EE offers free flights with the latest smartphone releases

If you’re interested in the HTC One M8, Samsung Galaxy S5 or Sony Xperia Z2 you can bag a free return flight to Europe if you sign up with EE.

EE has launched a free flights promotion on the latest smartphone handsets.

From now until 10th April you can bag a free return flight to Europe when you take out a Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC One M8 or Sony Xperia Z2 with an EE pay monthly contract.

The HTC One M8 is available to purchase now, but the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2 will be out later in April and are available to pre-order.

The offer

EE’s offer includes a free return economy flight (all fees and taxes covered) to one of 12 European destinations: Amsterdam, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Prague, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Nice, Barcelona, Munich or Vienna.

Flights are available from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Belfast City, Belfast International, Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, Liverpool or Manchester with nine airlines including Easyjet, Flybe, BA, Aer Lingus, Swiss Air, Air Italia, Air France, KLM, Lufthansa or Monarch

You can choose to go whenever you want, but there may be some restrictions over peak times such as public holidays in the UK or in any of the destination countries. Also all return flights must be completed before 25th February 2015.

To redeem the flights you’ll need to visit www.ee.co.uk/preorderflights 28 days after the promotion closes (the cooling-off period), which falls on 9th May.

You’ll be able to buy an additional ticket using the dedicated website for the offer. However, every additional ticket will be purchased at the market rate plus an additional £10 administration fee. You will also need to pay extra for extra luggage, seat reservation and priority boarding with some airlines.

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EE’s pay monthly deals

EE has nine 4G deals available for the Samsung Galaxy S5, Sony Xperia Z2 and HTC One (M8) on two-year plans.

They come with either 500MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 5GB, 10GB or 20GB of data. I've listed them below by cheapest monthly cost.

The cheapest deal you could go for gives you 4GB of data as well as unlimited minutes and texts. It costs £32.99 a month but has an upfront cost of £259.99 for the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2 or £249.99 for the HTC One M8.

The least you can pay for any of the handsets with EE is £9.99 and the best deal costs £42.99 a month which gets you 10GB of data, unlimited minutes and texts.

How EE’s deals compare

EE's freebie is quite tempting, but you should shop around to see if you can get a better deal. You can compare deals with Recombu.

Here are the cheapest pay monthly deals available with the main 4G providers on each handset as well as any freebies on offer.

Three

Three is offering 24-month plans with either 2GB or unlimited data for an upfront cost of £49 for the HTC One M8 and the Sony Xperia Z2 or £69 for the Samsung Galaxy S5.

The cheapest plan you can go for on any of the handsets comes with 2GB data, 600 minutes and unlimited texts, which will set you back £38 a month.

But for £41 a month you can get a plan that offers unlimited data, 600 minutes and unlimited texts.

Vodafone

With Vodafone you can get 24-month Red 4G plans, which all come with unlimited minutes and texts as well as the choice of 3GB, 5GB, 9GB or 13GB of data with no up-front cost for the handset. In addition you get a six month Spotify or Sky Sports subscription thrown in with these deals too.

The 3GB 24-month plan is cheapest. It costs £42 a month for the Samsung Galaxy S5 or £47 a month for the HTC One M8 and Sony Xperia Z2.

Vodafone also has freebies on offer if you sign up to its contracts for the latest handsets. With the HTC One M8 you’ll get a free BoomBass speaker and the first 3,000 pre-orders for the Sony Xperia Z2 will get a Sony Bravia 32-inch Smart TV.

O2

With O2 you can order any three of the latest handsets on O2 Refresh, a special plan which separates the cost of airtime from the cost of the handset.

You can get 24-month deals with 500MB, 2GB, 5GB, or 8GB of data.

The cheapest pay monthly deal is the 500MB plan which comes with 500 minutes and unlimited texts for £13 a month, however there is an upfront cost of £609.99 for the Sony Xperia Z2 and the HTC One M8 or £649.99 for the Samsung Galaxy S5.

Aleternatively there is a deal offering 2GB of data as well as unlimited minutes and texts for £38 a month for a £49.99 up-front charge for the Sony Xperia Z2 and the HTC One M8 or £69.99 for the Samsung Galaxy S5.

O2 also has some freebies up for grabs when you order the latest handsets. You can get a £100 House of Fraser gift card with the HTC One M8 and the chance to save £300 on the Sony Xperia Tablet Z when you pre-order the Sony Xperia Z2.

Tesco Mobile

At the moment Tesco Mobile only has the HTC One M8 on offer. The MVNO, which uses O2's network, offers the handset at no up-front cost on 24-month plans.

You can get 1GB, 2GB or 3GB deals with Tesco Mobile, but you can also get a bolt-on to boost your data all the way to 8GB.

The cheapest deal comes with 1GB of data, 1,500 minutes and 5,000 texts for £34 a month.

Other offers

You can get £100 cashback on contract deals for the Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC OneM8 and the Sony Xperia Z2 when you go through the Carphone Warehouse.

Alternatively Phones4U is offering a free BoomBass speaker, case and £25 Google Play voucher with the HTC One M8 or a £50 Google Play voucher with pre-orders of the Samsung Gakaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2.

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