Telstra Prepaid Mobile Plans

It’s been a while since we looked at Telstra’s prepaid offers and as they have changed, we thought now was as good a time as any for a review of Telstra’s prepaid offers. Telstra has a range of prepaid mobile phone plans for all Australians with a network that is the largest in Australia. The Prepaid Extra, Day2Day, Simplicity, and Long Life give you many choices so you should be able to find a prepaid plan that suits you the most.

Telstra’s Prepaid Offers

Telstra Prepaid Extra

$30 Recharge	$40 Recharge	$50 Recharge	$60 Recharge
2.5GB	5GB	7.5GB	10GB
Unlimited calls and texts To standard Australian numbers. Includes Messagebank retrieval	Unlimited calls and texts To standard Australian numbers. Includes Messagebank retrieval	Unlimited calls and texts To standard Australian numbers. Includes Messagebank retrieval	Unlimited calls and texts To standard Australian numbers. Includes Messagebank retrieval
International Calls From Extra Credit	Unlimited International Calls To standard International numbers to 10 destinations + 3 new destinations when you recharge before 26 February 2018	Unlimited International Calls To standard International numbers to 10 destinations + 3 new destinations when you recharge before 26 February 2018	Unlimited International Calls To standard International numbers to 10 destinations + 3 new destinations when you recharge before 26 February 2018
$5 Extra Credit For international calls and text, roaming and Premium SMS	$10 Extra Credit For international calls and text, roaming and Premium SMS	$15 Extra Credit For international calls and text, roaming and Premium SMS	$20 Extra Credit For international calls and text, roaming and Premium SMS
Bank up to 50 GB Data when you recharge before expiry. Access your Data Bank when you have an active recharge. Free Wi-Fi with Telstra Air	Bank up to 50 GB Data when you recharge before expiry. Access your Data Bank when you have an active recharge. Free Wi-Fi with Telstra Air	Bank up to 50 GB Data when you recharge before expiry. Access your Data Bank when you have an active recharge. Free Wi-Fi with Telstra Air	Bank up to 50 GB Data when you recharge before expiry. Access your Data Bank when you have an active recharge. Free Wi-Fi with Telstra Air
All inclusions for use in Australia in 28 days	All inclusions for use in Australia in 28 days	All inclusions for use in Australia in 28 days	All inclusions for use in Australia in 28 days

 Telstra’s Prepaid Extra plans come in a range of options depending on how much data you use each month. The $30 plan with 2.5GB data is excellent for users who want phone access but do not use much data each month. The next step up is $40 with 5GB data include a $50GB plan with 7.5GB and for those who are data hungry there is a $60 plan with 10GB of data. Users get $5, $10, $15 and $20 bonus credit for each respective plan. Plans from $40 plus come with unlimited international calls from 10 destinations (With three new destinations added when you recharge before 30th April 2018). Standard international call rates apply for the $30 plan.

National MMS is 50¢, international SMS is 20¢, and national MMS is 75¢. All services expire in 28 days from recharge. Users can save up to 50GB of data using the Data Bank service. Your first recharge receives triple the data if recharged before 26/02/2018.

Extra data packs are available for the Prepaid Extra, Prepaid Plus, and Prepaid Freedom Plus $10 with 1GB of data or $20 for 2.5GB of data.

Day2Day

$1 Daily inclusions charged per day
Data	100MB
Calls and Texts to standard Australian numbers includes MessageBank retrieval	Unlimited

$1 Optional extras charged per day
Additional data block	100MB
Calls to standard international numbers in Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, UK and USA.	Unlimited $1 per day per destination.

Telstra’s Day2Day plan is for those who want to control their spending. The minimum charge is $1 a day for unlimited calls and text as well as 100MB of data. This is suited to those who which to make many calls and sms with a low data usage.

For an extra $1 a day you will receive an extra 100MB of data and unlimited calls international calls (excluding video calls) to standard international numbers in Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, UK and USA. For call rates to other international countries see https://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/prepaid-mobiles/offers-and-rates/day2day-international-rates

Should you use more than 100MB of data per day, an additional $1 per 100MB will automatically drawn from your recharge credit balance.

Recharge costs start at a $5 for up to 5 days, $10 for up to 10 days, $20 for up to 20 days, $30 for up to 30 days and $60 for 60 days. National MMS is 50¢, international MMS is 20¢, and MMS to international numbers is 75¢.

On the Day2Day prepaid offer, $1 is drawn from your prepaid balance at the start of the day i.e. at midnight, regardless of your usage for that day. All your daily inclusions will expire each day at 11:59pm AEST. Telstra define a ‘day’ as being 12:00AM to 11:59PM (AEST) for the Day2Day offer. There is no rollover on this plan.

