By
Alex Choros - Managing Editor + Group Telco Editor
Last updated

Virgin Mobile is shutting down. We can help you find your next plan.

June 2018: The Virgin Mobile brand is being phased out and plans are no longer available to purchase. The information on this page refers to plan details before this announcement.

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Christmas might be done and dusted, but the deals still keep on coming. Virgin Mobile has cut 20% off the monthly fee for 12-month SIM-only plans, while padding out its top end plans with massive amounts of bonus data. This means you can get 20GB for $32 per month, 28GB for $40 per month, or 45GB for $48 per month if you sign up before the end of January.

All Virgin SIM-only plans include unlimited talk and text, unlimited music streaming through Spotify, Google Play Music, and iHeartRadio, and credit for international talk and text.

While only the three priciest SIM-only plans get bonus data, every SIM-only plan Virgin offers on a 12-month contract has had its price cut. The following plans are part of the promotion.

If you use the promo code "WHISTLEOUT" when signing up for your plan, you'll score yourself an extra 500MB per month. You're welcome.

Virgin's three high-end plans are all currently best in class for the amount of data they offer. Think Mobile - powered by Vodafone's 4G network - could however be worth considering if you'd prefer a plan with no lock-in contract. You don't quite get the same data-for-dollar value, but you can leave whenever you want. 

Mobile Phone Plans
#1
Dodo
Dodo
Editor's Pick
Medium Mobile Plan
  • 40GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps
  • Deal: 50% off! Get the Medium Mobile Plan for $15/mth for first 6 mths, then $30/mth. New and returning mobile customers only. Ends 08.12
$15.00/mth
Min. cost $15
#2
Belong
Belong
25GB Mobile Plan
  • 50GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps
  • Deal: Includes 25GB monthly bonus data for first 12 months when you activate your new service by 30.11.26. T&Cs apply.
$34.00/mth
Min. cost $34
Link not supplied
#3
Optus
Optus
$60 Optus Choice Plus Plan
  • 100GB data
  • Deal: $39/mth and 100GB/mth for first 12 months, then 60GB/mth and $60/mth or as notified. New services. Ends 12.11.26. Terms apply.
$39.00/mth
Min. cost $39
#4
Everyday Mobile
Everyday Mobile
$40 SIM Only
  • 70GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps
  • Deal: Get 10% off an eligible Woolworths shop in store every month when you link your Everyday Rewards card. T&Cs apply
$40.00/mth
Min. cost $40
Link not supplied
Mobile Phone Plans
#1
Dodo
Dodo
Editor's Pick
Medium Mobile Plan
  • 40GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps
  • Deal: 50% off! Get the Medium Mobile Plan for $15/mth for first 6 mths, then $30/mth. New and returning mobile customers only. Ends 08.12
$15.00/mth
Min. cost $15
#2
Belong
Belong
25GB Mobile Plan
  • 50GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps
  • Deal: Includes 25GB monthly bonus data for first 12 months when you activate your new service by 30.11.26. T&Cs apply.
$34.00/mth
Min. cost $34
Link not supplied
#3
Optus
Optus
$60 Optus Choice Plus Plan
  • 100GB data
  • Deal: $39/mth and 100GB/mth for first 12 months, then 60GB/mth and $60/mth or as notified. New services. Ends 12.11.26. Terms apply.
$39.00/mth
Min. cost $39
#4
Everyday Mobile
Everyday Mobile
$40 SIM Only
  • 70GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps
  • Deal: Get 10% off an eligible Woolworths shop in store every month when you link your Everyday Rewards card. T&Cs apply
$40.00/mth
Min. cost $40
Link not supplied
Mobile Phone Plans
#1
Lyca Mobile
Lyca Mobile
Editor's Pick
Unlimited Plan S
  • 50GB data at download speeds up to 100Mbps
  • Deal: $15 for first 6 renewals when you activate this plan. Offer ends 31.12.26. T&Cs apply
$15.00
Per 28 Day Renewal
Link not supplied
#2
iiNet
iiNet
50GB Medium Plan
  • 50GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps
  • Deal: 50% off - $17.50/mth for first 6 months, then $35/mth ongoing. Available until withdrawn. T&Cs apply.
$17.50
Per 1 Month Renewal
Link not supplied
#3
TPG
TPG
50GB Medium Plan
  • 50GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps
  • Deal: 50% off - $17.50/mth for first 6 months, then $35/mth ongoing. Available until withdrawn. T&Cs apply.
$17.50
Per 1 Month Renewal
Link not supplied

After Virgin's promo period is over, there's a good chance Optus will go back to being top dog for SIM-only plans, thanks to the somewhat ludicrous 50GB for $60 plan it introduced at the start of December. Of course, Virgin's promo still runs for a month, and that's a long time in the world of telco. 

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Alex Choros
Alex Choros is the Managing Editor of WhistleOut Australia and an award-winning journalist. He's been writing about consumer technology for over a decade and is an expert on the Australian telco sector, to the point where he knows far too many phone and internet plans by heart. In addition to leading the WhistleOut editorial team, Alex is responsible for ruining the office Sonos with his troubled taste in music.

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