No cell service?

My husband and I were trying to call our driver upon arrival to MBJ and found we couldn't get service. Finally a police officer asked us who we were trying to reach and when we told him he called him for us! (He knows him) Anyway I was wondering if this has happened to anyone here. The no service part I mean.
Ps our driver lends a phone for our visit once we get on the bus.

I had that happen several times. Even though I had lots of minutes on the phone I had to add 100J to activate it. All the accrued minutes were there. I top up every 90 days to keep my phone number but I make sure to top up just before I leave for JA so it will work when I arrive.

Nancy Marie, if your phone is Digicel, you have Airtime Loyalty Credit on your phone. You earn so much of this airtime loyalty every time you top up. You can redeem it no more frequently than 100J per month (or can be used at the Digicel store when getting a new phone?). Look on the Digicel site for the info to access it.

actually Digicel customers a couple weeks ago couldn't get all der calls for a couple days....
it's alright now.......Lime customers last night couldn't call digicel customers cause of an upgrade to Lime system..

Cool Runnings, Marko

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Originally Posted by Lola

Nancy Marie, if your phone is Digicel, you have Airtime Loyalty Credit on your phone. You earn so much of this airtime loyalty every time you top up. You can redeem it no more frequently than 100J per month (or can be used at the Digicel store when getting a new phone?). Look on the Digicel site for the info to access it.

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Thanks Lola. I think you or someone posted this information before and I forgot about it. I will try to figure out how to access it or stop into the Digicel store next trip.

Not all US cell providers have available service on the island. Sounds like you were using your stateside phone.

n8urist you are right it was a stateside phone. It used to work and then the last few times it hasn't. Thanks for the input!

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Originally Posted by Lola

Nancy Marie, if your phone is Digicel, you have Airtime Loyalty Credit on your phone. You earn so much of this airtime loyalty every time you top up. You can redeem it no more frequently than 100J per month (or can be used at the Digicel store when getting a new phone?). Look on the Digicel site for the info to access it.

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Lola,

Where can I see that on the website?

I must have a booozellion credits.

Thanks for the help

Cap

CaptainD here you go: http://www.digiceljamaica.com/assets...FAQ___TC_s.pdf

Thanls Lola,

Turns out I have over 1,000 JA to apply

Cap

OK, want to hear something weird about cell phones?

I didn't want to use my Windows smart phone all the time in Negril on this past reach cause I wanted it on airplane mode so no roaming charges, so for my alarm clock and camera, I decided to bring an old verizon cell phone from a few years ago that used to have the same number but has been turned off for a long time.

Well, when I powered up the old phone in Jamaica, I started to receive texts on it simultaneously with my active Windows phone -- it freaked me out!