S105dude said:tuckeg said:Can we do this twice on the same phone and extend the time out to 730 days? I'm new to Tracfone and the wording on their site is not the clearest.

That might not be a wise idea because if you lose your phone or it somehow breaks, you will lose the minutes that are on the phone. Minutes are not stored on the network like most prepaids so I wouldn't put too many minutes on it.

On the other side of the coin and to clarify: I don't see any technical reason why this couldn't be done a second time to extend service time to a total of 730 days. If TracFone is limiting the promotional code to 1X per ESN, then you would know immediately when the promotional code was rejected and the price wasn't adjusted down.

TracFone maintains a record of units on your phone in both their system database as well as on your phone. If you somehow fail to complete an airtime redemption transaction by successfully adding units to your phone but not acknowledging to their system that the code was accepted, their system will not know that your phone displays something different from what their system record indicates. Despite what your phone displays for airtime and service, their system will cancel your service when their records indicate that you have run out of minutes or your service date has passed. So when completing an airtime redemption transacation, it's worth taking the time to make sure that units and service time they display agrees with your phone's record.

As for losing minutes, it all depends upon the level of risk that you're comfortable with. As S105dude stated, if you lose your phone, you lose the service and units you have purchased. I've used TracFone for years -- almost since the beginning of their service. As a result I have thousands of unused units on my phone (thanks also to great FW deals on airtime units). From my point of view, if I were to lose my phone today, I would still have enjoyed years of very cost-effective telephone service that has been adequate for my needs. Contrast that with being locked into a service contract and losing a phone.

Many thanks to nooch, Larryslug, and the poster of the Staples v120t clearance deal. Final total, v120t, 14 months service and 370 minutes for $70 (used Teacher's reward and 12% coupon at Staples). Got similar deal for wife (extra 100 minutes for self-referral) on v60i for $90. Just what I needed. One final question for Tracfone experts, I'll be taking the v60 on a trip next month. It's a TDMA (I'm in NY) and I will be driving cross country. Will I be unable to access the Tracfone system for some sections of the country? If so, is there any map that will show where I will lose service.

tuckeg said:... One final question for Tracfone experts, I'll be taking the v60 on a trip next month. It's a TDMA (I'm in NY) and I will be driving cross country. Will I be unable to access the Tracfone system for some sections of the country? If so, is there any map that will show where I will lose service.

You need to figure out who your *real* carrier is and then find their service coverage map. You might try dialing information (411 -or- (AREA CODE)555-1212) in order to hear an automated greeting from the carrier with whom you are about to connect. For me it's Verizon. From there go to the carrier's web site to find their coverage.

For GSM & CDMA coverage maps in the US, have a look at http://www.cellular-news.com/coverage/usa.php. They also have a listing for world coverage here:
http://www.cellular-news.com/coverage/

Called them and told them the 100 minutes were not added when redeeming the card. The nice CS helped me add it. Good deal for 1 year service with 250 minutes, which I used to pay $95.

After purchase confirmation screen, next screen is begin addition
continue after that and the next screen is Enter code and the screen has a 24 digit code.

At that point I called the CSR and asked to add the promotion code
The CSR asked me to enter the exact same code and got the extra 100 min as well.
Thanks OP, great deal!

pokeineye said:As for losing minutes, it all depends upon the level of risk that you're comfortable with. As S105dude stated, if you lose your phone, you lose the service and units you have purchased. I've used TracFone for years -- almost since the beginning of their service. As a result I have thousands of unused units on my phone (thanks also to great FW deals on airtime units). From my point of view, if I were to lose my phone today, I would still have enjoyed years of very cost-effective telephone service that has been adequate for my needs. Contrast that with being locked into a service contract and losing a phone.

True.. I'm not comfortable because I feel like I'm putting all my eggs in one basket and at anytime it could be gone. It's one thing to slowly accumulate minutes but I wouldn't go overboard. It's funny that even though I paid for roughly 200 of the 2000 minutes I have (and used) I still don't like the fact that the minutes are stored on the phone. Referrals have kept my two TracFones alive for the past 2.5 years. I've had them since they had analog phones (off and on until 2.5 years ago) and despite switching to postpaid four years ago, I have kept TracFone as a backup.

On the flip side to losing your phone with postpaid, all you have to do is pickup a cheap phone from eBay and resume your service. No minutes lost.

I'm going to think about adding this to a TracFone I just activated with an awesome phone number.. It's in the form of 123-4444 which is pretty neat. I'm just going to throw it in the car to use for 411 (which by the way, is surcharge-less on TracFone.)

nooch said:
direct link to the page to enter the code is https://www.tracfone.com/purchase_airtime.jsp?task=buyairtime&fromPopup=true
This deal only works if you already have a Tracfone phone.
You are only buying the minutes, not the phone + the minutes.

Is this airtime valid for 1 year?

Just got the 150 + 100 minutes and one year service by calling Tracfone since I got error message when I ordered online.

Good deal, thanks OP.

fu0001hongo said:Just got the 150 + 100 minutes and one year service by calling Tracfone since I got error message when I ordered online.
Good deal, thanks OP.

Will this combinewith exhisting minutes and carry over for 1 year?

Got it - 1 year, 150 minutes + 100 minutes.
Great deal. Thanks for posting it.