ETISALAT INTERNATIONAL CREDIT TRANSFERS
Etisalat also offers international balance transfers from Etisalat to other prepaid numbers abroad. With this service, expats residents can transfer the balance to loved ones back home or recharge any other prepaid accounts overseas. Business visitors and tourists can also benefit from the Etisalat international credit transfer service as they can send over any unused balance on their Etisalat prepaid sim to their prepaid account in their home country. Read on to know how to utilise this service.
HOW TO DO TRANSFER BALANCE TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL PREPAID NUMBERS FROM YOUR ETISALAT ACCOUNT
Etisalat users can simply use the My Etisalat UAE app to transfer international prepaid credit. Another easy Etisalat balance transfer method to process an international credit transfer is to text the international prepaid number to 1700. The Etisalat service provider will reply with all the available denominations in the recipient’s country along with their charges in AED.
HOW TO TRANSFER BALANCE FROM ETISALAT TO ETISALAT OR ANY OTHER PREPAID NUMBERS?
Etisalat’s postpaid and prepaid users can also transfer balance locally to other local prepaid numbers in different denominations. The credit transfer from postpaid and prepaid Etisalat accounts to local prepaid numbers can be processed by using the Etisalat app.
Another method you can use to transfer the balance from your Etisalat mobile number to local prepaid mobile accounts is to dial the Etisalat balance transfer command from your number.
Etisalat Balance Transfer Code: *100*receiver’s number*amount of credit to be shared#.
Here is an example that will clarify the process of Etisalat balance transfer from mobile to mobile. To share AED 20 to 05xxxxxxxx, one can dial *100*05xxxxxxxx*20#.
LOCAL BALANCE TRANSFER LIMIT
Both, prepaid and postpaid, Etisalat numbers have a daily maximum limit of AED 150 for local credit sharing whereas the minimum sharable credit for both types of mobile accounts is AED 2. The monthly credit sharing limit for prepaid and postpaid Etisalat accounts differ. The monthly Postpaid Etisalat local transfer credit limit is AED 500. For prepaid accounts, the maximum credit sharing limit for a month is AED 1,500.
TRANSACTION FEES FOR LOCAL CREDIT TRANSFERS WITH ETISALAT
The charges for local credit transfers depend on the amount that you are transferring. For instance, 5.25% of the transferred amount is deducted from the sender’s account. This is inclusive of 5% VAT. To clarify further, let’s suppose you are sharing AED 100 to a friend. The total amount deducted from your account after credit transfer will be AED 105.25 which is inclusive of 5% VAT.
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