Any way to be warned if approaching call limits?

don9999

I have mobile contracts for all 5 members of my family, all registered under my name and all managed by me.
3 Orange, 2 Vodafone.
Plus a Vodafone MiFi.

(All purchased on cashback deals which I manage religiously, so are typically costing about £1 per month each :-) )

They have a variety of call limits, txt limits and data limits.
For over 6 months this has been fine with no issues.

'This' month I see a lot of call charges on one phone bill that surprised me. I discover that my wife has exceeded her monthly call limit and has been charged for additional call :-(

Am wondering if there is any way that I could be sent an E-mail or txt when one of the limits is approached. eg. one phone has 500 free minutes per month - could I be advised if, say, 470 minutes have been used?

The alternative is for me to keep checking each account through the month, which would be a pain in the neck.

Likewise, I have a 2Gb limit on data usage, so would like to know when I am approaching this limit so that I don't incur silly costs for exceeding it.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Don

grumbler

I think no providers send warnings. Some do cap usage, but AFAIK, it's neither Orange nor 3.

The alternative is for me to keep checking each account through the month

Is your wife incapable of keeping an eye on her account?

Also, I think all mobiles have call counters that just need to be reset at the start of each billing month.
The same with data. I guess you have some advanced phone if you consume 2Gb. Just get some app that counts data and gives you a warning.

Jon_01

If its a smartphone there are apps you can install that'll keep track of usage and prompt if you're getting close to the limit you set.

mobilejunkie

I have nine contracts and NEVER exceed any of the bundle limits. I reset all the data counters on each phone at the start of each bundle date and can check in seconds how much I've used that month on each phone.

Simples!