How Tracfone Prepaid Works

The Prepaid model that Tracfone uses is the Cost per Minute structure. You purchase minutes and at the same time you will get a service period to use those minutes.

To begin with you will buy a Tracfone and a Tracfone 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. The Tracfone SIM card will not work in any other phone either.

Next you will Activate your tracfone phone. You can go to the Tracfone website or by calling Tracfone on a different phone.

To activate your phone you will key in a series of numbers. It is really simple and if you hit the wrong key you will be able to easily redo it..

Next you will add a Tracfone Minute Card. You will add the 15 digit PIN code into your phone.

When adding a minute card if you use a five digit Bonus Code you might get more minutes. Check out the Tracfone Bonus Codes.

Tracfone LG 200c Flip Phone

How Tracfone Service Time Works

The $20, $30, $40, and $80 Tracfone Cards all give you ninety days of service along with the minutes. In order for your Tracfone to work you need to have both Minutes and Service time on your phone. The End of Service Date normally flashes on the screen of your Tracfone all the time. You can also check your service end date and the number of minutes you have left in the Prepaid Menu on your Tracfone. hwtracwrks

Buying Tracfone Phone Cards

Tracfone cards are available in multiple sizes. The different options are $20, $30, $40, $80, $100 and $200. You get more minutes for your money with the larger Tracfone cards 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 while the eighty dollar card gives you 5.8 minutes per dollar. These numbers double with DMFL. The $100 and $200 cards add a full 12 months to your service time.

Tracfone Double Minutes for Life 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 never add minutes to a phone without DMFL on it.

For the Best Deal and phone Selection go to Tracfone.com

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. If you have DMFL it would be 260 minutes (2+120+120) and 150 days of service.