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Tracfone Minutes Purchase

bjc29 — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:29:56 GMT

My Tracfone data minutes that came with my phone a used up and I need to purchase more. When I purchased the phone I got triple minutes for life. I dont have a problem with purchasing more data minutes but I am unsure of how to make sure I get the triple deal. Any suggestions??

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

hecate — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:40:46 GMT

I've purchased minutes at Walmart and at the Tracfone website as well. My phone also has the triple minutes for phone, text and data. Once I contact tracfone to add the minutes (I have an online account with tracfone) they are automatically increased to the triple amount.

Hope this helps!

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

hoosieroriginal — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:48:51 GMT

I purchase online - it's VERY simple - the minute you enter press - your phone will tell you the minutes were added. They have several packages you can choose - if your phone was triple minutes when you bought it - it will automatically give you triple minutes on everything.

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

Ainhisg — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:54:03 GMT

If you only need data, you can purchase data on the TracFone website. Data does not triple in this case...what you get is what you get. If you buy minutes for your phone, they are tripled and the tripled amount is added to talk, text, and data. For example, 400 minutes becomes 1200 talk minutes, 1200 texts, and 1200 mb of data.

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

Highlands72 — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:56:46 GMT

If data are all you need (meaning that you have adequate talk and text minutes, as well as length of service days remaining), purchasing a data-only card is the most economical way to go. These cards are available online and at most chain grocery stores, drugstores, discount stores, etc.

For instance, if you buy a standard Tracfone card, you will get triple minutes, text, and data, as well as time extension.For about $80, you will get a 450-minute standard card that will give you 1350 minutes, 1350 texts, and 1.35 GB of data, as well as 90 days of extended service.

If all you need is data, a 2GB data-only card is $30. No service extension is included in a data-only card. If you need more data, there are many data-only cards, starting at $10 for 300 MB up to $50 for 4GB.

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

Nightowlz — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:58:33 GMT

Go to tracfone.com to see all your options. Click on Pay As You go down the page on the right then click on SEE AIRTIME CARDS. All the options are there that show price & what you get.

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

hckynut — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:57:59 GMT

@bjc29 wrote:
My Tracfone data minutes that came with my phone a used up and I need to purchase more. When I purchased the phone I got triple minutes for life. I dont have a problem with purchasing more data minutes but I am unsure of how to make sure I get the triple deal. Any suggestions??

. I always purchase a new phone, so can't help you with your question. Just curious how many "mb" of data came with your phone.

My wife has Sprint monthly bill for $35, which is: Unlimited Talk/Text and 1gb of Data. She is always using her phone and I have yet to see her Data go over 350mb in any of her months. She has been on this Sprint plan for several years, and 2 Samsung Galaxy S phones. She now is using an S5.

Using Data via Wi-Fi does not reduce her 1gb of Data. She has no problems finding wifi, and she is in all parts of our city, and even in other states when she picks up Rescue Boxers to transfer them from 1 state to another.

Strange if your phone came with 1250 or 1300mb of data that it would run out. Oh well, maybe you somehow are in non-wifi zones wherever you live, than were my wife uses her wifi, thus no Data reduction.

hnj

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

Bigbear52 — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 19:27:40 GMT

They have $10.00 data only cards at my local supermarket, Shaw's. They don't triple data only minutes. I love my Tracfone

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

LisaMofSLC — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:33:38 GMT

How do people get by with such limited minutes? I love some of the showing on HSN and HSN2, but when I saw how many minutes you get, it didn't seem enough. I talk to my out of state mom minimum 120 each weekend. That's 480 a month. I found a 450 minute card costs $80. My current phone is $60 with unlimited weekend minutes. How is this a viable alternative? How do you survive with limited minutes? Am I missing something?

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

Ainhisg — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:57:50 GMT

@LisaMofSLC wrote:
How do people get by with such limited minutes? I love some of the showing on HSN and HSN2, but when I saw how many minutes you get, it didn't seem enough. I talk to my out of state mom minimum 120 each weekend. That's 480 a month. I found a 450 minute card costs $80. My current phone is $60 with unlimited weekend minutes. How is this a viable alternative? How do you survive with limited minutes? Am I missing something?

We have a wireless home phone through AT&T that with taxes and fees...costs $26 a month. It has call forwarding, call waiting, caller ID, unlimited local and long distance calls, etc. We use that for all of our phone calls. We don't have children, and I'm retired. My husband works nights. We do text but not an excessive amount. My family and friends use Facebook a lot to contact me. With the deals I've gotten from Tracfone, my average monthly cost is around $5 a month. Add half of the home phone bill, and I spend $18 a month for unlimited calling and all the data (you can get wi-fi almost anywhere), and all the texts I'll ever use. Right now, I have over 3000 minutes in each bucket, and my service doesn't expire until May of 2019. It's not for everyone, but for someone like me who doesn't use a cell phone a lot, it is wonderful.