Telstra Prepaid Long Life

$20 Recharge	$30 Recharge	$40 Recharge	$50 Recharge	$70 Recharge	$100 Recharge
60 Days Expiry	6 Months Expiry	6 Months Expiry	6 Months Expiry	12 Months Expiry	12 Months Expiry
No Bonus Talk	No Bonus Talk	Max 50 mins Bonus Talk	Max 100 mins Bonus Talk	Max 100 mins Bonus Talk	Max 200 mins Bonus Talk

With Telstra’s Prepaid Long-Life plan, your credit will not expire for at least 60 days. A $20 recharge get you 60 days, $30 6 months, $40 6 months and 50 bonus Telstra Talk minutes, $50 expires in 6 months and gives you 100 minutes Telstra Talk time. The $70 option comes with 100 Telstra Talk minutes and 12 months validity. $100 recharge gives you 12 months until the plan expires and 200 minutes. A $20 or $40 recharge does not come with bonus Telstra talk but allows others to call you.

The Bonus Telstra Talk is charged in minute blocks and can be used to call standard Telstra numbers. This Bonus Telstra Talk does not roll over when recharging.

The Prepaid Long Life does not have a data allowance included with each recharge. Data is charged at Data is charged at $2 per MB and comes out of your prepaid balance.

National calls and Message Bank retrieval are 39¢ for connection and 79¢ a minute. A two-minute mobile call is $1.95. National SMS is 29¢, and national MMS is 50¢ International SMS is 34¢, and MMS is 75¢. Data is $2 per MB.

Telstra Prepaid Simplicity

$20 recharge	$30 recharge	$50 recharge	$100 recharge
$20 of credit	$30 of credit	$50 of credit	$100 of credit
30 days expiry	60 days expiry	90 days expiry	180 days expiry
0¢ connection fee to standard Australian and international numbers 15¢ calls per minute to standard Australian numbers and from 5¢/min to standard international numbers	0¢ connection fee to standard Australian and international numbers 15¢ calls per minute to standard Australian numbers and from 5¢/min to standard international numbers	0¢ connection fee to standard Australian and international numbers 15¢ calls per minute to standard Australian numbers and from 5¢/min to standard international numbers	0¢ connection fee to standard Australian and international numbers 15¢ calls per minute to standard Australian numbers and from 5¢/min to standard international numbers
10¢ per MB.	10¢ per MB.	10¢ per MB	10¢ per MB.
For use within Australia	For use within Australia	For use within Australia	For use within Australia

 The Telstra Prepaid Simplicity plan has four different recharge values starting at $20 for 30 days and going up to $100 for 180 days. You receive a $0 connection fee with 15¢ calls per minute to standard Australian numbers. Calls within Australia and international calls are charged per minute and are charged in minute blocks. The rate for standard international numbers is 15¢. Data is 10¢ per MB and is charged per Megabyte, MB and rounded to nearest MB .

Message Bank retrieval is 39¢ connection fee and 78¢ per minute. National SMS is 12¢, and national MMS is 50¢. International SMS and MMS are 20¢ and 75¢ respectively. For rates of calls to international numbers see telstra.com/prepaid

International Calls

The standard unlimited international call pack includes Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, UK, and USA. Users who recharge before 30/04/2008 receive unlimited standard calls to Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam.

These prepaid offers also include the below:

Telstra Air – Users get free WiFi access to 1,000,000 Telstra Air Hotspots and 19 million Fon spots overseas so you can have internet access almost anywhere. This service comes with the Prepaid Extra, Day2Day, Simplicity and Long-Life plans.

Apple Music – If you like music, then you will enjoy data free streaming from Apple music when you recharge with Prepaid Extra or Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plus. This service comes with the Telstra Prepaid Extra plan only.

Live Sport – For the sports fan, you get access to the AFL, AFLW, NRL, and Netball live and data free. Not including the NRL Grand Final, State of Origin or Commonwealth Games. This service comes with the Telstra Prepaid Extra plan only.

Free One Drive Cloud Storage – If you use the cloud to store your documents, the addition of 200GB storage in Microsoft’s OneDrive Cloud will suit your needs perfectly. This service comes with the Telstra Prepaid Extra, Simplicity and Long-Life plans.

To recharge and to check the usage of your Telstra Prepaid service you have several options.  You can recharge using a voucher, credit or debit card with the Telstra 24×7 App. You can also recharge online at telstra.com/recharge. You can dial  #100# on your prepaid mobile phone or use the voice service by calling 125 8888 from your phone.

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