Lebara mobile might seem attractive, but they are a nightmare to deal with - especially if you're travelling from overseas into the UK.
I bought a Lebara SIM because I had used Lebara in Spain, and it was very easy.
But, in the UK, it chewed up all my credit in just a few days. And then, when I tried to top-up my credit, I ran into the ridiculous problem of Lebara ONLY accepting UK credit cards. What kind of company that wants to attract travellers only accepts UK credit cards????? The stupidity of this defies belief.
What was even more painful, is that when you try and recharge online they don't tell you this. You just keep on getting error messages without explanation. When I did call (and sat on hold for 10 mins), they finally explained that international credit cards aren't accepted.
Extraordinarily stupid. (Even more stupid, when I used my international credit card just fine in Spain to recharge my Spanish Lebara Sim)
The only solution they provide is to hunt-down an on-street seller of Lebara credit. This is doable, but it would be good if they simply advised on their website they don't accept international credit cards.
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