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Student discount code - Not available anymore?

ProGirish24
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I am currently on a 24 month contract for my iPhone 15 Pro Max - I had redeemed a student code for 20% discount when I upgraded and have been receiving the discount since.

When I was reading the EE website now, I do not find the option to avail a 20% discount anymore under Student beans but see other offers for Sim-only plans and Broadband.

 

Did EE stop doing the discount? If I upgrade to the 16 Pro Max this weekend, will I be losing out on the student discount?

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Equil
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Seems so as I've also been receiving a Student Discount for years now, but like you, Student Beans offers have changed. 
Strangely it's still offered to Key Workers and Teachers? But not Students, because obviously we have loads of money at our disposal and if we want to have nice things like the latest iPhones then we should use our infinite source of money and pay full rate for them. 

Unfortunately, corporate greed strikes again. These Muli-Millionaire shareholders must need every penny, the poor souls.

Upon upgrading you will 100% lose your discount, It was good while it lasted I guess...

Rach_H
EE Community Support Team

Hi @ProGirish24,

Our Student Discount is only available to new customers, so if you have already used this then you would be ineligible to use this again, moving forward.

Rach

Equil
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Grim, I love it when the most expensive network makes itself even more expensive for those who are always notoriously out of pocket.

Very pro-consumer move.

That's unfortunate!

Can I check if the NHS worker discounts are applicable for the new iPhone plans? I only see "Flex plans" and "12/24 month sim only" plans under the terms.

 

@Rach_H 

Chris_B
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@Equil   And yet you think a £1000+ device is a must have product for a student.   Don’t get me wrong it’s totally up to you on what you spend your “limited” money on but a £1000+ phone surely shouldn’t be a top priority 

To contact EE Customer Services dial 150 From your EE mobile or 0800 956 6000 from any other phone.
Equil
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I Didn't say a '£1000+ device' is a must-have did I? I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can afford it whether the 20% Discount is applied or not, but it certainly helps if it is and makes things a great deal easier. So it baffles me as to why EE decided to revoke it apart from blatantly obvious penny-pinching (which seems to be an overall theme this year with corporate Britain)

However, not everyone can say that can they? For a lot of Students, the lack of a 20% Discount may be a deal breaker and will now position such a phone out of their reach. 

Your comment insinuates that Students are undeserving of such things simply because they are students. 
Are we not allowed to have nice things as well? I'm assuming you're one of those who believes we should just be happy that we at least have money to feed ourselves because 'we're just students'. 
And not to sound petty, but most Students being 18-25 will more than likely make more use of the features (especially the Pro camera features) that said device provides versus those who are older and only use it for web browsing and Facebook. 

And yes, students do have 'limited' money so I don't know why you seemed to place a degree of sarcasm in your comment in regards to this. Are you aware of how little the government supports younger generations in this country? or is your head buried in the sand like most people over the age of 40?

Maybe rather than pick holes in my comment in an effort to lick the boot of Big Corpo, you should agree that this was another anti-consumer move made by EE.
It's thinking like yours that makes you part of the problem mate. 

Rach_H
EE Community Support Team

You can use the NHS discount on our Flex plans @ProGirish24, and these plans will be available with the new iPhone release 🙂

Have you already registered on the Perk Portal?

Rach

Chris_B
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EE Community Star

@Equil   Sorry it took me so long to come back as I’ve been very busy.     

you say “ And not to sound petty, but most Students being 18-25 will more than likely make more use of the features (especially the Pro camera features) that said device provides versus those who are older and only use it for web browsing and Facebook. “.  
What’s has that got to do with a discount ?
Thats getting on for borderline age discrimination.   You’re basically saying there that young people should have the newest best product and older people shouldn’t. 

  But if you want to base it on that on Thursday Friday, I took in the region off 100 photos for work purposes and no I don’t use facebook so basically I’ve just proved you wrong oh and yes I’ve over 40.     What a phone can actually do or provide does it mean you’re deserving of a discount for that phone.     Young people thinking I suppose.   Lol 

What’s has the government got to do with this ?  

 You also don’t know what I’m thinking with my first comment.   I only tried to get you to engage in why you think a phone should be disconnected for a student with limited funds.   And you made an assumption with my comment.   Mate.  

To contact EE Customer Services dial 150 From your EE mobile or 0800 956 6000 from any other phone.
Equil
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Bored now