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Burger King HACK! How to get a £4.40 Bacon Double Cheeseburger for £2

Burger King HACK! How to get a £4.40 Bacon Double Cheeseburger for £2

Jordon Cox

4 July 2017

Here's a Burger King hack that can save you a whopping amount of cash if you're a regular, as it makes a £4.40 Bacon Double Cheeseburger £2 every time.

What’s more, there’s no voucher or effort needed – it’s really simple, you just need to order in a slightly different way.

So, how does it work?

If you order a Bacon Double Cheeseburger it’ll set you back £4.39… Yet if your restaurant has ‘King Saver’ budget menu, there’s a plain Double Cheeseburger (no bacon) for just £1.49.

Now, Burger King’s slogan is ‘Have it your way’, which means you can customise its burgers with additional beef patties (90p each), cheese (50p) or bacon (50p). Do you see where I’m going with this?

So just order a plain Double Cheeseburger off the ‘King Saver’ menu and ask the server to add bacon and, hey presto! – a Bacon Double Cheeseburger for £1.99, saving £2.40 compared with ordering it the standard way.

Can you tell the difference?

Here's one I ate earlier: The plain Double Cheeseburger with bacon (left) looked, tasted, and weighed almost exactly the same as the original Bacon Double Cheeseburger (right)

To replicate it exactly, you should order it plain as the Double Cheeseburger comes with pickles, ketchup and mustard, which aren’t in a normal Bacon Double Cheeseburger. However, if you want the extra, it won’t cost you any more.

What about getting it as part of a meal?

If you want regular fries and a refillable small drink as well, you could order these off the King Saver menu too, bringing the total for your self-made meal to £3.97 – which is £2.42 less than a Bacon Double Cheeseburger meal, which costs £6.39.

Will it always work?

We hope it should work every time. We’ve tested it on 10 occasions in London and Manchester – nine times it worked, and only once were we told “no”. Burger King has however confirmed its ‘Have it your way’ policy is valid nationwide. The pricing is based off the restaurants we tested, but Burger King told us prices may vary per location.

Obviously, Burger King could close the loophole, or it might just do nothing and let this generate some PR buzz around its King Saver options. We’ll wait and see.

There are plenty of other hacks at restaurants chains (including our McDonalds hack for £1.99 Big Mac and fries every time) and we’ll be blogging on more soon.

For other ways to save money when eating out, see our Restaurant Vouchers page.

I’d love to know what other high street ‘hacks’ you’ve used to save yourself some money. Please share them in the comments below, tweet us @MSE_Deals or tell us on Facebook.

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