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Best PAYG Sim for foreign calls

bikebarbie
bikebarbie Posts: 598 Forumite
Hi
I have a friend who is coming over for the summer period from Spain and he is going to need a PAYG sim card to call home both Spanish landlines and mobiles.
He also needs the option to top up online from Spain as his family will pay for regular top ups from there.

They mentioned Lebara but I never heard of them. If you have used them and can give some feedback that would be great, as it would be if you could recommend anything else / better.

Thanks :)

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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    edited 30 May 2012 at 4:09PM
    If he will be happy to be restricted by 3 numbers in Spain to call, then I'd suggest International Favourites at O2.
    £10 = 3000 minutes to landlines and 100 minutes to mobiles.
    (£20= 3000 + 200, five numbers)

    Also he will get a local Spanish number linked to his o2 number that his Spanish friends can use to call him.
  • bikebarbie
    bikebarbie Posts: 598 Forumite
    grumbler wrote: »
    If he will be happy to be restricted by 3 numbers in Spain to call, then I'd suggest International Favourites at O2.
    £10 = 3000 minutes to landlines and 100 minutes to mobiles.
    £20= 3000 + 200

    Also he will get a local Spanish number linked to his o2 number that his Spanish friends can use to call him.

    thanks but looking at it, seems that is for existing customers only and is a bolt on?
    So if he gets a PAYG sim does he have to first top up £10 then add the £10 bolt on to it??
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    I think he can top up £10 and use the credit to buy the bolt-on
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