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When does 90-day free text period start with 3?
JimmyTheWig
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Got a 3 PAYG at the weekend. Am well impressed.
300 free texts just for topping up a tenner! And my wife's on 3, so we now get free calls to each other.
As part of the deal in the shop I got a second £10 top-up voucher for an extra pound.
Have loaded the first voucher on and got my free texts for the next 90 days.
I've seen on the 3 website that I have to load the other one on within 90 days of buying it. That's fine - I can remember to do that.
But what I can't find is when the 90 day period that the free stuff lasts for starts from. Does it start from when you buy the top-up, or when ytou use the top-up? I.e. if I load the top-up on in two months time will I only get 30 days to use the free stuff, or the full 90 from then?
[Hope this makes sense.]
300 free texts just for topping up a tenner! And my wife's on 3, so we now get free calls to each other.
As part of the deal in the shop I got a second £10 top-up voucher for an extra pound.
Have loaded the first voucher on and got my free texts for the next 90 days.
I've seen on the 3 website that I have to load the other one on within 90 days of buying it. That's fine - I can remember to do that.
But what I can't find is when the 90 day period that the free stuff lasts for starts from. Does it start from when you buy the top-up, or when ytou use the top-up? I.e. if I load the top-up on in two months time will I only get 30 days to use the free stuff, or the full 90 from then?
[Hope this makes sense.]
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If you long in online you should be able to see the dates that your current free stuff is valid for. if you top up again before your current free stuff has expired then it is queued until your current allowance expires.0
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So are you saying that if you top up twice you basically get 180 days of free stuff? Even better!!0
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's how it works. I dont actually use 3, but got a sim for someone visiting from abroad to use. I first topped up £5 which got used in just over a week, so added another £10. Screenshot of balance page on 3 website. As you can see it looks like the allowances are stacked up.0
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You star.
Thanks very much for that. The screenshot is a great help in terms of clarifying things.0
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