IPad with Cellular v with WiFi if my iphone has a personal hotspot?

Giving an iPad Air as a Christmas gift.  Do I need to pay extra for an iPad with cellular service if I have an iPhone with a personal hotspot?   If not, are there any advantages in paying the extra for the cellular v WiFi iPad?

The only advantage I can think of is if the phone contract's data plan is limited.  Then an iPad data plan would provide more MBs.  I used to have ipads with cellular available, but now that I have an iphone with a hotspot feature, and the fact that I rarely use the hotspot, I opted for wifi only ipad.

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