Beware of Airtel Lifetime Prepaid offer

December 30th, 2005

When I first saw the ad or Airtel lifetime prepaid offer for Rs. 999 I just jumped, wow this is something I want because most of the time I have the money in my mobile but don’t have the time validity. So, today I went to DLF Galleria in Airtel Gurgaon office to get my mobile recharged but thank god the guy told me the offer hidden bull shit.

Number one, it’s valid for only till year 2007 and after that its validity depends upon TRAI. Number two, if during this time your balance reached zero your mobile connection will be disconnected. And last but not the least, your local outgoing even to Airtel own mobile will be Rs. 2.

I think Airtel will soon take over Reliance who has pretty good history of offers with hidden shit.

Good point by Naidu:

If the license is valid upto Sept 2021,the expiry date for airtime and service should have been 2021 with other conditions such as recharge with Rs.50 for every 6 months. It gives real impression what Lifetime Prepaid means.
Becasue in my case Nov 2008 was given as expirty date.

It is better to have a furhter minimum recharge coupons like Hutch mini 10 to enable the small group .

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15 Comments Add your own

  • 1. sharad patel  |  January 12th, 2006 at 2:30 pm

    thank you for informing that there is shit behind.

  • 2. khushi  |  January 17th, 2006 at 9:09 am

    thanks for your comments :) it was quite helpful - i wanted to take 2 year postpaid connxn for 1399, then thot would go for lifetime - plz suggest. Thanks

  • 3. Administrator  |  January 17th, 2006 at 12:13 pm

    Sorry, can’t help you with it, cause I decided to re-charge every month and be happy :)

  • 4. deepak  |  January 19th, 2006 at 10:42 am

    See the link..

    http://www.bhartiteleventures.com/141.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=240&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=140&cHash=2233a002d1

    A line fromthati site –
    For just Rs 999, an Airtel mobile user can continue to receive calls for a lifetime without having to recharge or worry about the validity period of the card or coupon

    If u r right, then what does this line meant for..
    I am confused..

  • 5. Administrator  |  January 19th, 2006 at 11:54 am

    Well, the catch points that I have written is what DLF Galleria - Airtel office executive told me.

    If I were you, I will still investigate with Airtel office first before buying this offer.

  • 6. Vinod Singh  |  February 4th, 2006 at 11:57 am

    Validity for lifetime is applicable as per license period of the circle and is subject to change in case any regulatory and licensing condition changes in the future. The validity of the existing licence is 21-Sep-2021
    recharge after every 6 months

  • 7. vandana  |  February 9th, 2006 at 1:54 pm

    Thankz for ur valuable sugestion

  • 8. Sangram  |  February 13th, 2006 at 11:00 pm

    Thanks for the suggestion!!
    I was planning to BUY it, but when I saw ur comment I am re-thinking on it.

  • 9. Raghav  |  February 18th, 2006 at 10:44 pm

    Nice said Vinod. Thats what I heard when I visited Airtel Showroom. The Card would initially cost 999 carring a validity of Rs. 25. Then local costs would cost 2rs be it Airtel or be it a Reliance. Any STD calls would cost rs 3. I think its a fair deal if the person uses mobile mainly for incoming facilities. I personally use 2 connections one BSNL and the other Airtel and I think this servive suits me.

  • 10. tamil selvan  |  February 23rd, 2006 at 7:21 pm

    thanks you man

  • 11. Naidu  |  March 3rd, 2006 at 4:53 pm

    If the license is valid upto Sept 2021,the expiry date for airtime and service should have been 2021 with other conditions such as recharge with Rs.50 for every 6 months. It gives real impression what Lifetime Prepaid means.
    Becasue in my case Nov 2008 was given as expirty date.

    It is better to have a furhter minimum recharge coupons like Hutch mini 10 to enable the small group .

  • 12. angad  |  March 7th, 2006 at 1:49 am

    Below is the excerpt from airtel lifetime terms and conditions:
    Now does it mean one has to do all three things within the 6 month period to keep connection alive? Or any one of them?
    The way I understand it is, if any of the three things do not happen. So if I recieve calls, recharge the phone but do not make and outgoing call, my connection will be deactivated?

    “6)Connection will be permanently deactivated if either of the following events i.e no incoming / outgoing / recharge happens for any continuous period of 6 months.
    On all subsequent recharge, Full Talk time, (excluding Taxes) will be applicable on all paper Recharge coupons and selective denominations of Easy charge”

  • 13. Manoj Sharma  |  March 13th, 2006 at 1:58 am

    You have saved a lot of people from getting this BS connection rather this offer. Thanks

  • 14. Byomkesh Dash  |  June 27th, 2006 at 12:22 pm

    I am using Airtel lifetime for last 4 months. According to airtel support here. Any of the three conditions must be fulfilled for the connection to remain active.

    Secondly, making balance zero is difficult, since if the balance is below Rs 2 you can not call and if in a conversation it will get disconnected(it has happend to me twice).

    I am able to make the balance negative two times, and recharged on the same day and my connection is still active. To make balance negative you have to send SMS (outgoing call not possible).

    I do not know if they tell I will loose the connection if balance is zero and it did not happened to me because my balance was never zero, it was either +(Plus) or -(Minus) :-) .

    Let the debate continue on the fine prints of airtel……
    Thanks

  • 15. prateek kapoor  |  August 9th, 2006 at 8:32 pm

    i have been using airtel lifetime prepaid for past 1 month now and feel very sick in front of those who r using airtel’s 6 month validity pack or any other connection.as such i have no problem with my prepaid bt the only thing is that plz bring some special schemes for sms’s and all to lifetime pack also.i have to go in for a lot of sms’s bt feel very bad for myself that why i checked only airtel.really feels bad for myself.plz either bring some special scheme for airtel or else bring some condition for those who want to surrender their airtel lifetime.and bharti cellular this is to tell u that m nt the only 1 who want to surrender this there are a lot of people and if you want to check it try bringing this wonderful scheme of surrendering the cards and see the response.
    if you really want your customer’s to be happy let them define their own happiness than on themself.

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