Sad News Airtel, Idea and Vodafone now requires you to recharge with a minimum pack to keep your sim alive

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DJ Roy said:
From main balance it is ₹1.50/minute and ₹1 per sms.
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So I can use 48 plan instead of 49 now? I have no active plan right now. Previous plan ended 3-4 days back. Only incoming is available.
 
KGF said:
So I can use 48 plan instead of 49 now? I have no active plan right now. Previous plan ended 3-4 days back. Only incoming is available.
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You can but it doesn't offer any talktime and sms benefit. It only offers data.
 
KGF said:
Even if I have previously loaded normal TT available it won't allow outgoing SMS for UPI registration?
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It will allow if you already have existing balance.
 
TJ_DJ said:
Actually it isn't any good. Just that it may be used for retention of number purposes. Otherwise, these Rs 39 / 49 / 79 recharges are anyway no good.
Eg:
Recharge on 1st Jan with Rs 39.
Get validity till 14th Jan.
Use talktime of Rs 30 in these 14 days for calls/etc.
On 14th Jan, make a chargeable activity (Eg: data/call/SMS).
Starting 14th Jan, you will get 90 days retention period without any recharge. Your SIM will be valid till 12th Apr without any recharge. Thus you got a total validity of (14+90) = 104 days for an effective cost of (Rs 39 - Rs 30 = Rs 9).

Repeat the procedure:
12th Apr + 104 days = 10th Jul (Rs 9)
10th Jul + 104 days = 7th Oct (Rs 9)
7th Oct + 104 days = 4th Jan (Rs 9)

Hence, for (4 x Rs 9) = Rs 36 you retained your number for a year.
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Do we get incoming calls and sms?
Does this trick work for both voda and airtel?
 
island said:
Do we get incoming calls and sms?
Does this trick work for both voda and airtel?
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Incoming calls are barred after the initial 7 days after your 28-day pack expiry.
Hence, in the above example:
Outgoing Calls & SMS: valid till 28th Jan
Incoming Calls: valid till 4th Feb
Incoming SMS: valid throughout for Vodafone. However, for airtel it will be valid only till Incoming Call validity (4th Feb). After that you will only get some promotional SMS from airtel and few from other Ad partners. But you wont get bank OTP, etc.
 
Can I recharge for minimum SMS pack or ISD calling pack with 28 days validity? Will it help to extend validity?
 
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