If we run out of credit on the SIM of the mobile phone so much that we cannot make even a minute of phone call and we need a top-up, but there is no way to do it at that moment, a friend can make it by transferring part of his credit . This is a little publicized and little known possibility that can be done in different cases and in different ways depending on the operator.
It is therefore possible to receive a top-up of the phone from a friend or relative when we need it in an emergency.
We can pass a certain top-up amount to another person taking advantage of the residual credit of our SIM card only if he and I have the same operator and only if this operator is not Three .
Tre is in fact the only mobile operator that does not allow credit transfer from one customer to another, even if, as we will see, it allows you to transfer credit from an old SIM to a new one.
If, on the other hand, we have rechargeable SIM cards from Vodafone, TIM and Wind, it is possible to transfer or receive credit to recharge the mobile phone in order to make a phone call or send an SMS.
Transfer credit with TIM
TIM has both a manual money transfer system from one SIM to another and an automatic and periodic service.
It practically works well only if we want to top up our child's phone monthly using our credit.
The TIM services that you can use are Ti recharge and Pocket money .
The Reload option transfers part of the residual credit of one TIM customer to another, as a one-off variable amount transaction.
Pocket money instead is an automatic top-up to another SIM at 7, 15 or 30 days interval, with variable amount.
To activate Pocket money or make a transfer with Ti ricarico, you must call 40916 or 119 and follow the guided procedure.
You can also top up with credit transfer from the customer area on the TIM website.
However, keep in mind that the operation has a cost of 1 Euro (Pocket money costs 0.50)
Transfer credit with Vodafone
The Vodafone SOS Ti top-up service is to be used only in an emergency.
This is not so much for some technical difficulty or limitation, but because Vodafone makes the operation pay for the really expensive: 1, 50 Euro if you top up 3 Euro or 3 Euro cost for the 10 or 15 Euro top up.
To use SOS Ti recharge you must call from the number of the card that has credit to transfer, to the number 42010 .
The service also works to transfer credit from a SIM with a subscription to a rechargeable one.
With Vodafone you can also use the SOS MI top-ups service to request a credit transfer from a Vodafone friend or relative when we are dry.
To make the request you must type * 121 * and then the number of the other person and # ending in this way * 121 * 3470665908 # . The recipient will receive a voice message and can decide whether or not to accept the request for money.
Transfer credit with Wind
With Wind you can use the convenient SMS top-up service that allows you to top up another number using our residual credit.
The top-up can be from 2 Euros or 4 Euros and the service costs 5% of the amount to those who transfer credit.
At any time you can then send an SMS to number 4243 with the number of those you want to top up and the amount written as follows : 3285223465 2 or 3295432177 4 .
The service also works by sending the SMS from abroad.
Those who top up and send the SMS must have at least 6 Euros of remaining credit to transfer 2 Euros and 8 Euros to transfer 4 Euros.
Transfer credit with Tre
As already mentioned, Tre does not allow you to make credit transfers between SIMs.
The only thing you can do is transfer the money from the old disabled SIM card to the new one.
To do this, it is necessary to fill in a form and send it by registered letter as written in the instructions on this page of the official website.
In addition to being so discouraging, the operation also costs 3 Euros.
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