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Virgin Mobile - The Irresistible $140 Plan

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Virgin Mobile - The Irresistible $140 Plan
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simprosimple on 15/08/2013 - 23:49 virginmobile.com.au (721 clicks)
Last edited 16/08/2013 - 02:01

It sounds expensive but actually it's a pretty good deal, especially for those with high usage of phone daily in Australia and overseas…

$140 / per month for :

  • Unlimited standard national calls and text within Australia
  • $200 plan credit for standard international calls & text
  • 6GB data

$140 x 24 months = $3360 (with min. $1600 value)

or

$140 x 12 months = $1680 (with min. $1600 value)

  • You can re-sign and upgrade to a new phone after 12 months with no early exit fees on this plan.
    (so it is 12 months ONLY if you keep re-signing and until the last contract will be full 24 months)

You can get Apple iPhone 5 64GB for FREE (I think it's about $1000+ value for local stock)
* Kogan Grey Imports $97X.XX (http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/apple-iphone-5-64gb-white-networ…)

And also FREE Flight with Virgin Australia to New Zealand, Fiji or Vanuatu
(Depart from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth or Canberra)

  • Vanuatu (Port Vila)
  • Fiji (Nadi)
  • New Zealand (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, and Queenstown)

It include public holidays like Christmas and New Year (seat availability may be limited to certain dates)

and Fiji and Vanuatu are better value then New Zealand

  • Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane to Fiji(Off-Peak) - About $700

  • Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane to Fiji(Peak) - About $1200

  • Adelaide, Perth to Fiji(Off-Peak) - About $1100

  • Adelaide, Perth to Fiji(Peak) - About $1600

  • All flights are restricted to selected classes within the Saver Fare family and are subject to availability. The international flight is offered on selected destinations only and not valid for flights with Virgin Australia partner airlines or any codeshare flights. Virgin Australia and Virgin Mobile cannot guarantee that seats or tickets will be available on the dates or at the times you may wish to fly. Seat availability may be limited to certain dates and/or flights and it may be more difficult to book seats around public holidays, school holidays or special events. Some flights may not have any seats available for this promotion. Route availability is subject to change without notice. Baggage in excess to the 23kgs included in the promotion will attract additional fees, see virginaustralia.com for more information. The offer is subject to the Virgin Mobile Flight Offer Conditions and air travel is subject to Virgin Australia Terms and Conditions of Carriage.

UPDATE

Comparable offers from other network providers

Virgin $140/month Unlimited Oz Calls & Text $200 Credit 6GB Data + FREE FLIGHT (ex.Tax)
Vodafone $100/month Unlimited Oz Calls & Text $100 Credit 5GB Data
Telstra $141/month Unlimited Oz Calls & Text $0 Credit 3GB Data
Optus $112/month Unlimited Oz Calls & Text $0 Credit 3GB Data

http://shop.vodafone.com.au/mobile-details/iphone-5-64gb-whi…

https://onlineshop.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/plans/buy/13…

https://www.optus.com.au/shop/mobilephones/iphone/iphone5

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  • cbpeh1 on 15/08/2013 - 23:53
    +3

    got one. thanks op.

  • veritas_mendax on 15/08/2013 - 23:53

    Great research

  • Lions44 on 15/08/2013 - 23:56

    Interested to know if you get a free flight every time you recontract. I was looking at this the other day and couldn't find anything in the terms and conditions.

    • simprosimple on 16/08/2013 - 01:37
      +1

      Good to point out… I'll confirm tomorrow! It should be free flight + mobile on each contract as what I understood

    • Bargain4U on 16/08/2013 - 10:32

      Telesales says Yes. See below.

  • glados on 15/08/2013 - 23:57

    I've not been that happy on Virgin Mobile. Cant wait for my contract to end. They offered to restart my contract 6 months out from the finish with a new phone etc.

    Would be a good buy maybe for someone from Fiji/New Zeland etc to go visit home. But I have no need for a flight there each year??

  • unity1 on 16/08/2013 - 00:05
    +8

    $140 a month and can't even include 1800 numbers.

    • c64 on 16/08/2013 - 00:15

      and your calls are subject to a fair use policy lol

    • kabigon on 16/08/2013 - 08:08
      +4

      and excess data $205 per GB, nice..

