How Tracfone Pay as You Go Works

Tracfone is a simple Cost Per Minute prepaid cell phone company.

You will start by buying a Phone and a Tracfone Minute Card. You can only use a Tracfone for Tracfone service, you cannot use a Verizon, At&t, T-Mobile, Alltel, Net10 or any other phone with Tracfone Service.

Then you activate the phone by calling Tracfone on a land line or by going on the internet.

You will have to type in some numbers into your phone and then it is active. It is really easy.

Adding a Tracfone Card is even easier. You can add Tracfone minutes directly from the phone or from the Tracfone website. You will key in the 15 digit PIN code into your phone.

Often you can get extra minutes if you check for a Bonus code when you are adding a Tracfone card. Bonus Codes are a five digit number that you enter while adding a card to your phone.. Check out the Tracfone Bonus Codes.

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How Tracfone Service Time Works

You will get 90 days of service time on most Tracfone cards. You must have both minutes and service time on your phone to use it. The remaining number of minutes and the service end date will usually show on your display. hwtracwrks and How Tracfone Pay as You Go Works.

Buying Tracfone Minutes

You can purchase Tracfone cards in different sizes. You can spend $20, $30, $40, $80, $100 and $200. The larger the amount of the cards the cheaper the minutes. With the first four cards you get 90 days of service time with the card. The twenty dollar card only gives you three minutes per dollar and the eighty dollar card gives you 5.8 minutes per dollar. These numbers double with Double Minutes for Life. The $100 and $200 Tracfone cards add a full 12 months to your service time.

Tracfone DMFL Card

Be sure to check out what Tracfone DMFL is before you buy your Tracfone. Here is a great article on Tracfone DMFL. I would only add minutes to a Tracfone with Double Minutes on it.

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Tracfone Service Time and Minutes Roll Over

With Tracfone your minutes and service time will add on to your current balance. For instance if you have 20 minutes and 60 days left on your Tracfone and you add a 120 minute phone card you will end up with 140 minutes and 150 days left. With Double Minutes it would be 260 units (2+120+120) and 150 days of service.