Prepaid SIM Card for USA

The HolidayPhone Prepaid US SIM Card package includes a lot:

• PAYG prepaid US SIM card (image), ready to use
• 3 hours of incoming call forwarding from UK
• Free call forwarding of your UK calls to your US prepaid SIM card included, so that you stay reachable on your ordinary UK mobile number without any international charges!
• Unlimited free calls and text within USA to both mobile & fixed landline phones
• Receive unlimited calls free within USA
• Unlimited free MMS messages throughout the world, including the UK
• 2GB (2000 MB) flat rate 3G data usage included
• 2 hours talk time to UK mobile phones or 20 hours talk time to fixed landline numbers in the UK (can be combined) are included
• An American mobile number is included. Can be used when people within USA or travel companions using HolidayPhone, want to call you.

Price: £89.90

Tariffs for calling in the US

Our USA SIM card includes plenty of talk time and Internet usage, at a safe fixed price. No need to spend additional money (and hassle) with endless topping up during your trip, as with other sim cards.

Calls to UK fixed landlines	Up to 20 hours included*
Calls to UK mobile phone	Up to 2 hours included*
Receive calls on your UK number in the US	From 0p/min (3 free hours included, additional call forwarding from 4p/minute)
Receive calls dialled to the US SIM number	Unlimited and free
Sending MMS messages all over the world	Unlimited and free
Receiving text/MMS messages	Unlimited and free
Sending text messages to the UK	Each text message to the UK deducts 10 minutes of landline talk time to UK (of the 20 hours included). However, if you instead send text to the UK as MMS, that will be free of charge.
Sending text messages within the USA	Unlimited and free
Receiving text messages	Unlimited and free
Local calls in the US	Unlimited and free (both mobile and land line)
Calls to fellow travellers also using HolidayPhone	Unlimited and free
Mobile Internet	2000 MB flat rate included

(*) The call balance to the UK includes 2 hours to a UK mobile phone, or 20 hours to fixed landlines. Naturally, you are free to mix the two, e.g. 1 hour to a mobile phone and 10 hours to fixed landlines.

In the US, data/Internet connectivity may not work for some models of Blackberry. However, making and receiving calls work the same way as for other phones.

Mobile Internet in USA

Our SIM cards come with 2000 MB 3G mobile broadband Internet data included, which is quite a lot. Read email and browse the Internet while on holiday without worrying about any expensive phone bill when you get home!
Say goodbye to arbitrary per MB fees. Note that for Blackberry phones, mobile internet is not supported. However voice calling works for Blackberry.

How much do I save?

Price comparison: Two weeks holiday in the USA with the following usage:

- Receive calls on your UK mobile number: 2 hours
- Calls to the UK: 2 hours
- Calls within the US: 1 hour
- MMS messages to the UK: 15
- Data usage: 500 MB

The average price from the leading UK operators is £1940, whereas with HolidayPhone you only pay £89.90.

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Tariffs using HolidayPhone prepaid SIM card for USA

Our USA SIM card kit has been tailor-made for HolidayPhone, and adapted in cooperation with our US partner operator in order to make it as cheap as possible for travellers.

The US SIM card package contains everything you need to make cheap calls during your trip. 2 hours of outgoing calls to a cell phone in the UK are included, or as much as 20 hours of outgoing calls to a fixed UK landline. You can also combine, for example, 1 hour of mobile talk time with 10 hours of fixed landline talk time.
You can make free calls within the US, receive unlimited incoming calls and text messages, and send an unlimited number of mms messages across the world.

Flat Rate Mobile Internet in the USA included

The US sim card includes 2GB (2000 MB) flat rate data usage so you can check your mail and browse internet on your mobile (or computer attached to phone) during the trip. You can also access Internet through iPad, and iPhones and use it as an iPad SIM Card in the USA.

