Which networks offer family SIM deals?

Choosing a family SIM deal is a great way to save money if you want multiple SIM cards on your account – be that because the rest of your family needs SIM cards too, or because you’re using multiple devices with their own SIM cards.

But not every network offers family SIM deals, and across those that do, the discounts and perks vary quite a lot.

So below, we’ve detailed the networks that offer family SIM deals, complete with a look at what you actually get by signing up for these plans.

EE

Family plan name	Savings or perks
EE Multi-line discount	Up to £12 per month off additional plans, and data gifting
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EE offers a multi-line discount, where if you add other family members to your account then you’ll save up to £12 per month on additional SIM Only and airtime plans, and you can get a 10% discount on connected tablets and laptops.

You can also share data between the plans on your account, helping ensure that it all gets used and no one runs out.

O2

Family plan name	Savings or perks
O2 Multisave	20% discount on additional plans
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With O2’s Multisave, you can get a 20% discount on the cost of SIM Only plans for additional lines on your account. You can also save 20% on the airtime cost of device plans.

By ‘airtime’ we mean the allowances, so if for example you’re paying £20 for the device itself and £10 for the allowances (totalling £30 per month), the 20% discount would only apply to the cost of allowances – meaning a £2 monthly saving in this example.

In any case, you can add up to 20 numbers to your Multisave group, making this suitable for even the biggest of families.

To find out more, head to O2’s Multisave page.

Sky Mobile

Family plan name	Savings or perks
Sky Piggybank	Share unused data
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Sky Mobile doesn’t provide any discounts for putting multiple SIM cards on your account, but it does let you share unused data between them, and because the network also lets you roll over data for up to a year, you could potentially build up quite a healthy shared ‘piggybank’.

Up to seven SIM cards can be added to your account, and if you find that you’re not using all your data even once it’s shared, you can trade it in for discounts off devices and accessories.

To learn more, head to the Sky Piggybank page.

Smarty

Family plan name	Savings or perks
Smarty Group plan	10% discount on additional plans
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On Smarty, you can add up to eight SIM cards on one account, and you’ll save 10% on each SIM that you add to a group plan.

That’s not the biggest discount but Smarty’s prices are lower than many networks in the first place, and it’s also a flexible network in that its plans are all just 30-day rolling ones, and everyone in the group can choose a plan with different allowances.

To find out more, take a look at Smarty’s Group plans page.

Tesco Mobile

Family plan name	Savings or perks
Tesco Mobile Family Perks	A monthly perk of your choice
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With Tesco Mobile you can only have up to five contracts on a family plan, so fewer than on some networks, but everyone on the plan can choose from a selection of monthly perks.

These include 250MB – 1GB of extra data, 50p – £2 off your bill, 50 – 200 Tesco Clubcard points, and 75p – £2.25 off Tesco Mobile Protect insurance.

The exact amount will depend on your monthly price tariff, and every member of the family plan can select their own perk.

You can also change your perks whenever you want, with the exception of the insurance perk, which can only be chosen when you start your contract.

To learn more, head to Tesco Mobile’s Family Perks page.

Three

Family plan name	Savings or perks
Three Connect Together	20% discount on additional plans
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With Three, you can add up to six additional plans to your account and take advantage of Three Connect Together. This service gives you a 20% discount off each additional plan, and as well as SIM Only plans, that discount also applies to Pay Monthly phone plans, tablet and laptop plans, and home broadband and mobile broadband plans.

However, the discount only applies to allowances, not the cost of devices.

To find out more, head to Three’s Connect Together page.

Vodafone

Family plan name	Savings or perks
Vodafone additional plans	15% discount on additional plans
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Vodafone lets you add up to nine additional plans to your account, and each of these will get a 15% discount. Most types of plans and devices are included here, but as with most family plan discounts, the 15% here only applies to the cost of allowances.

To learn more, head over to Vodafone’s additional plans page.