Valid activities to keep a little used sim activated

[Etypejag]

I have a payg  basic sim which is used by my daughter when she visits the UK once or twice per year.

Other than a text, a call, or use of data, is there a valid activity on the O2 website that I can use every few months to keep the sim activated.

Change of some personal details perhaps.

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Etypejag 

You need to make a chargeable call or text every 6 months and top up ever 999 days.

Nothing else will do.

[jonsie]

In days of old when O2 provided an online text service, you could keep the sim active that way. Nowadays the physicalities of something chargeable is the only accepted method.

To be honest even if a sim hasn't been used in 9 months, a call to customer service and it will be activated immediately with any unused credit added 24 hours later.

[EmilieT]

Hi @Etypejag, and welcome to the forum  I hope the information above answered your question, but please do let us know if we can help you with anything else!