Non-expiring credit on PAYG?

AllFumbs

Hello, Everyone,

Is there a mobile-phone pay-as-you-go deal, please, that doesn't wipe-out any unused credit after a set number of days, usu. 30?

I just want to put some money on it, use it very infrequently, and only top-up when the credit has been used.

For my very small family group I was on Vodafone's 'Family' deal whereby I pay £5 a month whereafter all calls between my phone and three others are 'free'. But some family-members preferred texting so calls are rare now and that £60 a year could, I expect, be put to more intelligent use. (Besides, we couldn't call anyone outside of the group without incurring extortionate charges.)

Thank you,


AF.

HappyMJ

As long as you make a chargeable call or text most credit does not expire. I use o2 and make a call every 90 days or so lasting seconds costing around 10p or so. The expiry date then gets extended.

grumbler

Usually it is 180 days, not 90.
PAYG sim with non expiring credit/back up sim wanted

AllFumbs

Really? (And flip! you was quick!)

I've trolled-round the mobly-pony shops and all said, with only minor variation, that I'd have to spend £10 a month.

I was given to understand that all PAYG credit would be wiped-out after 30 days, hence that general figure of £10 a month (which smacks of cartel, to me).

Thank you, 'HappyMJ' and 'grumbler': you've made this a happy AF with few grumbles. I'll go back to the shops and check again.

AF.

jfdi

I always had a Virgin PAYG - I didn't top it up much. Check that out?

peachyprice

Credit lasts forever with Giffgaff, as long as you make one call/text in 6 months.

grumbler

AllFumbs wrote: »

... I'll go back to the shops and check again.

Don't waste your time on shops. The staff there are either incompetent or liars. Everything is available online.
And their was a good summary in the post #7 of one of the threads that I posted the links to above:
PAYG SIM card kept alive without regular top-up, only with some activity

Techhead_2

AllFumbs wrote: »

Really? (And flip! you was quick!)

I've trolled-round the mobly-pony shops and all said, with only minor variation, that I'd have to spend £10 a month.

I was given to understand that all PAYG credit would be wiped-out after 30 days, hence that general figure of £10 a month (which smacks of cartel, to me).

Thank you, 'HappyMJ' and 'grumbler': you've made this a happy AF with few grumbles. I'll go back to the shops and check again.

AF.

I think you may have misunderstood, with many of the networks, if you top up at least £10 the you get some free calls/texts/data which typically last 30 days. But the actual credit doesn't expire.