Is there any way you can make calls to 0845/0870 numbers from UK mobiles and be part of the inclusive minutes?
Can a landline prefix be added before dialling the national/premium rate telephone number?
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272Swarbs postedYou can try www.saynoto0870.com. They list lots of alternative numbers, often landline but sometimes 0800 freephone which might not be much help for a mobile. Alternatively, depending on what company it is, you can often call them and ask them what the number is to call from if you are abroad. They should provide you with the standard landline number, just remove the 0044. You can also often find this number on websites. For example Halifax gives loads of 0845 numbers:
http://www.halifax.co.uk/contactus/callus.asp
But down at the bottom, under international dialling, they give the number 0044 1133 809 574. Remove the 0044 and it become 0113 380 9574. This puts you through to their switchboard, and should be included in inclusive minutes as it is a Leeds based landline number. From experience, you can do this with most major companies.
Posted on 10 March 2010 |
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212SoftwareBear posted
incidently you don't actually have to remove the 0044 ... it works and you are charged as normal ... the exchange system works out where you are and charges appropriately.
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804MikeGG1 posted
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Saynoto0870 is a very good site, but some companies seem to go out of their way to prevent their geographic number being used.
Sky seem to take any number published there out of commission for some reason.
Santander analyse what the number is that you are calling from and will not permit calls from a UK geographic number. Perhaps they prevent UK mobiles as well, but I haven't tried that.
I have an Evening/Weekend free package to geographic numbers, which is why I don't like to use the special numbers. It is not just the mobiles which get caught by thwsw numbers.
Mike
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