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Sports Season Ticket
"Get the full range of sports with your Big Bundles
We think live sport is better with Virgin Media, especially when you can save over 40% on Sky Sports and watch every Barclays Premier League game live this season.
Take our new Sports Season Ticket and you’ll get the full range of sporting favourites: all 6 Sky Sports channels with 2 available in HD – plus BT Sport, ESPN and Eurosport, also available in HD. All you have to do is add a 10-month Sports Season Ticket for £150 upfront to any of our Big Bundles. Or add Sky Sports to your bundle from £27.25 a month."
https://my.virginmedia.com/customer-news/articles/sports-season-ticket.html
Whilst this sounds a good deal it also appears to read that the HD bundle is also included in the price as obviously Sky Sports 1&2 are the only ones currently available. Is this correct? £150 up front instead of the £27.25 monthly sub plus the £7 HD sub?
We think live sport is better with Virgin Media, especially when you can save over 40% on Sky Sports and watch every Barclays Premier League game live this season.
Take our new Sports Season Ticket and you’ll get the full range of sporting favourites: all 6 Sky Sports channels with 2 available in HD – plus BT Sport, ESPN and Eurosport, also available in HD. All you have to do is add a 10-month Sports Season Ticket for £150 upfront to any of our Big Bundles. Or add Sky Sports to your bundle from £27.25 a month."
https://my.virginmedia.com/customer-news/articles/sports-season-ticket.html
Whilst this sounds a good deal it also appears to read that the HD bundle is also included in the price as obviously Sky Sports 1&2 are the only ones currently available. Is this correct? £150 up front instead of the £27.25 monthly sub plus the £7 HD sub?
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£27.25x10=272.50-£150(prepay)=£122.50. The HD sub will be required if you want the additional Sky sports channels launching soon. HD 1 and 2 may included did not ask about that.
That is what I know. Will phone again when about to pay the pass and if any changes to this I will report here.
Have you spoken to Virgin Media? Is the F1 channel not included? I noticed it wasn't named in the listing but assumed it was part of the "6 Sky Sports Channels".
No, sorry, I meant that the 10 months football season, will mean you miss some summer F1 races.
does this inc the £7 for the hd channels???
No.
Also it appears you need to be on one of their 'big bundle' packages.
I'm hoping that Mates Rates counts as a big bundle as from what I hear it's pretty much the same price.
It doesn't appear to, but it isn't clear what Sky Sports HD channels are included as the 2 HD.
So how will people log in to the Sky Sports app?
Not according to the two people I spoke to yesterday. When I asked if I could cancel Sky Sports and then take the season ticket I was told that I'd lose my current discounts which are (allegedly) worth £44.75 a month (I s**t you not!). I was completely baffled by the end of the call tbh.
Definitely doesn't include HD, that's still an extra £7, according to the chap I spoke to yesterday.
I think SS 1 & 2 in HD are included. If you want SS 3, 4, 5 and F1 in HD then you have to pay the extra £7.
I had to pay on card. Would have preferred to pay on the next bill, but it's no heartache. I'm pleased with the deal to be honest, as I have moved onto the big kahuna deal, paying 50p less per month and had my BB increased to 152mb from 60mb! Factor in the cost of Sky Sports dropping from £27.50 to an equivalent cost of £15 it's a serious saving. Very rare you get such a good saving and improve your package at the same time.
I don't believe so. Lady tried to do it for me, but it wouldn't do it for her without me moving onto the Big Kahuna package (which was actually 50p cheaper than my current deal).
Thanks for the info
Same thing happened to me ! I stupidly assumed that by paying the £150 upfront I'd be wiping the monthly sports fee of £27.25 off my bill, but it worked out that I'd lose my loyalty discount and end up with a paltry £2 saving per month.
So after two long phone calls with different sales reps,I gave up and decided to leave things as they are for now, I may even ditch Sky sports altogether after glancing through the upcoming fixtures.
Are you on the big khauna or big daddy bundle?
I'm on the Big Kahuna + Sky sports + line rental saver.
Someone on another forum suggested that I cancel my current Sky sports subscription and then try for the season ticket again. I may try doing that when my poor frazzled brain recovers from yesterday's prolonged and confusing phone calls with the virgin media sales reps.
You could remove Sky Sports now. Wait about a week then phone for the offer. That is if you are not interested in what is on at the moment on SS. I would do it from add remove channels from your box instead of using the phone. I do second this to the suggestion.
As soon as the German F1 finishes on Sunday I'll remove the sports, didn't know that I could do that via TiVo , thanks for the heads up !