Tesco Mobile has announced a scheme called Family Perk to make managing household mobile phone bills easier.
In an attempt to convince whole families or groups of friends to join Tesco Mobile, Family Perk allows you to roll all your pay monthly and SIM-only accounts into one account.
That alone sounds pretty handy if your family or group of friends has a few Tesco Mobile users, but Tesco is also offering customers extra incentives when they sign up to the scheme.
Each member of your family or friend group (you don't have to be related or live together to make use of the scheme) can enjoy extra bonuses, such as 500 extra minutes to Tesco Mobile phones, 150 extra minutes to any network or 250MB of data.
Up to five separate accounts can be tied together into one and each bill is itemised by phone number, so you can see exactly how much each person owes.
Instead of having to pay for multiple bills across a month, you only need to pay once. The downside, of course, is securing money from your family members, or friends who might be less inclined to pay the bill unless it's taken directly out of their account.
Tesco Mobile CEO Roger Fogg explained why it introduced the Family perk scheme.
'We understand that modern family life is hectic and we want to do all we can to support families in managing their household budget more efficiently.'
'We have spoken to our customers and we know that they want to be thanked for their loyalty with meaningful rewards. Not only does our offering simplify the billing process for families, providing a helping hand for the bank of mum and dad when wallets are feeling the pinch, it also gives us a chance to offer bonus bundles and offer even better value to our most loyal customers,' he added.