      • martyn on 16/08/2013 - 16:00

        Good luck using more than 6gb on the Optus network!

    • porkupine888 on 16/08/2013 - 09:32

      most 1*** numbers have clauses on them, so you might as well just trace the OVERSEAS direct dial number and call the local number :) problem averted! :D

  • llama on 16/08/2013 - 00:09
    +1

    So let me get this straight.

    You pay $1,680 and you get a iPhone worth $1000

    You get calls worth about $400 on Aldi (which uses a better network)

    So you are paying $260 to get a flight to New Zealand, Fiji or Vanuatu - even though you can't fly when you want to, so it's some kind of standby deal.

    How much does it cost to get home again?

    • lousy on 16/08/2013 - 00:17
      +1

      It's a return flight, perhaps not clear in description

    • pilotyuan on 16/08/2013 - 00:18

      It is return flight.
      But it still too luxury for me, like a budget supercar.

    • ilostnemo on 16/08/2013 - 00:39
      +2

      I don't think you are taking the $200 credit for international calls and text in to consideration.

      Aldi gives you $10 a month

      • postman on 16/08/2013 - 08:45

        voip?

      • LolwutMikka on 16/08/2013 - 11:41
        +2

        Virgin's $200 intl call credit only amounts to 66 minutes to the Philippines for me. Aldi's $10 gets me 100 minutes. Dollar value doesn't always mean best value.

    • Eivad on 16/08/2013 - 07:51
      +1

      I wouldn't say Aldi has a better network. With virgin you can get Optus 4g (depending on your phone), Aldi only gives Telstra 3G wholesale network.

  • lachlan1 on 16/08/2013 - 00:14
    +3

    can you please add to title minimum 24 month plan as description is a little confusing

    minimum total cost
    $3360 over 24 months. Depending on additional amounts you incur,
    including phone repayments, you may pay more.

    Calls and messages not included in your plan credit
    18 + 1800 numbers 33¢/min (billed per sec)+ 20¢ call connection

    • simprosimple on 16/08/2013 - 01:39

      yes. but as what I wrote, you can re-sign and upgrade to a new contract after every 12 months with no early exit fees on this plan (Virgin Mobile will waive any outstanding balance). So it is 12 months ONLY if you keep re-signing and until the last contract will be full 24 months.

  • lousy on 16/08/2013 - 00:20
    +2

    Actually I think it's 12 months get a free flight ,
    36 months get a free phone on top?

    "With the Irresistible Plan you receive a return international flight with Virgin Australia1, a new phone AFTER 12 months when you re-sign for ANOTHER 24 months2 on the Irresistible Plan or equivalent, and a huge 6GB included data."

    EDIT: sorry misread that, you start off with a phone and can get another after 12 months if you resign. Lachlan1 is right , minimum 24 months though not 12.

  • jimbobaus on 16/08/2013 - 00:39
    +1

    If you read all the fine print (like I did) you will see:

    Flight voucher must be used between months 4-9 of your contract. Does not include taxes (payable by passenger)

    Your account must not be overdue when claiming your voucher as Virgin Australia will verify this.

    Resign must occur after 12 months and customer must resign to same plan (or version there of) so if they up the plan to $150 next year and remove the $140 u have to select that plan if you want to upgrade.

    Data over use is charged in 1mb increments and is charged at 20.3c per Mb ($230 a gb)

    International call rates are horrendous (if that matters to u) and they only give you $200 worth. Based on their rates that would be a couple 20 mins calls to USA.

    Virgin reserves the right to withdraw the voucher and early upgrade components of this offer at anytime.

    • lousy on 16/08/2013 - 00:49
      +3

      Have to agree that this is not a good plan. Even vodafail offers similar plan with iPhone 5 for about $60 per month excluding a flight. Therefore you would be paying give or take an extra $80 per month for 24 months for the "free flight".
      That in addition to the terms and conditions mentioned above

      • jimbobaus on 16/08/2013 - 00:56

        Yeah even Telstra and Optus plans at the 60-80 dollar mark offer better value when u take out the flight.

        If you went on say a Vodafone $100 plan and added the data needed to match the 6gb it would still cost $110 ($100 plan is 5gb, 1gb pack is $10) and that would include unlimited 1800 numbers too and a 64gb iPhone as the OP pointed out was the benchmark.