 

Sim card validity

The American sim card is valid for 30 days from the day of your departure to the US. If you stay in the US longer than that, you can add optional extra validity for the sim card. Either you buy 30 days refill(s) together with your order of HolidayPhone so that everything is set for your entire trip, or you can buy top up from us separatly online while in the US. If you decide to top up during your trip, just send us an email after ordering additional top up time, and we will process it for you.

Send and receive text and MMS messages in the USA

A text message to the UK deducts 10 minutes from the 20 hours of outbound UK landline call balance. However, if you send text messages to the UK as MMS messages they are free, as MMS messages to the UK are free of charge.

Text messages within the USA are always free of charge and does not affect any call balance.

Calls between two travellers in USA using HolidayPhone prepaid USA SIM card

Calls between travellers using HolidayPhone in the USA are completely free of charge!
If you are travelling with others, we recommend that you order a HolidayPhone US sim card kit for the entire party, so that you can call between each other free of charge during the trip. To do so, just call directly to the local US cell phone number assigned to each prepaid SIM card. Since calls within the US are free of charge, you can call each other at absolutely no cost if all travellers have a HolidayPhone PAYG SIM card!

As a comparison, it could cost up to £5/minute to make calls between two UK mobile phones while in the US, not using HolidayPhone. This is due to the international roaming costs that apply both to the calling party, and the receiving party of the call. Therefore, just a few minutes of talk time between callers using HolidayPhone will pay off.

What happens if I run out of call time or data usage?

The specific service just stops working. You will not receive an invoice, be charged a higher price per minute or any other costs. For instance, if you run out of data usage only that service will stop, but all the other functions (calls/text) will continue to work.

Calling the UK from the US using HolidayPhone

When you want to call home from your HolidayPhone USA SIM card, just dial 011 44 and lose the zero in your British number. For example: UK number 07511 223344 becomes 011 44 7511 223344.

For certain phone models, you may have to start by dialling an access number in order to be able to make an international call in the US, which is what a call to the UK is. You will know if you hear an unobtainable tone when dialling 011 44....
If so, you will be able to call the UK by dialling the access number first, followed by 011 44... Easy to follow instructions will accompany your HolidayPhone US SIM card delivery.

For most phones bought in Europe, dialling 011 44... should work perfectly, though.

Receiving incoming calls to your UK number

Your phone rings. You pick up - just as usual.

No obligations. No hassle. Direct dial local SIMs.

All HolidayPhone SIM cards (regardless of destination) are direct dial local prepaid SIM cards meaning NO callback and much lower tariffs than using an "international SIM card".

There are no obligations, no contract and no subscription. We never charge any fees retrospectively.

If the destination country requires SIM card registration, we process the registration at the operator on your behalf ahead of your arrival, so you don't have to worry about it. All HolidayPhone SIM cards are ready to use when you arrive.

Compare our offer with competitors

HolidayPhone offers a service that is cheap and easy to use without any hassle to you. If you compare our offer with other providers, make sure to check:

Do you get your UK calls forwarded for free, or will you be unreachable on your ordinary UK number while abroad?

Is mobile Internet / data included in the price, or available at low cost?

Is the SIM card activated and registered when you arrive, or will you have to go through that hassle yourself upon arrival?

And at last - compare the call tariffs.

Network coverage in the USA

The US operator uses AT&T's mobile network. Here you can find network coverage for AT&T in the USA. Please note that the phone that you bring on your trip must cover the American 850Mhz and 1900Mhz frequencies.

The SIM card works in the USA, including Hawaii and Puerto Rico / US Virgin Islands.

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You will receive the USA SIM card along with easy to follow 1-2-3 instructions to your address, prior to your departure.

Types of Prepaid USA or US PAYG Phone Cards and Sim Card

People looking to buy us sim phone cards in the UK can chose from a selection of US prepaid sim cards such as a prepaid USA sim card or a prepaid us sim card or a prepaid us sim card or buy the more popular payg USA sim card, payg USA sim or payg us sim if they need a prepaid sim card for their holiday phone before travelling to the USA.