Tracfone Minutes Getting the Best Deal

I have a couple recommendations on how to buy Pay as you go Tracfone Minutes.

You can purchase the phone cards at many stores like Safeway, Wal-Mart, Staples, or K-Mart but I would suggest buying your cards at the Tracfone.com website.

This is a photo of the Tracfone Motorola W376g.

Don't Purchase TracFone Minutes Cards

Often at the Tracfone web site you can buy a phone and get more minutes than if you purchase a card. Sometimves for $20 you get two $20 phone cards and a free refurbished phone. This special, when available is only in the Buy Phones section. If you are in the buy airtime section of the web site you will always pay full price for the phone cards. The airtime section of the Tracfone web site is the only place you can purchase the $79.99--900 minute with DMFL minute card. This is the lowest cost per minute card. Tracfone Minutes getting the best Deal.

Don't install a lot of Units on your Tracfone

I do not recommend putting too many TracFone Minutes on a 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. For me when I have a lot of minutes on my phones I burn more units. Funny how the last 150 minutes on my Prepaid phone seem to last a lot longer.

Do not buy the One Year Tracfone Plan

I do not feel the One Year Tracfone Plan is a good deal. Again if your cell phone is broken, lost or stolen it will be a pain getting Tracfone customer service to transfer these benefits to your new phone.

If you use Tracfone Bonus codes and purchase your minutes on special you can get a lot more activation time and more TracFone Minutes for your money than you get on the one year plan.

Only Buy a Tracfone with DMFL

Only buy The Doubler Card on the phone, even if you only talk for 100-200 minutes per month you are probably better off only purchasing a Tracfone with the double minute for life card. The DMFL card will cost you $50 but when you purchase the Motorola W376 with Bluetooth and Unlimited DMFL for $50, you will get the doubler for free. If the W376 is not available in your area then you will be able to purchase the LG 3280 with DMFL for $50.

If you are certain you will use no more than 70 minutes per month you might purchase a TracFone without the DMFL. Otherwise you are significantly better off purchasing a phone with the Minute Doubler Card included.

Doubled Phones from Tracfone

The Motorola W376, W370 and the Lg cg225 phones now always come with DMFL (double minutes for life). These are the nicest phones offered by Tracfone. Usually the price of the phone is the same as you will pay to add DMFL to a Tracfone. I suggest that you purchase the nicer phone with DMFL included. Tracfone Minutes Getting the best Deal.

Are You Using over 400 Tracfone Minutes per Month?

If you will use over 400 minutes per month look at getting a regular contract phone from Verizon, Cingular, T-Mobile. The important thing about buying a Contract Cell Phone is that you are with the same carrier as the people you talk with regularly. My son occasionally talks over 1000 minutes during most months but has never gone over his 450 minutes because all of his friends are on Verizon and he has the free "In Network" calling.