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TraceyJ 12-09-2013 10:26

Wind - credit expiry?
 
Hi

Does anyone know if credit expires on a Wind card after a certain period please?The remaining credit I put on in May was still available for my September trip this year and I wasn't charged the 5 euros activation fee for the unlimited Internet option. It'll probably be next August when I'm back in Italy so planning to buy the credit before I leave this week - just not sure whether to add it to my account now or leave it until I return next year if there's a danger I might lose it.

Thank you
Tracey

Effendi 13-09-2013 07:22

Credit expires after 12 months from activation or last refill.

TraceyJ 13-09-2013 09:48

Thank you Effendi :)

raywright1 29-04-2014 02:23

I have a WIND sim which is expiring in two weeks. I bought a top up scratch card to recharge from abroad to extend the life of my sim prior to the expiry date, for an upcoming trip. However it seems the card is useless since I cannot dial 4242 from abroad. Can these top up cards be used abroad? I also have the WIND app and the sim is registered in my name, but it does not accept my credit card or paypal account.

How can I top up WIND from abroad?

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alexecca 29-04-2014 10:28

Try to call *124*4242#
You should be called back by the system - then you can top up.

raywright1 29-04-2014 13:57

WIND scratch card top up from abroad
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by alexecca (Post 45476)
Try to call *124*4242#
You should be called back by the system - then you can top up.

unfortunately it responds:
digiti *148*+39 seguito dal numero e da per richiedere l'addebito al chiamato: il suo credito residuo non sufficiente per effettuare la telefonate
so it wants me to call collect but i don't have any credit to do any activity whatsoever.

raywright1 29-04-2014 14:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by raywright1 (Post 45477)
unfortunately it responds:
digiti *148*+39 seguito dal numero e da per richiedere l'addebito al chiamato: il suo credito residuo non sufficiente per effettuare la telefonate
so it wants me to call collect but i don't have any credit to do any activity whatsoever.

i would be interested to PM with someone to exchange my recharge code for a top up credited to my number. my number will expire soon. thanks.

raywright1 30-04-2014 18:20

WIND top up card
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by alexecca (Post 45476)
Try to call *124*4242#
You should be called back by the system - then you can top up.

Here's an update...

I used http://www.rechargemysim.de/ and relucatantly paid the fee to top up from abroad. Once I had credit, I was able to call *124*4242# and top up using the scratch off card that I cleverly purchased and held onto in order to strategically extend the lifetime of my SIM prior to expiration. Next visit I intend to do the same, but leave some credit so that I can use this approach without a problem. Grazie mille @alexecca.

Seems to me that if they want to restrict online top ups to Italian credit cards and Italian PayPal accounts, they should make an exception for (dual) citizens that are living abroad that have neither. One would think that repatriating euros would be a good thing. Pretty sure the Romans would have done it that way :D


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