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Originally Posted by Bossman
As I recollect, topups are recorded as an international charge. Also, my call charges/balance show up in UK Pounds
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I ordered a Piranha SIM. My initial experience with the payment processor was not encouraging.
I first tried my American Express card and kept getting a "no route found" error until I realized that they didn't accept AMEX. Piranha customer service confirmed this.
So I tried MasterCard with the currency set to USD. Same error.
Blecch. Based upon a tip I saw in a FlyerTalk forum discussion on Piranha, I did the transaction with the currency set to GBP and it went through on the same card that failed with USD. Naturally that shows up as an international charge.
With things all that flaky and unpredictable as all that, I wonder if I could ever rely upon auto top-up with this arrangement. Maybe I'll just load a big amount onto the account before I travel, and have alternates.
All that said, my Telna SIM still works. I can't access the online account management anymore, but oddly the STK menu lets me check my balance, and the account seems to be frozen in time. It shows the last amount I paid in September on my last European trip.
Has anyone currently using a Telna SIM, gotten billed for usage since December?