Charges and Minutes on phone card

Choosing a phone card it is very important to pay attention to card’s details, that have full information regarding charges applied for a particular phone card.

Here are the main charges that may be applied for prepaid calling cards:

Connection Fee.

It applies each time when a phone call is connected. The charge varies depending on destination number you are calling.

Service Fee.

It’s usually deducted from your calling card balance for each phone call made. It varies from 0 to 25%; on our website it varies from 0 to 15%. For example, if the rate is 5 ¢/min and tax is 10%, for 20 minutes phone call your card’s balance will be reduced for $1.10.

Maintenance Fee.

Maintenance fee will be deducted from your phone card if there is still enough balance. It won't be charged on your credit card. Phone card provider will start to charge a maintenance fee within 24 hours after the first phone call is finished. It value varies, on our website it’s not higher than 69 cents. The maintenance fee can be charged every month, every two weeks, or every week.

Rounding/Increment.

This is the basic unit for phone call duration calculation. Our prepaid phone cards can be rounded to 1 second, 30 seconds, one, two or three minutes.
Please consider the table below as an example of calculating phone call minutes to be charged depending on rounding.
Number of minutes to be charged depending on rounding:

Pay-Phone Surcharge.

Prepaid calling cards provide the most convenience when you want to make cheap phone calls anywhere, but there is usually a surcharge between $0.30 up to $0.69 per call when you use a public pay phone.

How many minutes are on my card, and how can I check the balance on my card?

Our telecards are dollars/cents based. The number of minutes depends on rate applied for the destination you call. You'll be informed how many minutes you have on your card, after a destination number is entered; with some cards you'll be notified about your balance after the PIN is entered.

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