Can I use a phone card with my own mobile phone.

I am going to Orlando in 2 weeks and intend to purchase a phone card to ring home. If I take my own mobile phone can I use it with the card and if so will it cost a lot? I%26#39;m not technologically minded and only have a pay as you go phone.

Can I use a phone card with my own mobile phone.

I have no idea :( I wouldn%26#39;t risk additional roaming charges though. They work easily from your hotel room or any public phone.

Can I use a phone card with my own mobile phone.

I believe you could, but you would not only be using your cards minutes, but you would be using phone minutes and roaming charges. I believe you can use it at any pay phone and possibly with only the card minutes being used, no pay phone costs?

My initial thoughts were no, you can%26#39;t use them but just doing a quick search on a phone card provider%26#39;s website they say they do not recommend using them as you will still be charged international charges by your mobile phone company.

So I would say a simple answer is yes you probably can but it would be pointless to buy a phone card if you are still going to be charged extortionate prices by your mobile phone provider.

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Short answer: yes; it will cost well over 拢1 per minute.

Basically, phone cards work by you calling a US ';free'; number (so you don%26#39;t pay anything into, say, a callbox). But ';free'; numbers aren%26#39;t ';free'; if you ring from abroad which, perversely, is exactly what you will be doing.

You will be using a UK phone to call a US phone number. The call will (for billing purposes at least) go from the US to the UK and then back again. This means you pay roaming charges (to get back home to your own network) plus then the cost of calling to the US from the UK.

Why not, instead, buy a Net10 mobile phone and use it to call home? You pay $30 and get a handset, charger, and 200 minutes of UK call time (or 300 minutes calling the US, or a mixture). Note that you can only call to UK landlines - not UK mobiles. You CAN call other US mobiles, and people can call you, too.

Get it at WalMart or Walgreens.

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