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[dixon cox]

... i use my sim card quite often phonning home, so top it up quite often... i usually go through 4000/5000 per trip

Home is about the last thing on my mind when I'm LoS.

4-5k phoning home over 3 weeks?! WTF!

[Recoil111]

Dc, if on the phone every couple of days for 15/20 mins it soon adds up

I agree, but the only time when i call home is when i arrive in Bangkok just to tell my mom that i arrived safely in this strange foreign country! Yes i am a good boy! :wink:

Like dixon said, i dont waste a second on thoughts about Germany when i am in LOS. And if friends or colleagues want to contact me they can do this via email or MSN.

[Drift Spunk]

Dc, if on the phone every couple of days for 15/20 mins it soon adds up

I agree, but the only time when i call home is when i arrive in Bangkok just to tell my mom that i arrived safely in this strange foreign country! Yes i am a good boy! :wink:

Don't we all?

[dixon cox]

Don't we all?

I give mine a buzz once I'm back home.

She's given up asking for holiday snaps too :wink:

Maybe another poll is in order, who calls mum from LoS?

[aktiv-passiv]

Works with my 12call SIM card too. It is valid one more year, counting from the day of every top up. I think the card cost me 100 or 200 Baht more than the normal 300. But it is great not have to change phone numbers each time you do not manage it to LOS within the next 3 months.

[Drift Spunk]

My service with AIS should have ended in October according to all their sms's they send.

"To avoid the service termination, please top up your account before 17/10/2008" And then I get the same but with 17/11/2008, 17/12/08 and today 17/01/2009 so I should be right when I am back.

[budhas]

Sorry but i dont really understand here the Thread. My Problem is i have a 12call Sim Card and when i leave last week Thailand my sccount said 90 Baht on it. My friend fly on Sunday to thailand i want to give him my phone to charge more money. Next time iam in Thailand i June what did my friend make that i can use my phone in June also. Thanks for your answers.

Greet

Alex

[rxpharm]

What most of these posts mean is that if you want your sim to stay valid until your next visit to Thailand, you must buy enough credit to extend the expiry date until your return.

Most of the sim providers have different plans for their customers - you can choose a plan that will give you more days on top up, but charge more per minute when you talk. If your provider does this (a good example of this is TRUE), then change the plan just before you leave and top up so you have a good expiry date. Then when you return change back to the cheap plan for saving more money when you call. Then when you leave switch again to get longer expiry date with top ups.

In your case, just make sure your friend buys enough credit for your sim expiry to last until June. Easy to do at 7/11, Family Mart, etc. I would guess 500 - 1000 Baht should be enough.