If you’re an Orange customer you are eligible for 2 for 1 cinema entry. You can go to almost any cinema nationwide and use your 2 for 1 ticket. This includes Orange broadband and dial-up customers.

How it works

Orange Mobile Customer?
Orange offer three ways of getting hold of your Orange Wednesdays 2 for 1 tickets, and they’re all really easy. Either:
1.     Text ‘FILM’ to 241 and we’ll send you your ticket, pronto. Tickets cost 35p.
2.     Call 241 from your Orange mobile.
3.     Go to Orange World, select ‘Film’, then ‘Orange Wednesdays’.

Orange Broadband Customer?
If you’re an Orange home broadband or dial-up customer you can enjoy Orange Wednesdays too - you just need to register.
1.     First off you’ll need to register with us, using your unique user name. Your unique user name is the part of your Orange email address that comes after the ‘@’ symbol. So if your email address is john@smith.orangehome.co.uk, your unique user name is smith.orangehome.co.uk. Or if your email address is karen@slade.freeserve.co.uk, your unique user name is slade.freeserve.co.uk. The same applies to Wanadoo email addresses.
2.     Text ‘JOIN’ and your unique user name (the bit after the @), to 80241 to register.
So for example, JOIN name.orangehome.co.uk
3.     Orange will text you back, confirming you’re registered, and that’s it - you’re done. You won’t have to go through any of this again.
To get your tickets, just text the word ‘FILM’ to 80241 and we’ll send your text tickets* straight to your phone.
4.     When you get to the cinema, just show your text ticket to the nice man or lady at the box office, and you’ll get your Orange Wednesday 2 for 1 cinema tickets.
*text tickets cost 35p

Orange Mobile Broadband Customer?
If you an Orange mobile broadband customer you get to enjoy Orange Wednesdays too. 
Here’s how to claim your 2 for 1 tickets:
1. load your Orange Mobile Broadband connection software.
2. Once you’re in your SMS centre/connection manager, select the text messaging option and create a new message.
3. Write ‘FILM’ in the body of the message and send the text to 241.
4. Orange will send you back a unique code*.
Make a note of it, and show it to the box office staff to get hold of your 2 for 1 tickets.
5. Enjoy the movie.
*text tickets cost 35p

Loophole – Available to all
Good news - the Orange Wednesday cinema offer is available to all. There is a loophole that anyone can use, not just Orange customers.
For the price of £1 you can take advantage of the deal, saving you and a friend the cost of a cinema ticket every time you see an Orange Wednesday film.

All you have to do is buy a £1 pay-as-you-go sim card from Orange and then use this to apply for the tickets. Once you’ve applied you can put your regular sim back into your handset. Simple.
The only inconvenience is that when you put the Sim card in your phone it may not work. That’s because some mobile networks lock handsets so only their sim cards can be used in the phone. The good news is that you can easily and legally unlock your phone.

You can either pay to have it unlocked, or, do it yourself.

• Use a high street/market unlocking service
Since you’re going to have to post your phone to any online unlocking service, a process which can in itself be costly and cause headaches, the local unlockers have the upper hand here. It’s worth asking for a few quotes and playing the sellers against each other. With these sorts of services, you may be surprised at how far a bit of haggling can go too.
• Do it yourself.
If you fancy yourself as tech-savvy, you can also buy a cable on eBay or cheaper accessory websites and download free software which should do the trick. This can get complicated, so be sure to research it thoroughly online before parting with your cash for the unlocking ‘clip’. Be very careful though; this is only for the technologically experienced who can work through all issues.

There are different clips for each brand, and often for different handsets within that brand, so be sure to get the right one for your needs. If you only want to unlock one handset, then the most economical option may be to buy the clip, unlock the phone, and then re-sell it on eBay to recoup your costs.

Once you get the Orange sim working, pop it in your phone instead of your normal Sim and follow the instructions at the top of this page – you are now an Orange customer whenever you want to be.
How long will the Sim last?

To keep the Sim activated you need to make a call at least once every six months. Yet this includes free calls to check your balance, just dial 453 from your phone and this will count as a call.

However do remember you have to pay to receive the 2 for 1 text from Orange (it’s 35p). The PAYG initially has £1 credit on it and once it runs out you will need to top it up.

When the credit does run out the minimum top-up amount is £5. If you know you’re going to use that amount of credit for cheap cinema tickets fine, if not just buy a new sim card as and when you need it.

Pizza Express 2 for 1 Every Wednesday
As well as offering 2 for 1 cinema tickets every Wednesday, Orange have teamed up to give you 2 for 1 pizzas in PizzaExpress restaurants across the country. Plus to make it that little bit more special than your average 2 for 1 pizza deal, you can also get free garlic bread, or some of those legendary dough balls.

To get your 2 for 1 pizzas, we just need you to download the voucher, fill it in and take it along to any PizzaExpress, along with your Orange Wednesdays text ticket. To find your nearest PizzaExpress restaurant visit www.pizzaexpress.com.