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

RichieRich — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:04:45 GMT

you can do it with your phone if you have the tracfone app. it will automatically update to triple minutes. same if you order more data online. Tracfone knows your phone is triple minutes autimatically.

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

hckynut — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:43:34 GMT

@LisaMofSLC

My wife has a prepaid program with Sprint has is Unlimited Talk/Text and 1 or 2gb of Data. She has yet to use over the 500mb on Data. With all the wi-fi available, which does not use data, I would think most would have access to wi-fi and if so, 1gb of monthly data is more than enough?

She pays $35 per month for her Sprint prepaid monthly plan. You might want to look into that plan, it is a lot cheaper than your $60 per month.

hckynut(john)

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

Moonlady — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 14:23:03 GMT

Lol forget the 2 gig/$30 card. Because they now have a 1 gig/$10 card, so you can now get 2 gigs for $20. I've seen them at Walmart, along with the 1000 texts for $5, down from $10.

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

Highlands72 — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:30:15 GMT

@LisaMofSLC wrote:
How do people get by with such limited minutes? I love some of the showing on HSN and HSN2, but when I saw how many minutes you get, it didn't seem enough. I talk to my out of state mom minimum 120 each weekend. That's 480 a month. I found a 450 minute card costs $80. My current phone is $60 with unlimited weekend minutes. How is this a viable alternative? How do you survive with limited minutes? Am I missing something?

The 450-minute card would actually give you 1350 minutes, unless the Tracfone is an old model. Most, if not all, newer models triple the minutes.

Regardless, Tracfone is not an optimal choice for heavy users.

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

Kachina624 — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:48:15 GMT

@hckynut John, let me tell you my Tracfone tale of woe. Couldn't use the new Sunset phone I got at HSN...never made or received a single call. Don't know if my roll-over minutes or new minutes were added. I was locked out of the phone and their CSR couldn't fix it. So she said she'd send me a new phone. Sent the Sunset back to them FedEx.

Eventually the "new phone" arrives after another phone call. Open the box and guess what? It's an old used phone similar to the one I'm replacing. I am fit to be tied. What kind of Mickey Mouse company is this? I intend to return it and will either reactivate my old phone or do without.

That's how our hard-earned money goes.

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

hckynut — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 02:19:45 GMT

@LisaMofSLC wrote:
How do people get by with such limited minutes? I love some of the showing on HSN and HSN2, but when I saw how many minutes you get, it didn't seem enough. I talk to my out of state mom minimum 120 each weekend. That's 480 a month. I found a 450 minute card costs $80. My current phone is $60 with unlimited weekend minutes. How is this a viable alternative? How do you survive with limited minutes? Am I missing something?

Hi to you @LisaMofSLC,

I have used TracFone for 10 years now. It is the perfect plan for me because I do all my talking face to face or on our landline phone. My sister lives only a few miles from our home, so talking either way is easy, and cheap.

My present Tracfone has 4,000+ minutes/texts and data on it, and doesn't expire until August of 2017. Per month cost? Less than $6.00 per month.

My wife has a prepaid plan with Boost Mobile. Unlimited Talk/Unlimited Text and 1gb of Data that she has yet to exceed? Her plan costs her $25 per month + some tax, but well under $30. Yours is $60 and only Unlimited on Weekends.

All the shows you said you watch are not all for TracFone. Many are Sprint and also Boost Mobile. Might check those shows out if you want to cut your $60 a month in half. Or less.

hckynut(john)

Re: Tracfone Minutes Purchase

Gogos — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 21:13:35 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@hckynut John, let me tell you my Tracfone tale of woe. Couldn't use the new Sunset phone I got at HSN...never made or received a single call. Don't know if my roll-over minutes or new minutes were added. I was locked out of the phone and their CSR couldn't fix it. So she said she'd send me a new phone. Sent the Sunset back to them FedEx.

Eventually the "new phone" arrives after another phone call. Open the box and guess what? It's an old used phone similar to the one I'm replacing. I am fit to be tied. What kind of Mickey Mouse company is this? I intend to return it and will either reactivate my old phone or do without.

That's how our hard-earned money goes.

We've had good luck with Tracfone in the past but the new LG Premier is a DISASTER. Their attitudes when you call them stink. The phone is unreliable. My husband said next time it's iPhone. All his friends have one and love it.