@tracfancier said in Current Tracfone Deals / Discussion thread:

@tenerifesharon said in Current Tracfone Deals / Discussion thread:

@tracfancier Just wanted to thank you again for your very valuable and thorough replies! After several problems with the order for the Luna at HSN (has happened before, as my US CCs are registered at my sister’s address in VA since I live in Germany, and I want to have the phone sent to where I am staying in FL, and HSN says that there is no way of verifying any of the CCs unless I am presently at the landline number of the VA address. Each time I try I need to call the Security and Fraud dept … DUH!), finally had a friend in FL order the phone with her CC to be delivered to her address! It hasn’t arrived yet, but should be here early next week. Hope I can get everything transferred prior to activation before we return to Europe in 2 weeks.

Is it better to do the transfer with CS, or can I do it safely on the tracfone site? Do I need to notate the parameters that you previously mentioned (a year or so ago on the old site), or are they no longer needed?

Thanks again for your patience … and knowledge!

It is recommended you use chat, that way you can copy and paste the whole chat transcript to keep as proof if anything goes wrong. You will also need a case number assigned to the chat, which you can give them if you have to contact them again with a problem. The case number allows them to quickly find the chat session transcript. Chat eleviates all language barriers and bad phone connections. Start the chat by getting the airtime and end date on the old phone. You need to have added together the old and new airtime and days so you know the combined totals and combined end date. Before getting off chat have them give the (combined) airtime on the new phone for you to OK the totals.

If you have both the old and new phone in your online account, you can view the progress, as you watch the old phone go from active to inactive and the new phone go from inactive to active. There is also a place by the phone listing to check the airtime. Have a second phone handy so you can both make and receive a test call with the new phone. They may ask you to also check text, MMS and data on the new phone. If you do not know how, ask for instructions or just pass and check it later at your leisure. You can always get back to them with another chat.

DO NOT ACTIVATE THE NEW PHONE FIRST, you must let the transfer from the old phone activate the new phone and then the bundled airtime be automatically added. NEVER transfer service to an active Tracfone.

If you still have questions, feel free to ask.

Two ways to reach Tracfone chat (look for the red or green background areas) The red link may take a few seconds to appear on the first link:
https://www.tracfone.com/contactus
https://www.fb-tracfone.com/tracfone-wireless/?caseId=41289

tracfancier, again my thanks! The porting and activating worked out perfectly on the Tracfone chat. Actually, better than expected…my balance of 4,310 minutes, text, data ended up turning into 8810 min.,text,data. after the 1500 bundle was added. Not quite sure how that happened, but I’m not complaining. And, of course, the remaining 51 days extended my validity until 2/19. I am still not able to see these new balances on the Luna, but can call them up on the tracfone site. Since I am unable to cut and paste the balance onto a doc., I’m just hoping they don’t disappear again!
Kudos to you!

A quick question: Are the codes in the 12 packs of coke cans no longer good for 10 single codes (points)? Entered a 12-pack code and it only counted the same as 1 lg. bottle code. Sorry, if this has already been asked, but I live in Germany and am not always in the U.S.

@tracfancier Just wanted to thank you again for your very valuable and thorough replies! After several problems with the order for the Luna at HSN (has happened before, as my US CCs are registered at my sister’s address in VA since I live in Germany, and I want to have the phone sent to where I am staying in FL, and HSN says that there is no way of verifying any of the CCs unless I am presently at the landline number of the VA address. Each time I try I need to call the Security and Fraud dept … DUH!), finally had a friend in FL order the phone with her CC to be delivered to her address! It hasn’t arrived yet, but should be here early next week. Hope I can get everything transferred prior to activation before we return to Europe in 2 weeks.

Is it better to do the transfer with CS, or can I do it safely on the tracfone site? Do I need to notate the parameters that you previously mentioned (a year or so ago on the old site), or are they no longer needed?

Thanks again for your patience … and knowledge!

@tracfancier How can I find out if I am able to use Verizon service? The phone will be registered with a 407 (Orlando, FL) area code. The present LG 840 only has minutes, NO text units or data, so everything is deducted from those 4000. I’m looking for a bundle up to approx. $100 (max. $120). Any further advice is really appreciated!

Compatability for useage in Europe isn’t so important, as I already have a decent inexpensive dual SIM Huawei smartphone which is enough for my useage there. (After a great promo, it ends up costing around 2 Euros per month net for 3 gb of data, and using the second SIM costs just about 9 cents per minute to call almost anywhere in Europe or the US. In Europe there is no charge for incoming calls, so no loss of minutes. So, I’m using one card for data, one for calling.)

What is meant by: “You MUST transfer activate”. Online or with CSR?

Reactivation of the LG 840 is not an important factor since I never seem to use up the minutes I have on any Tracfone before I replace it (first TF was in 2004)! And, finally, since I’m never in the U.S. for more than just a few weeks at a time, I think I’d do best with a phone bundle for now, and leave the BYOP for the future. $100 for a phone, year’s service and bundled buckets will be just fine.

THANKS again!

tracfancier,
You’ve always been so generous with advice and it is much appreciated!

I’m in the US again right now, with a small-screen LG 840G (ancient) TMFL phone. The service year is due to expire in early February, and I still have over 4,000 minutes left on the phone, due to several promos and 1-year cards. I want to switch to a QVC or HSN bundle smartphone, including all 3 buckets. Any recommendations for a reasonably priced 5 or 5.5", Android package? Also, since I’ll be switching from a dumbphone to a smartphone, will I still be able to transfer phone number, minutes and remaining 2 months? thus having approx. 5,500 minutes, 1500 texts, and 1.5 gb data? Best doing it all on chat? Would I later be able to reactivate the TMFL dumbphone with a new SIM and small minute card (60 or 120) as an extra phone just for using minutes and no data (since I’m only here a couple of months each year)?
Thanks again for your continued help.

An elementary question, sorry:
Will using EBates for IHG hotel bookings cause stays to be disqualified for the Accelerate (or other) Promos? Thanks.