Lyca 5G SIM (EE) - 3GB at 45p per month for First 6 Months | EU Roaming, No Contract

I’m about two weeks in to my Lyca deal. I know they get slated a lot round here and it’s understandable (poor customer service), but once my number was ported over to them it’s been fine as a network for me personally. I get decent 5g where I’m at, 100mbps. Once my 6 months introductory deal finishes, I’ll ditch and switch

Does anybody know if there's a way to get these offers to come up as direct debits?

I joined Lyca last month, fantastic value and network service for me, but I needed it to work as a direct debit for my bank account perks. Customer service via email is slow, generic and they find it difficult to answer basic questions, which is not surprising considering how cheap they are.

Thanks!

Could you just use this for data as a second SIM in a phone? How easy is it to cancel just before the 6 months is up?

Question to the people that have moved from Lyca to Lyca to new 6 months contracts. I have just called them to port my number to the new contracts. Customer rep told me that it has to be done as a SIM swap (not as PAC transfer) therefore my new (cheap) 6 months contract would be replaced with the plan that is on my original number. I am pretty sure that I have done it in the past... Could someone confirm which one is correct please ?

Is there a way to put a spending cap on this, to stop it going over the free allowance?

Just be aware of. Most of the deal like this either from Lyca /Lebara, they are using a CPA (continuous payment authority). It is recurring payment where you give a company permission to regularly take cash from your debit or credit card. They use this payment method instead of DD for a reason. It is a sneaky way to take your money, it will cost your time and effort to cancel it. It is the same with the way online casino taking your money.

Unlike DD the CPA is much more difficult to cancel, you can not cancel it by yourself as you do not see them on your account. The only way you could cancel it is to contact your Bank CS wasting a lot of your time just for a very tiny gain. If you spend 30 minutes on the phone, the calling cost might be zero (you are using this deal) but it could cost you £20+ if you account your time / opportunity cost.

This sort of payment should be made illegal. As you will only realize it if you check your statement regularly. (edited)

So ironic that, of all the networks in the UK, Lyca is the only one that offers eSIM on pay-as-you-go.

I'm having to going on a sudden long journey and my 12GB data has run out. I literally just ordered the 45p deal via eSIM about 15 minutes ago, and I'm already up and running.

If only their customer service and payment reliability was up to the standard of the superb network infrastructure they're piggybacking on!

are you sure this deal has expired???? i need one but not until next week. shame if I have missed it

Lyca is on a roll. Lebara take heed at least with six months duration for initial pricing even if it is higher than Lyca. (edited)

My existing 1p lyca for last 6 month also coming to an end this month (all in a good experience/ service) and looks like this offer still valid and have taken out another sim with them. How easy is it to transfer the existing phone number. I will be creating a new account. Thanks

My only issue with Lyca was a lot of spam calls to begin with. Registered with TPS and they've stopped. Apart from that, since they switched network from O2 to EE the signal where I am definitely improved. My 1p a month deal is about to go up to full price so I've got Lebara to port to on their 49p a month deal that was supposed to be 3gb data but they've given me 5gb...

If you have ordered this 49p/month sim card for the 3GB MSE plan, it is possible when you get your sim card, there will be no bundle activated and 0 credit. You will not be able to make any calls or SMS but can receive. This is what happened to me.
To resolve it, I had to do the following
1. Check your email and look for a PIN email - its 8 digits long and it is NOT the PUK code. If you dont see it, go to step 2.
2. Go to lycamobile.co.uk/en/…us/ and message them saying you never got your 8 digit PIN to your email.
3. Wait patiently 1 day and keep monitoring your email inbox / junk folder for an email
From: lycamobile@lycamobile.co.uk
Subject: Subject : PIN RETRIGGER 33891234
4. On your lyca mobile device, call the following number based on the above PIN example
*116*33891234#
5. A minute later, it should activate your bundle.

You should now have 3GB data and unlimited mins and sms.

If this helps you, please like the comment so more people see it and hope it helps them too.

Maybe OP can add these steps to the original post?

I just got the 0.89 deal not sure if it's worth the extra 44p a month for 2gb but I can't be bothered porting in and out lol

Question, does anyone take these deals as a backup sim. I currently have an ESIM so I could easily order this to bump up my monthly data allowance?

Just be aware, don't use this as a main SIM card unless you don't care about security at all. This is only meant to be used as a throwaway or as a roaming card (2nd sim)

Currently with lyca paying 4.85.can I switch to this deal and retain my existing number?

Word of warning, EU roaming is AWFUL via Lyca. Almost never works. Had a cheapo Lebara SIM before that had no such issues.

I would rather communicate with people using letters than use them.

Utterly disgusting experience with their website and customer service.

Is it just me, to have better speeds than Lebara around Ilford, London area

Please don't get Lyca. They are the worst sim company out there. They just cancelled my bundle for no reason. Custom service was a disaster, now I'm looking for a new sim

What is the easiest way to cancel it again? Could I just cut off my direct debit and that would be it?

Not sure what is going on at Lyca. 3rd month payment of the 1.49 10gb deal due to go out and I get this message

"Hello from Lyca Mobile! The first month of your 6 month offer will end in 10 days. Your plan will get renewed at the offer price of £2.50 against the standard rate of £6.50."

Where they got £2.50 from I do not know especially as on 6 mth deal which is only £1.49 and £5.99 thereafter

:/ :/

Has anyone ordered this recently?
I used the 3gb mse link and they charged me £0.49 but there is no 3gb bundle applied to my account.

It is like i got a payg sim card with 0 credit. I cant make calls but I can receive them.

Have reached out to their CS to help me. Hopefully they can apply and activate the correct bundle to my account.

Not a good initial impression. (edited)

Does 5G work with iPhone on Lyca? Read somewhere that it doesn’t work with iPhones but not sure if that has changed with the move to EE?

Stupid question but does this 3gb renew every month or is it a one off bundle? Just want a cheap sim for my son to play pokemon go on

Could you order a second sim with the same email ?

Is this for new customers only? Is it possible with a new email to make a new account, I'd assume they would recognise the debit card/bank details etc?

Like other said. My renewal payment was failed due to an expiry credit card, but it wasn't expiry. So they removed the promo bundle. Be warned ! (edited)