        Being charged by Virgin for overuse by the MB and determining when I could use the voucher pretty much means they plan on barely anyone using the voucher at all.

        It's like a cash back… They hope you won't use it. You are essentially paying two years worth of a plan at once to cover them so they can upgrade you each 12 months.

        Oh and given Optus and Voda sharing towers now.. I think coverage is less of an issue (I am bias I am one if the few happy Vodafone customers lol. )

      • simprosimple on 16/08/2013 - 01:47

        @ lousy - The plan Vodafone offer similar is $100 per month excluding a flight and with less $100 & 1GB data less… So, it's just $40 per month

        (http://shop.vodafone.com.au/mobile-details/iphone-5-64gb-whi…)

        • lousy on 16/08/2013 - 01:52

          Yes jimbobaus was right as I didn't factor in additional data and 64gb iPhone instead of one with less storage

    • ozhunter on 16/08/2013 - 04:20

      Data over use is charged in 1mb increments and is charged at 20.3c per Mb ($230 a gb)

      Where did you get that from? In the pdf file from the Critical Information Summary link it states:

      All data includes uploads and downloads and is deducted in KB units. There are 1024KB in a MB and 1024MB in a GB . If you exceed your data allowance, excess data will be charged at 20.5¢/ MB , billed per KB.

      Even the 6th point in the fine print of the page states, 6. 1 month expiry. Excess usage charged at 20.5c per MB (charged per KB). Plan credit cannot be used for data or content charges.

  • neil on 16/08/2013 - 01:08
    +4

    FatDuckTech did an analysis of this deal the other day. Pretty bad value for money and you are locked in a contract.

  • boost on 16/08/2013 - 01:38
    +1

    Just so everybody is aware before putting their paw-print on the bottom line…if the return flight is not including taxes expect to pay half the fare :)

  • jv on 16/08/2013 - 01:39
    +11

    The Irresistible $140 Plan

    I've resisted !!!

  • dan0909 on 16/08/2013 - 02:16
    +2

    Approx $800 for an iphone.
    Approx $960 for an unlimited plan for 24 months (Amaysim or Kogan $40 a month unlimited plan)
    Total = $1760 for 24 months.

    How the hell is this ($140 x 24 months = $3360)considered a bargain?

    • skeptik on 16/08/2013 - 04:40
      +1

      As I understand it the iphone in the example above (ip5 64GB) would be approx $900 ($919 from mobileciti), but in the space of 24months u can get 2 phones. So that adds abt (100+900) $1000 to ur total.

      How much the $200 included monthly international calls are worth is up for debate. Lets say I pick an arbitrary value of $10. So that adds another $240.

      So that conveniently gives an updated total of $3k. So is the difference of $360 worth 2 conditionally redeemable return flights on Virgin?

      • lousy on 16/08/2013 - 05:14

        2 phones but a 36 month commitment, not 24 months?
        ie after 12 months if you want another phone you need to sign another 24 month contract

      • Ianhuovic on 16/08/2013 - 11:41
        +1

        Just check how much would the international calls cost for per minute. That's a rip-off. $200 credit may give you what? 60 minutes calling time? While Vodafone includes all international calls for just over 130cents per minute in the total call value.

    • samehada on 16/08/2013 - 07:32

      I agree with you, this is not really a bargain unless you want to keep claiming flight every year to those 3 destinations and re-contract every year. The offer may not be available any more in the future after 2 years.

      The phone can be bought outright ranging from $500 (Samsung Galaxy Note II) - $800 (rip-off iphone)
      Unlimited plan with Boost (Telstra network) $960
      The $200 of international calls only worth about $20 (you can get the same value on Vodafone Internation Pack or VoIP or some Optus international Zone A,B or add-on pack). For 24 months total cost is $480

      I don't see this as a bargain.

  • check on 16/08/2013 - 07:20
    +6

    I pay $18.99 per month. I don't get a free flight or all the bells and whistles though. But with a saving of $120 pm I can afford to buy my own air ticket and pay for the occasional excess use!

