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This Sun (7 Jan), BT hikes prices for millions of customers. Eg, its unlimited standard broadband will be £43/mth including compulsory basic line rental, and £50/mth for unlimited fibre - far more expensive than the market's cheapest. So if you're out of contract, why not ditch and switch, and if you're loyal there's a way to save too. Stick with BT (in disguise) for broadband & line for equiv £13/mth - saving just over £350/yr. While it has a different name, Plusnet* is owned by the BT Group. Its customer service rating is far higher than BT's though, with 54% saying it was 'great' in our last poll, compared with BT's 25%. And currently its 12mth standard unlimited broadband & line deal - avail until 11.59pm Tue - is the cheapest on the market. So you can stick with BT Group but save large.- Who can get it? Anyone not already with Plusnet (or who left in the last month). It's available to 90% of the country - to check if you can get it, use our Broadband Unbundled tool which only shows deals available to you. - Pay line rent upfront: Equiv to £16.49/mth over 1yr (it's £18.99/mth if you pay monthly). See call charges. If you need a new line installed it's an extra £49.99. - Broadband's £1/mth: Jumping to £9.99/mth after 1yr. - You must claim £50 cashback: You'll get an email after activation explaining how, and you must do it within 2mths. It should then arrive within 30 days. Cost analysis: Pay line rent upfront and it's £209.88/yr before calls or new line costs, equiv to £17.49/mth. But factor in the cashback and it's equiv to £13.33/mth (£15.83/mth if line rent is paid monthly). Fast fibre broadband & line rental £20/mth (£24/mth superfast). Fibre is generally faster and useful for those who do lots of downloading, streaming or gaming, or for multiple users. The current top deal is for Vodafone Broadband* newbies and it's available to 83% of UK postcodes. Use our Broadband Unbundled tool which only shows deals available to you (make sure you select a fast speed filter). On an 18mth contract you get broadband for £20/mth for up-to-38Mb fast fibre (2x standard speed) or £24/mth for up-to-76Mb superfast fibre (4x standard) - with line rent included. You'll pay more once the contract ends though, so remember to check the price then. If you're switching from cable or need a new line installed it'll cost £60. See Cheap Broadband for full info. PS: Prices for Plusnet and Vodafone aren't fixed, but you can leave penalty-free if they do rise. You can sometimes get broadband cashback via top cashback sites - but prices and contract lengths vary, so check. |
Jan sales BOOSTS, incl Asos, Debenhams & River Island up to 70% off. Discounts are getting bigger for unsold stock and new lines added. Jan sales Apple admits its software updates HAVE slowed down iPhones. How to find out if you're affected and what to do if you are, in iPhone battery replacements. 35% EXTRA off bedding code, eg, £9 king-size duvet, £5 for 2 pillows. MSE Blagged. Already up to 75% cheaper than in shops - our code takes a further 35% off. Stock's limited, as it's a clearance. Ends Sun. Boston Duvet Doing 'Dry January'? Do you have a RIGHT to free tap water in restaurants? Know your tap water rights. TWO pairs of specs for £15. MSE Blagged. Until Mon. Cheapest we've seen. Spec-tacular |
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New. FREE £200 for switching bank, or £125 + top service Money's often tight at the start of the New Year. Yet there's a straightforward way to make quick cash - by switching bank. Switching's easy, and with two popular bribes coming back, now's a great time to do it. It takes just seven working days, the new bank closes your old account and moves all direct debits, standing orders and payments, plus the free cash can be paid within a month of switching. All credit-check when you apply. New. Free £200 + linked 5% savings. Anyone who hasn't had an HSBC bank account since 1 Jan 2015 can get £150 within 50 days of switching to the HSBC Advance* account, and £50 more if still with it after a year. Plus you get access to a linked 5% regular savings account where you can put up to £250/mth for one year. Some also get a 6mth 0% overdraft.How do I get it all? You need to switch incl 2+ direct debits/standing orders within 30 days of account opening, register for mobile or online banking within 60 days and pay in £1,750+/mth. New. Free £125 + no.1 service + linked 5% savings. This boosted switch offer is back this week too. Apply via this specific link and First Direct* gives £125 to new customers who switch to it (only £100 if you go direct). It's won all our customer service polls for seven years running - with 90% recently rating it 'great' - plus you get access to its 5% fixed regular saver, and some get a £250 0% overdraft. How do I get it all? Once you've switched, pay in £1,000/mth to get the cash and keep the account free - if not, it's £10/mth. You'll get the cash within 28 working days of your first pay-in. Free £125 M&S gift card + £5/mth for a year + linked 5% savings. M&S Bank* gives new switchers a £125 M&S gift card, and for the first year it'll add another £5/mth. It also offers a 5% fixed regular savings account and to some, a £100 0% overdraft. How do I get it all? You'll get the initial £125 within a month of switching incl at least two active direct debits. For the rest, you need to keep the direct debits active and pay in at least £1,000/mth. For full info, eligibility and more options, incl Halifax which gives £75, see Best Bank Accounts. |
Trick to get up to 50p off your coffee shop drink EVERY time. Now get even more off coffee, tea etc. Incl Pret, Costa and Starbucks. Coffee shop trick FREE gym passes, eg, 14-day British Military Fitness, 3-day DW Fitness First. Plus more ways to save pounds as you lose pounds, incl pay-as-you-go visits and £10/mth membership, in our Cheap Gyms guide. Merlin 1yr pass sale. Unlimited entry to Legoland, Alton Towers, Thorpe Park etc for £129. Norm £179. Restrictions on dates. Merlin passes FREE winter car check. Incl oil levels, battery check and screen-wash top-up. Halfords |
