T-Mobile PAYG question

My Mum is looking at getting shot of her Three contract as it runs out just
after Christmas and she's going to be living over in Dubai for about 2-3
Months. I told her that she's best porting to a PAYG mobile to keep her
number which I'm thinking of doing for her. Once she's back in the UK around
March, I'll be looking at a contract for her, more suited to her needs.

Question is, T-Mobile have some offers on free PAYG SIM's, what is the
minimum duration you can run on these without topping up or do most PAYG
deals by all major networks now not stipulate a minimum top-up amount per
Month? Being a Contract customer for the last 13yrs, I'm not in tune with
what happens in the world of PAYG.

Three might offer her a knock-down bargain deal and if so she'll take it but
their initial contract renewal deal of £16/Month wasn't as good as you can
get if you hang out.

On 4 Dec, 23:26, "Neil" <nob...@nospam.net> wrote:
> My Mum is looking at getting shot of her Three contract as it runs out just
> after Christmas and she's going to be living over in Dubai for about 2-3
> Months. I told her that she's best porting to a PAYG mobile to keep her
> number which I'm thinking of doing for her. Once she's back in the UK around
> March, I'll be looking at a contract for her, more suited to her needs.
>
> Question is, T-Mobile have some offers on free PAYG SIM's, what is the
> minimum duration you can run on these without topping up or do most PAYG
> deals by all major networks now not stipulate a minimum top-up amount per
> Month? Being a Contract customer for the last 13yrs, I'm not in tune with
> what happens in the world of PAYG.
>
> Three might offer her a knock-down bargain deal and if so she'll take it but
> their initial contract renewal deal of £16/Month wasn't as good as you can
> get if you hang out.

With T-Mobile you have to make a call, send a text, top-up; anything
chargeable at least every 180 days to keep your account open.

So if you ported the number, put £5 on there and just make a quick
call now
and then just to make 100% sure that they don't disconnect you.

If you decide T-Mobile, you can call 150 and there's an option
somewhere in
the menu that tells you the exact date that your service will expire.

"James Lewis" <steffangl@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On 4 Dec, 23:26, "Neil" <nob...@nospam.net> wrote:

>With T-Mobile you have to make a call, send a text, top-up; anything
>chargeable at least every 180 days to keep your account open.
>
>So if you ported the number, put £5 on there and just make a quick
>call now
>and then just to make 100% sure that they don't disconnect you.
>
>If you decide T-Mobile, you can call 150 and there's an option
>somewhere in
>the menu that tells you the exact date that your service will expire.

Cheers for your info James, I'll most likely go with T-Mob (unless Three
offer her an amazing knock-down deal to keep her existing contract!). I'll
be looking after her phone whilst she's away so will make sure a text or
call is made to keep the account active. Can you top up with a fiver of is
it £10 minimum?

On 5 Dec, 20:46, "Neil" <nob...@nospam.net> wrote:
> "James Lewis" <steffa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:e65948c7-d281-46bd-a87b-255b71e61450@b40g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On 4 Dec, 23:26, "Neil" <nob...@nospam.net> wrote:
>
> >With T-Mobile you have to make a call, send a text, top-up; anything
> >chargeable at least every 180 days to keep your account open.
>
> >So if you ported the number, put £5 on there and just make a quick
> >call now
> >and then just to make 100% sure that they don't disconnect you.
>
> >If you decide T-Mobile, you can call 150 and there's an option
> >somewhere in
> >the menu that tells you the exact date that your service will expire.
>
> Cheers for your info James, I'll most likely go with T-Mob (unless Three
> offer her an amazing knock-down deal to keep her existing contract!). I'll
> be looking after her phone whilst she's away so will make sure a text or
> call is made to keep the account active. Can you top up with a fiver of is
> it £10 minimum?

You can definitly put £5 on if using a credit/debit card. I'm not
certain as i've never tried but the T-Mobile website allows you to
type the value of the amount that you would like to top-up by (rather
than selecting from a drop-down list) so it may be possible to put
less than £5 even.

>You can definitly put £5 on if using a credit/debit card. I'm not
>certain as i've never tried but the T-Mobile website allows you to
>type the value of the amount that you would like to top-up by (rather
>than selecting from a drop-down list) so it may be possible to put
>less than £5 even.

I've ordered a free SIM and it says that to activate it I need to put £5
worth of credit on to it so will do that when it turns up.