Pay as you go Cellular USA

How to buy Prepaid Tracfone Minutes.

You may buy Track Phone cards at many stores like Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or Safeway but I recommend buying the cards at the Tracfone.com web site for a couple of reasons.

You will get more minutes and service time for your money if you buy a phone/minute card.  You always get 2 months service when you activate a phone along with the minutes and service time that comes with the card.

Always check for Tracfone bonus coupon codes before you buy your minutes.   Using these codes will bring your cost per minute down significantly.

Here is the Page I use to Buy Tracfone Minutes and use Bonus Coupons. The Tracfone bonus codes allow you to get from 50 to 300 bonus minutes on your Tracfone Minute Cards.

Don’t Purchase TracFone Minutes Cards

At the Tracfone web site you can purchase a phone and receive more minutes than if you purchase a card. Often Tracfone has on special in the “buy phones” section where for the same price as a 450 minute card you get a free phone. This special, when available is only in the Tracfone Purchase Phones section. If you go to the “buy airtime” section of the web site you will pay full price for the unit cards.

Do Not Activate a lot of Minutes on your Tracfone Phone

I do not recommend having too many Tracfone Minutes on your phone for a couple of reasons. With a broken, lost or stolen phone it is hard to get your minutes back on a new phone from Tracfone.   Also I have found when I have lots of minutes on a phone I use a lot more minutes.

Motorola W376 and LG 225 Camera Phones

The Tracfone One Year Plan

The One Year Plan can be a good deal. Again if your phone is broken, lost or stolen you will have a hassle getting Tracfone customer service to transfer these benefits to your new phone. I recently got a bonus code (55118) for 300 minutes on a one year card.  I used this code and the one year card on a DMFL phone and ended up with 1100 minutes and 12 months for $99.99.

If you use Tracfone Bonus codes and purchase your minutes on special you will get more TracFone Minutes for your money.

Only Buy a Tracfone with DMFL

Only buy The Doubler Card on the phone, even if you only use 100-200 minutes per month you are still better off only buying a Tracfone with the DMFL (double minutes for life) card included. The DMFL card will usually cost you $50 but you can buy the Motorola W370 with DMFL for $20, you will get the doubler for free.

If you are absolutely certain you will use no more than 70 minutes per month you might purchase one of the Tracfones without the DMFL.  I still would not recommend it.  You are much better off purchasing a phone with the DMFL (double minutes for life).

Moto W370, LG 225, Lg 3280 with DMFL

The Moto W370 and the Lg cg225 phones now always come with DMFL (double minutes for life). These phones are the nicest phones offered by Tracfone. Usually the price is the lower than what you will pay to add DMFL to a Tracfone. I recommend you buy the nicer Tracfone with DMFL and a Tracfone Minute Card included.

Motorola Razr next a Motorola W375

Tracfone Bonus Code Coupons

When you add a Tracfone Minute Card you can use Bonus Coupon Codes. These are a 5 digit code that when you add them at the same time you are adding a 15 digit code to your Tracfone you will get an extra 40 to 300 minutes. I use this page to Buy Tracfone Minutes and use Bonus Coupons

Free Next Day Air on any

Tracfone Christmas Special Phone

DMFL

Do not add minutes to a phone without DMFL. The Tracfone DMFL Double minute for life card will cost you $50 to upgrade any phone. Buy one of these New phones with DMFL for less.

Good Tracfone Deals

These are really good Tracfone Christmas Special Deals with Free Next Day Air 12/20/08 and 12/21/08.

Tracfone LG 600g The Best Tracfone with DMFL $49.95

Tracfone Motorola W376g Camera, Bluetooth with DMFL $29.95

Tracfone LG 600g and Motorola W376g

The Best Tracfone Phone Deal

The best deal for a Tracfone and Minutes is the New LG 225 Camera phone with One Year Card. This deal is no longer highlighted at the top of the page.

Scroll down the page you will see LG 225 + 1 Year Card. I recently purchased one of these for a friend and activated it with Bonus Code 55118. We got 1120 minutes 14 months service and the Brand New LG 225 Camera phone for $99.99.

