do minutes expire on these phone once i purchase a phone card? or do they roll over until i use up all the minutes?
1636748
I believe not. But, why do not you use all the minutes leaving about five and then purchase a phone card and THEN activate it. You should have card minutes plus a few you left.
938144
We use att and if you buy $100 of minutes, they last for a year. After that year, if you buy $100 more, you do not lose any remaining minutes.
506837
Every minutes card has a time frame attached to it. Most, I think are 90 days and some a year. So if you bought a 120 minute card, it will add 90 days of service and with your double minutes phone, you would have 240 minutes. Those minutes stay on your phone, however, once you are past the 90 days of service, or whatever, you will have to purchase another minutes card to add more service time/minutes to continue using the phone.
297136
You are given a time frame to use your minutes. If you are reaching the end of that period you may retain any remaining minutes if you purchase and activate a new card.
2157172
as a previous owner of this phone which i gave to a friend's girlfriend to use. that when i first got it, that it did come with minutes upon activation. probably still need a net 10 phone card though to add tons of minutes. sure hope this helps.
1600935
This isn't a "smart phone", so they are all bundled together. So for instance, if you buy a 60 minute card, when you put it on this phone it will triple to 180 minutes. Then texts cost .3 minutes, and data will use your minutes also.
894600
Yes. It's a Tracfone phone, which means you can buy minutes cards wherever they're sold (e.g. Drugstores); you can also buy time from tracfone.com or from the phone itself.
1348558
No,you do not have to use all of your minutes within a time frame. They carry over month to month, But!, your phone activation has to be renewed monthly. This is done by buying minutes every month. I personally only use my phone in my car for safety,therefore I accumulate minutes for emergency situations. Should your actlvation expire, don't worry, just purchase as few or as many minutes as you choose and download them to your phone.
707974
I could not get these sim cards to work. I called the company and was told that some of them expire after 3 mos or so. Please be careful buying these sim cards. I think you should wait to get there and buy some type of no contract phone. YOu can also buy the phone and sim card online. I hope this helps. I ruined one of my Mom;s phone trying to activate these cards.
1443858
Mine is a Tracfone. So I purchase the minutes as I need or want them. With your minutes, comes service time. The service time could run out before the minutes if you don't use the phone very often. Usually, you're a good half a year ahead. I am anyway. You don't want to let the service days go to zero. That's what keeps your phone activated. 90 days are included with most or all minute cards. No contract. I buy the minutes online at Tracfone. If you buy the phone with tripple minutes, it's great. Check out Tracfone, if you haven't already. You do have to choose a phone with your zip code. Some phones don't work in some areas, I guess. Mine is a Tracfone. So I purchase the minutes as I need or want them. With your minutes, comes service time. The service time could run out before the minutes if you don't use the phone very often. Usually, you're a good half a year ahead. I am anyway. You don't want to let the service days go to zero. That's what keeps your phone activated. 90 days are included with most or all minute cards. No contract. I buy the minutes online at Tracfone. If you buy the phone with tripple minutes, it's great. Check out Tracfone, if you haven't already. You do have to choose a phone with your zip... » Read More Mine is a Tracfone. So I purchase the minutes as I need or want them. With your minutes, comes service time. The service time could run out before the minutes if you don't use the phone very often. Usually, you're a good half a year ahead. I am anyway. You don't want to let the service days go to zero. That's what keeps your phone activated. 90 days are included with most or all minute cards. No contract. I buy the minutes online at Tracfone. If you buy the phone with tripple minutes, it's great. Check out Tracfone, if you haven't already. You do have to choose a phone with your zip code. Some phones don't work in some areas, I guess. « Show Less
2080254
You buy minutes when your time on the card expires. The card have 90, 180, and one year time limit. With minutes ranging from 60 to 1500 minutes. The best option in my opinion is when you register your phone with tracfone on line and purchase the minutes on line on their monthly plan. Once you purchase the minutes then you can cancel the monthly plan and renew it when ever you need time or minutes. If you don't need minutes but need time you can purchase 30 or 90 days for 6 dollars.the minutes on line on the family program are much cheaper than purchasing minutes at the store.
659600
Yes they are preloaded with the $39 plan and you can activate anytime, they do not have a expiration date. Just call the number on the card or go to the website on the card and you can activate.
1253533
in that case you will need to buy a minute plan that will not expire before 1 year. If you buy something other than this, if your plan expires and you dont refill, the sim card will be cancelled.
1456970
On my plan the minutes do roll over, but like someone said, you should check with Virgin Mobile.
1865947
The card extends your service for an additional 90 days. It's part of the package. There's no additional charge. When you purchase the card, you receive 90 days of service and 450 minutes. If your phone has double or triple minutes, the 450 minutes doubles or triples, depending upon what plan you have.
1664805
It depends. Sometimes they will be bundled with free minutes. Sometimes there are minutes if you buy on Tracfone's website but not if you buy it elsewhere. It's been too long since I bought it for me to remember what deals may have been in effect (if any).
1228749
Some of that depends on your phone. A year card comes with 400 minutes but some phones give you double minutes or triple minutes. Mine for example is a triple minute phone so with the 400 minute card I get 1200 minutes, and think I got bonus minutes too. If you can find a triple minutes Tracfone reasonable and think you should be able to, go that way. Also when you purchase new minute cards it extends you days of as well. How long depends on the card and any unused minutes from the old card are also retained . Hope this helps.