Online Cell Top...a site I found

[booger]

Did you buy a digicel phone?
I have had mine for about 10 years or so (I still get laughs from folks when they see me using the really old nokia, but hey it works). I have had the same sim for quite some time. I have the phone with me and I take it back each trip. While I am here in the states, I call the phone number once a month. If it goes to my voicemail I know I am good, if it doesn't then I top up online and then call again, it will usually go to my voicemail. When I land I just have to buy a $100J card and input the minutes and then my phone works again. I haven't bought minutes in Jamaica in forever it seems because my minutes remain from any that I have topped up while state side......hope this helps!

Yes ma'am. I'll call it and see what happens. Thanks Marley.

[captaind]

If you have an unlocked Tmobil with the Digcel sim inserted you can send *124# and it will give the date your credit expires out as well as the "drop dead" date of your sim card. If you go past that you'll have to get a new sim and a new phone number.

For instance, my credit will expire in mid March but my sim will not expire 'tll July.

I have a few hundred Ja. left in credit because just before I left in December I sent most of my credit to my kids.

Next week I'll put a couple of thousand on the phone for use on our trip in March.

I travel home every three months.

[booger]

Thanks Captain. Unfortunately I do not have an unlocked phone. There has to be another way? Anyone?

[Babalew]

i have an 9 yr old sony that folks laughed at 2,,but hey it works!!!! i've been topping up on the digicel site..no fees. i forgot my sim card this trip but was able to get a replacement for 500j with my same number and credit. automatic top up takes the worry away.

[NKY]

i've been topping up on the digicel site..no fees.

While digicel does not charge fees, you might want to check your credit card. Since digicel is in Jamaica, you are charged a foreign transaction fee for the digicel top up charge unless you have a credit card with no foreign transaction fee. I'm not sure about eztop though.

Does anyone know if you are charged a foreign transaction fee for eztop?

[Seveen]

i topped up once a month - just easier to remember and to avoid the 1 month - 3 month dilemna

i know the ezetop site checks to see if the number is active (sim working) before the credit is sent.

i think digicel does the same

try testing it with a fake number like (876) 123-4567

also it appears that digicel makes you add $100J when you arrive to "unfreeze" your minutes

on ezetop i'm usually talking on the phone before i leave the plane

and i too top up from my computer - too old to read those tiny numbers on the back of those cards - plus i can add more credit amounts

[rastagal]

i topped up once a month - just easier to remember and to avoid the 1 month - 3 month dilemna

i know the ezetop site checks to see if the number is active (sim working) before the credit is sent.

i think digicel does the same

try testing it with a fake number like (876) 123-4567

also it appears that digicel makes you add $100J when you arrive to "unfreeze" your minutes

on ezetop i'm usually talking on the phone before i leave the plane

and i too top up from my computer - too old to read those tiny numbers on the back of those cards - plus i can add more credit amounts

This is so confusing! So if I top up using Digicell I will still have to wait to buy a card when I get there for it to work? But if I top up using the Eztop it will work right away? This is the first time I am trying to remember to top up because I always forget and end up having to get a new sim card when I get there....

[captaind]

Capital One World Card and Chase Sapphire Preferred both have no foreign transaction fees.

[zenser]

Can you buy a phone at the airport in MoBay or just the sim cards?

[NKY]

Capital One World Card and Chase Sapphire Preferred both have no foreign transaction fees.

Good to know, thanks!