TracFone

I’ve been using TracFone prepaid phones for a few years and whenever I need to add minutes, I look at the following two pages by the Prepaid Phone Guy (also known as pbushx2):

  1. Prepaid Phone Guy (his current blog)
  2. TracFone Promo Codes (a page on his old blog that he keeps up to date with the latest promotional codes)

I first read his blog to find out his latest thoughts on prepaid phones and to be sure he’s still updating his TracFone Promo Codes page. Note that some of the promo codes won’t work for everyone, e.g. a promo code might be a birthday promo and will work only if it’s near your birthday (and TracFone knows what your birthday is). If a promo code doesn’t work, you’ll get a text message that says:

Please contact our Customer Care Center at 1-800-867-7183 to complete this transaction

I recommend not calling their Customer Care Center because when I did, it used about 30 minutes of my phone’s time (~$1.80) and I ended up not getting any promo minutes.

I also like to see what’s new on TracFone’s pages:

If I really want to get up to date on the mobile phone world, I look at these pages:

If you want to get a TracFone, I recommend that you get a Triple-Minutes-For-Life phone, get a 450-minute (or more) card, and use a promo code. This will make phone calls less than 6¢ per minute and text messages less than 2¢ per short message.

What prepaid phone plans do you like? What web sites do you trust for mobile phone info?