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Flight sales on NOW, eg, New York £245 rtn How & where to find the cheapest flights & when package hols can win instead When it comes to flights, booking earliest is usually cheapest (though there's no guarantee) - and right now, many airlines are heavily discounting in the Jan sales. So if you're planning to fly in 2018, now's likely a good time to book (though if going later in the year, check all carriers on your route have released tickets for then). See our Cheap Flights guide for full help - here are our top 5 need-to-knows to help your savings take off: DON'T go direct to an airline - use comparison sites to slash costs. Check at least two, as different ones search different firms - our top picks are Kayak* (al lows you to filter based on card/baggage fees), Skyscanner* (particularly strong coverage of budget flights) and Momondo* (helpful insights such as cheapest airport to fly from/to).Long-haul sales on NOW, eg, £245 New York rtn. A number of big airlines are running 2018 sales, incl BA and Virgin Atlantic. The best bargains we've spotted though are on Norwegian - its sale covers flights from Feb to May, and includes a £245 Gatwick-New York JFK return and a £320 Gatwick-Orlando return. Long-haul sales Urgent. Budget airlines also running short-lived short-haul sales. Until 11.59pm today (Wed) Ryanair has 1m seats on sale from £14.99 for travel between Jan and May, while until 11 Jan Easyjet has up to 20% off flights between 31 Jan and 4 Jul. If you're flying from Nov onwards though, bear in mind Easyjet and Ryanair haven't released tickets yet. Short-haul sales Check if a package holiday's cheaper - even if you'll only use the flight. If you're going away for 7, 10 or 14 days to a popular destination, a package often beats separate flights and hotel. But sometimes it can actually be cheaper even if you DON'T want to use the hotel. Eg, we found flights for a 10-day trip to Florida in April for £564pp - a package hol was £486pp. It won't always work, but it's worth a try - see Cheap Package Holidays for tips. Want a seat on a specific flight/airline? Buy a seat via a partner airline for less. If you know the exact flight you want, 'codesharing' can be a way to get it cheaper. It's when airlines buddy up to sell seats on each other's flights, sometimes at a different price. Eg, we found a Delta London-Las Vegas rtn for £830 booking direct - but exactly the same flight booked via Delta's partner Virgin Atlantic was just £750. See Codeshare trick. |
Earn £15 M&S/Amazon vchs doing quick online surveys. MSE Blagged. Popular with MoneySavers - you fill in surveys and search online for points, which can be converted into vouchers. Our link gives a bonus worth £10 when you earn £5. Newbies only. Swagbucks MARRIED OR IN A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP? GET CASH BACK - SUCCESS OF THE WEEK £10-£40 West End theatre tix, incl Phantom of the Opera, Aladdin, Lion King & Les Mis. Some tickets still available for Jan/Feb shows. London Theatre |
THIS WEEK'S POLL Parcel delivery firms: which are the best and worst? Now the festive season's over, Santa finally has the chance to rest, yet for parcel delivery firms (which helped) it's business as usual. So it's time for our fifth annual poll to sort the good guys from the cowboys... Which are the best and worst parcel delivery firms? Most MoneySavers ended 2017 better off than they started it. Last week, we asked how you fared financially in 2017. The majority of the 8,470 who responded said their finances were in 'better shape' compared with the beginning of the year, while only 18% said they were worse off. Interestingly, younger age groups were more likely to say their finances improved - see the full poll results. |
MONEYSAVING NEWS - Top story: Energy firms' customer service getting worse, MSE poll finds |
MONEY MORAL DILEMMA Should I force my friend to replace my £700 camera lens? Three years ago a friend collected a camera lens for me from a repair shop. When I went to pick it up, he'd lost it. He was apologetic but wouldn't let me put in an insurance claim, saying he'd pay for it (he never did). We haven't spoken for over a year now and he's 'unfriended' me on Facebook. Do I escalate it to something more serious? Enter the Money Moral Maze: Should I face my friend to replace my £700 camera lens? | Suggest an MMD | View past MMDs THE QUICKIES - Debt-Free Wannabe chat of the week: Small MoneySaving things for New Year week |
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MARTIN'S APPEARANCES (WED 3 JAN ONWARDS) Thu 4 Jan - Good Morning Britain, ITV, Deals of the Week, 7.40am MSE TEAM APPEARANCES (SUBJECTS TBC) Wed 3 Jan - BBC Cumbria, Money Talks with Ben Maeder, from 6pm |
QUESTION OF THE WEEK Q: My sister-in-law gave me a jumper for Christmas, but it's too small. Will the shop let me return it without a receipt? Sally, by email. MSE Sarah M's A: Legally you've no automatic right to exchange or return items bought in stores, unless they're faulty - so if the jumper's too small, it depends on the shop's returns policy. Many do let you return items which don't fit and get a refund, exchange or credit note, but if so that's a voluntary goodwill gesture offered at the shop's discretion, not a legal right. What's more, return rights (whether legally enforced or voluntary) usually only apply to the person who paid for the item, unless you have a gift receipt. So it's worth checking the store's returns policy to see if it will allow you to return the jumper, but you may need to ask your sister-in-law to return it for you. See Returning unwanted Xmas gifts for more info. Please suggest a question of the week (we can't reply to individual emails). |
GET PAID £10,000 TO GO ON ADVENTURES ACROSS THE UK & EUROPE BY TRAIN... That's all for this week, but before we go... fancy "Britain's ultimate part-time job"? It's a bit of a publicity stunt but National Rail's hiring a 'chief adventure officer' to travel around having, er... adventures. Suggestions include anything from going on the longest zip wire in Europe to a graffiti tour in Bristol. The catch? You have to be eligible for a 16-25 Railcard to apply. See our news story for full info. We hope you save some money - and happy New Year. The MSE team |
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