.
Is only one per person / household as far as I know (?).
otterboxer to DonkeyKonk
16 Oct 153#11
2 per household. Your twin can order one as well. :wink:
Dave_c
16 Oct 151#7
waiting if to see if anyone has topped up the summer sim with £5 and got this deal to work
Big_L
16 Oct 152#8
Thanks OP, loved the almost unlimited data from last time!
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Opening post
New SIM needs to have been ordered by 29th December.
Go here, http://shop.ee.co.uk/campaigns/christmas-sim-from-ee if you want your own.
There is an AWFUL lot of contradiction on here but let me put this to rest once and for all.
The easiest way to get your 100GB AND keep your £10 credit is as follows:
1. Receive SIM
2. Put SIM in phone. Any phone. Dumb phone, smart phone. It doesn't matter. No need to turn data off
3. Text 'STOP PACK' to 150 (this merely stops the £10 1GB/50 mins/50 texts add-on from starting. This is the ONLY thing STOP PACK does. It does NOT stop the 100GB add-on from being applied)
4. Buy a £10 top up in a shop using the E Top Up card supplied. (It's much easier to top up this way due to problems with the EE top up website)
5. Text 'CHRISTMAS100' to 150
6. Voilà. You now have your 100GB free each month, for two months - and your £10 credit to spend on anything you want.
Thanks to preecey
- Apogee00
To check if an existing SIM from previous promotions is eligible for the offer, or if you want to ensure the promotion is active on the SIM without losing any money in the process, text CHRISTMAS100 to 150 BEFORE you top up. If the text back asks you to top up before they add the free data, the promotion is live on the SIM. If the text back states something along the lines of 'sorry you're not eligible', do NOT top up as you won't get the free data.
- preecey
If you don't want to start using the data straight away make sure at step 2 above that Data is TURNED OFF.
- kar999
Between steps 3 & 4 above reply YES to 150 to confirm you want to stop the pack. (You don't get a further text back. )
- kar999
Top comments
- Yes it's 100gb not 100mb. Activated after top up by texting CHRISTMAS100 to 150.
- You get 100gb for the first month. Then it automatically gives you 100gb for a second month. Then it becomes a normal sim.
- If you text STOP PACK to 150 after topping up but BEFORE using data (switch data off on your phone, the text will still go ok) it won't use your £10 before giving you the 100gb. So you can use the 2x100gb and still have £10 credit to activate afterwards whenever you wish.
- It can be used in mifis, and EE don't ban tethering.
- If you have a sim from the last 100gb promo(s), it will activate this offer if you top up by £5 then text CHRISTMAS100 to 150 EDIT: PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THAT EE DO NOT NOW ALLOW THIS. Further edit: Topping up by £10 and texting CHRISTMAS100 DID work on 6th Nov.
- You can save it for future use - just do the stop pack thing and then don't use any data. I'm still using one now and it'll run to mid-December. Need to text once every six months to stop the sim being disabled. Your credit can be used for this without activating a pack.
- If you top up old sims, the 100gb starts immediately - haven't found a way to delay for future use.
The easiest way to get your 100GB AND keep your £10 credit is as follows:
1. Receive SIM
2. Put SIM in phone. Any phone. Dumb phone, smart phone. It doesn't matter. No need to turn data off
3. Text 'STOP PACK' to 150 (this merely stops the £10 1GB/50 mins/50 texts add-on from starting. This is the ONLY thing STOP PACK does. It does NOT stop the 100GB add-on from being applied)
4. Buy a £10 top up in a shop using the E Top Up card supplied. (It's much easier to top up this way due to problems with the EE top up website)
5. Text 'CHRISTMAS100' to 150
6. Voilà. You now have your 100GB free each month, for two months - and your £10 credit to spend on anything you want.
Let's say you start on November 1st.
Sims 1,2,3 you activate on Nov 1st. That means " stop pack, top up £10, text christmas100". You must use a dumb phone.
Sim 1 data us for Nov and Dec
Sim 2 data is for Jan and Feb
Sim 3 data is for march and april
Sims 4 and 5 you activate on December 29. Again, you must use a dumb phone.
Sim 4 data is for may and June
Sim 5 will expire at end of June due to the six-month-rule. Therefore you must make a call or text from this sim, towards the end of June, to keep the sim alive. This will be paid for from the £10 PAYG credit you have on the sim, after you did the STOP PACK when activating. Texrts are 12p, calls are 30p. This call or text will keep the sim alive for a further six months, and will have the effect of triggering the data.
So sim 5 data is for July and (nearly all of) August.
So using the 5 sims you will have data from Nov 1st all the way to the end of August (nearly)
All comments (1586)
- Yes it's 100gb not 100mb. Activated after top up by texting CHRISTMAS100 to 150.
- You get 100gb for the first month. Then it automatically gives you 100gb for a second month. Then it becomes a normal sim.
- If you text STOP PACK to 150 after topping up but BEFORE using data (switch data off on your phone, the text will still go ok) it won't use your £10 before giving you the 100gb. So you can use the 2x100gb and still have £10 credit to activate afterwards whenever you wish.
- It can be used in mifis, and EE don't ban tethering.
- If you have a sim from the last 100gb promo(s), it will activate this offer if you top up by £5 then text CHRISTMAS100 to 150 EDIT: PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THAT EE DO NOT NOW ALLOW THIS. Further edit: Topping up by £10 and texting CHRISTMAS100 DID work on 6th Nov.
- You can save it for future use - just do the stop pack thing and then don't use any data. I'm still using one now and it'll run to mid-December. Need to text once every six months to stop the sim being disabled. Your credit can be used for this without activating a pack.
- If you top up old sims, the 100gb starts immediately - haven't found a way to delay for future use.
can you delay getting the 100GB a month?
If so, how?
So
I have this evening found out what I said was incorrect
i.e. as a test Ive just sent a text on such a SIM with an unactivated 100gb allowance & its caused the 100gb allowance to activate & start its 2 month countdown
rather annoying as I was hoping to start using my spare SIMs after my landline BB contract end in may 2016
the only way I could see round this is maybe if you buy a £1 data pack & then send a text & hope that that stops the activation of the 100gb add on
Is only one per person / household as far as I know (?).