    • samehada on 16/08/2013 - 07:33

      and don't forget that is the saving for 24 months :)

  • [Deactivated] on 16/08/2013 - 08:19

    Virgin cut all of their plan's data usage half a few days ago to match Optus, so I probably wouldn't consider their plans now, glad I signed up 3 months ago. The $140 is new but the flight thing is just too limited…

  • SirFlibbled on 16/08/2013 - 08:58
    +1

    Fiji really isn't $1200 in peak. I just went in school holidays (oops) and I paid $600 return from Sydney on Jetstar there and Qantas return.

    Compared to something like Boost which is $40 a month for unlimited (and 3GB of data IIRC) on NextG + $1K for an iphone, you're not saving anything unless you REALLY NEED the extra 3GB a month.

  • Bargain4U on 16/08/2013 - 10:09

    I signed up because the sales person I spoke to told me that the Free flight was every 12 months and Velocity points will be earned on the free Virgin Australia flights

    • simprosimple on 16/08/2013 - 10:14
      +1

      really?? is it written down under the contract?? It will be great if you can take a pic of it.

    • theguru1 on 16/08/2013 - 10:15

      Do you have that in writing?

      • Bargain4U on 16/08/2013 - 10:17

        Doesn't matter, I joined over the phone and calls are recorded. Oh and you also get 4,000 bonus Velocity points for joining and 3 points per $1 spent thereafter (that's another 5,040 points a year).

    • Eivad on 16/08/2013 - 11:22
      +1

      The free flight would be every 12 months, assuming Virgin doesn't change or cancel this plan.

      After 12 months, you're eligible to recontract onto this same plan (or equivalent), thereby restarting your 24 month term and giving you the choice to pick a new phone. At that point, you've just resigned onto this plan, which will give you a free flight between your 4th and 9th month (16th and 21st month, assuming you recontract at exactly 12 months).

      This process can repeat for as long as Virgin keeps this plan going - ie free flight every 12 months, new phone every 12 months. It's just the last iteration of this process you'll have to wait out an additional 12 months without a flight/phone.

  • McFly on 16/08/2013 - 11:35

    lol $140 = almost 2 years of my Vaya plan

    • Ianhuovic on 16/08/2013 - 11:47

      lol. $140=2.3 months *$60 vodafone plan with iPhone 5 and $700 call value which can make 700 minutes national calls or 600 minutes international calls to most countries. Remember Vodafone can always upgrade your phone 6 months ahead of contract expiry. Virgin mobile is %&%&%$%^$^$#%$ c$^$$%^P.

      • Bargain4U on 16/08/2013 - 11:49

        Really? I wasn't given the option after being with Vodafail for two years.

        • Ianhuovic on 16/08/2013 - 11:57

          You will need to check with their customer loyalty team or walk into a franchised Vodafone store to ask. I have done one upgrade in 18th month for my own 24 months contract and in 10th month for my wife's 12 months contract.

        • Bargain4U on 16/08/2013 - 12:07

          I spoke to their loyalty team, nothing offered.

        • simprosimple on 16/08/2013 - 12:09

          It depends on who you speak to… I get nothing offered with their customer service team when I called. And my friend received call from the team offering re-new contract 3-4 months before his 24-months contract end

        • [Deactivated] on 16/08/2013 - 13:32

          I'm a virgin customer, so I don't know much about voda, but here's a thought:
          Call them and complain about how bad their reception is, and how unhappy you are etc, and maybe they'll offer you something.

        • lousy on 16/08/2013 - 17:00

          yea they are pretty inconsistent

  • TomGum on 16/08/2013 - 17:48
    +1

    Crap deal.. An example.

    If we were to take advantage of the 12 month new phone and holiday deal a 36 month plan would look some what like this.
    140x36=5040.
    Iphone5 64gb = 1000
    Iphone6 64gb = 1000
    Unlimited plan at 40pm = 36x40= 1440
    200 dollars international calls = 10x36= 360
    Thats total of 3800 so far.
    That leaves a 1240 gap.. which would go towards your 2x holidays.

    • simprosimple on 17/08/2013 - 03:08

      That $1240 Gap for 2 x Return Flight Ticket worth about $2000 depends on where you located, will be much greater value if you located in Perth

  • daver on 16/08/2013 - 18:41

    First its 6gig, then $230 a gb. = Clearly one deceptive plan to gut the gullible.
    ;Bad network

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