We used the $3 off Buying code (23444) so it came to $96.99. Free Next Day Air Shipping December 20th and 21st.

Tracfone LG 225 Camera Phone with One Year 800 minute Card

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Buy Tracfone Christmas Special On Saturday or Sunday December 20th or 21st and get Free Next Day Air Shipping.

Tracfone and Net10 are different cell phone systems owned and run by one company.

Tracfone

Tracfone Pay as you Go Cellular and now Net10 have the distinction of being the only Prepaid Cell phone companies to offer a phone in every Zip Code in the United States. Tracfone sells both CDMA and GSM Phones, Net10 also now sells GSM and CDMA phones. Originally Net10 only sold GSM phones and was only available where GSM service was available. In 2007 Net 10 started selling CDMA phones also.

Tracfone Rates

Tracfone charges different rates per minute depending on how much you spend. Currently you can purchase:

A $9.99 card (33 cents/min) which will get you 30 minutes and 45 days of activation.

A $20 card (33 cents/min) will get you 60 minutes and 90 days.

A $30 card (25 cents/min) will get you 120 minutes and 90 days.

A $40 card (20 cents/min) will get you 200 minutes and 90 days.

Double Minutes for the Life of the Phone Card $49.95.

One year of activation and 400 minutes $99.99 (25 cents per minute).

One year of activation, 400 minutes and Double minutes for life $129.99.

Motorola C139 from Tracfone

How to buy Tracfone Minutes
I have some recommendations on how to get the most from your Tracfone minutes. Check it out at Tracfone Minutes. Where to find and how to use Tracfone Promotional Bonus Codes.

Where to buy Tracfone Phones

Often the website will have Track Phones for Free with the purchase of a 60 minute card.Get FREE DMFL when you purchase either a Motorola W370 or an LG 225.

Net10 Cell Phone Rates

Net 10 rates are always 10 cents per minute except if you buy their special phone deal that gives you 300 minutes and a refurbished Nokia 1100 for $19.95. This is 6.66 cents per minute plus a free phone (you will not find a better deal on prepaid Cell Phone minutes in the US).

If you are buying Net10 Cards here are their prices.

$30 for 300 minutes (10 cents) and 60 days activation.

$60 for 600 minutes (10 cents) and 120 days of service.

$100 for 1000 minutes (10 cents) and 180 days of service.

NET10 Special 6.66 Cents per minute!

Currentlly NET10 has a special on a Refurbished Nokia 1100 and a 600 minute card. The phone comes with 300 minutes and 60 days of activation and the 600 minute card comes with 120 days of service. This deal gives you 900 minutes and 6 months of Net10 service for $60. This is the best deal in Prepaid phone service.

Moto W370 on the left and Razr on the right.

Check out the new Motorola W370 now $10 off at the Net10 Web Site.

Where to Buy a Net10 Phone

The best deals on Net 10 phones are at the Net10 Web Site. I have checked the prices regularly at Wal-Mart, and Target. Usually the phones are $10 cheaper at the web site.

NET10 300 Minute Bonus

All Net10 phones now come with a 300 minute bonus for activating them. The Net10 phones are usually $10 to $30 more than buying the same model from Tracfone but when you figure the minutes into the package the Net10 is always a better deal.

Minutes on Your Net10 Phone

With Net10 pay as you go I do not recommend buying the large denomination cards for two reasons. One, if your phone is lost, stolen, or broken you are out of luck. Two, many people will talk a lot more if they have a lot of minutes on their phone. If you buy Three $30 cards and keep them in your top drawer of your dresser you can put them in when you start to get low on either activity time or minutes.

The Net10.com Phone plan is the Best deal in Prepaid Cellular.  Simplicity, $15 a month for service and 150 minutes, extra minutes for 10 cents anytime.  No messing around.  If your cell phone usage is only a hundred minutes a month with heavy usage sometimes the Net10 plan is great.

For a limited time, get free shipping on orders of $19.99 or more at Net10.com

Get $3 off on any phone or accessory $19.99 or more with coupon code 34567

Get 900 minutes of airtime and a FREE Motorola phone for only $60 at Net10.com

Get Unlimited calling and texting from Net10 for just $79.98/month