Why are virgin getting rid of pay as you go?

A pay-as-you-go (PAYG) deal, as the name suggests, means you pay upfront and are not tied into any contract or commitment . You’ll also have to have your own handset to put the Sim (the little chip that slots into your phone and gives you your allowance of minutes, texts and data) into already, or buy one separately.

Yes, you can get data on pay as you go , similar to allowances across pay monthly SIMs. When you buy a pay as you go SIM, data is included in your allowances bundle along with minutes and texts. Typical data allowances range from 150MB to 50GB.

Pay As You Go credit never expires providing your SIM remains active .

It stopped selling PAYG services to new customers in August 2019. A spokesperson for Virgin Mobile said: “We regularly review our products and services to ensure our offering reflects our customers’ needs and best supports their usage .”27 Tem 2021