Emergency credit

gord196

Hello, new to giffgaff.. is it possible to get any free data allowance at all as i am unnable to top up as i am waiting for a new bank card to be delivered. Having a right nightmare at the mo and in desperate need of data, any help greatfully recieved

johnrooney80

gord196

no harm in asking Agent

https://support2.giffgaff.com/app/ask/Top-up-balances-and-goodybags/Credit-debit-card-or-PayPal-charging-issue/form/

note, it’s at their discretion, don’t be surprised if decline..

reply will be below within 24hrs ⬇️

http://giffgaff.com/support/questions

alternatively, use McDonald’s free Wi-Fi, or Local shopping mall 😊

random112

gord196
Hi, giffgaff do actually reward loyal/regular users with 1GB of free data after they have purchased their third monthly goodybag package. It is not offered to anyone before then as it could be abused by people joining just to use the free stuff and never actually buying anything.

However there are still lots of ways that giffgaff can help you. For example - even as a new user - you can still borrow money from a friend or family member and topup your account - and your friends and family can also top up your account for you, and you can pay by PayPal if you have lost your bankcard and have a PayPal account (and PayPal allow you to pay from existing money or from bank transfer if you have lost your debit card). Also you or your friends or family can buy a topup voucher in a shop (newsagents, supermarket, petrol station etc many of which are open 24 hours a day) and you can pay by cash in the shop if you have lost your debit card, and your friends and family don’t even need to be with you they can do it at the other end of the country and just text/email you the code of the voucher they bought.

jt_21

gord196 Hello, new to giffgaff.. is it possible to get any free data allowance at all as i am unnable to top up as i am waiting for a new bank card to be delivered. Having a right nightmare at the mo and in desperate need of data, any help greatfully recieved

😔 Sorry to hear of your difficulties, unfortunately giffgaff do not offer any emergency credit or data as everything is paid for upfront. The only suggestion is to perhaps ask a friend or family member for money to buy a giffgaff or 02 voucher and use this to purchase a goodybag …. and repay them when your bank card is sorted, if you haven’t actually activated the sim yet then the voucher must be redeemed online (so you’ll need to pop to a place where’s there’s free wifi e.g. Cafe/McDonald’s etc) if it’s a subsequent top up/goodybag purchase you can use the free 43430 or 4444 telephone service for free from your phone. Hope your bank card 💳 is sorted soon.

scrupps

gord196 you could try accessing free WiFi. Many places have it, coffee shops, hotels etc.

You could also top up using a voucher which can be bought from a shop. You don’t need a bank card for that.

Its also possible to use PayPal if you have a paypal account.

You can also get someone else to top up with their card - a friend or relative.

I hope that one of these options will help.

netfax

gord196 Hi there and thanks for your question. As giffgaff is purely a pay-as-you-go network where everything is paid upfront in advance, the ‘lend us a quid’ or similar emergency credit feature is not available to giffgaff members.

Therefore it’s not possible to borrow credit from giffgaff. Sorry about that.

Thanks.

gord196

Thanks dor your help, unfortunately the live chat isnt working for me atm

gord196

Hello again, i am unto get through to an agent, its so annoying so i cant ask for any discretionary data allowance, can anyone help please?!

gord196

Thanks for everyones help but im leaving giffgaff. Service is not what i expected. Very let down