How to Transfer Airtime from Airtel to Airtel Step by Step Guide

Filed in Articles by on April 19, 2022

Most users are worried bout how to transfer airtime from Airtel to Airtel. Do you know you can transfer your airtime with friends and family? Here, If you are an Airtel user and don’t know how to transfer Airtel airtime to another Airtel user this simple guide will walk you through the stages.

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Airtime is the amount of money added to your account for placing phone calls and using mobile data. Sometimes a person wishes to ‘borrow’ or ‘gift’ his or her airtime to another Airtel line.

The Airtel Transfer codes help all Airtel users to transfer or share credit or data to friends, family, and well-wishers. Most times in the business centres, they also make use of the Airtel transfer method in selling their available credit to their customers.

Do you have an Airtel sim and don’t know how to transfer Airtel airtime to another Airtel line? Well, it’s easy at all, this article is going to walk you through how to do that.

Airtel Airtime Transfer

So, Airtel Me2U is a special service that allows an Airtel subscriber to show love to another Airtel subscriber by transferring a portion of the credit to the other person.

It means that you can recharge a card and share it with your family members, friends, or even colleagues as long as they are on the network. But you can transfer not more than N5000 per day.

Things to Know about Airtel Airtime Transfer

Now that you know how to transfer credit on Airtel, I want to make one thing explicitly clear. ME2U transactions are irreversible, therefore you must be extremely careful with your transactions.

Make sure the number is correct before initiating and confirming transactions to avoid sending it to the wrong number

How to Change the Default Airtel Transfer Pin

If you want to change your default “Me2U PIN”, just follow these steps:

1. On your phone, navigate to your SMS menu.

2. In a text message, write PIN–default PIN–new PIN. That is PIN 1234 9087.

3. Send it to the number 432.

4. You will get a notification that will tell you that your new PIN is 9087 as used in the example above.

When this is done, you can transfer some of your credit to other Airtel numbers.

How to Transfer Credit on Airtel Lines

1. Dial *432# on the phone you wish to send from.

2. Select transfer airtime.

3. Enter the number of the person you’re transferring credit to

4. Enter your PIN;

5. Confirm your transaction by replying with option one (1).

Alternatively, to transfer credit on Airtel using SMS: Send a message containing 2u [Phone Number] [Amount] [PIN] to 432.

That is if you wish to transfer ₦500 to 08012345678 — and your PIN is 4123 — then send the message  2u 08012345678 500 4123 to 432.

By the way, each successful transaction will cost the subscriber N10. Also, subscribers will not be charged for inquiry SMS and “PIN” changes, as well as unsuccessful Me2U transactions.

Be attentive, because all transactions are non-convertible. Airtime transferred on Airtel cannot be returned or resent by the sender.

How to Use Airtel Credit Me Service

Yes, that’s what it’s called. Requesting for airtime on Airtel is called the Credit Me service. The Credit Me service allows an airtime subscriber to request airtime from a friend or family on Airtel.

So if you are in such a situation whereby you don’t have enough balance to make a call, and you have to make an urgent call, just ask someone on the network to send you credit by making use of the “Credit Me Service” for free.

To perform this operation, just dial: *141*8*recipient number#. The recipient will then receive the SMS from your number with this message: “Please Credit Me”.

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are the frequently asked questions on Airtel airtime transfer

Q1. Can I use the Airtel night bundle without migrating to a smart tribe?

Ans: No, you can only gain access to this plan if you are on a smart trybe, so you must migrate first.

Q2. What is the Night plan Code?

Ans: Code to subscribe to Airtel night is *312#. When you dial the code, you select 3 for Night Browsing.

Q3. How do I get 1.5GB on Airtel Night Browsing?

Ans: Before you can get 1.5GB data for N200 but Airtel has discontinued that offer. Currently, you can only get 250MB for N25. So if you subscribe 6 times a night, you can get 1.5GB for 150 Naira.

Q4. How many digits does Airtel recharge card have?

Ans: 16 digit number

5. Can Airtel night plan be done twice?

Ans: They can renew the Airtel night plan if exhausted. This means that you can subscribe again after exhausting the initial 1.5GB.

Q6. Is Airtel Night Plan Unlimited?

Ans: By dialing *481*2#, you may enroll for an unbounded Airtel 3 hour unlimited night plan

Q7. What is the limit of Airtel night plan?

The Airtel night plan is valid from Midnight to 5:00 AM the following morning. This means that it is valid for 5 Hours.

Q8. How do I check Airtel airtime balance?

Ans: To check airtime or account balance on your Airtel, simply dial *123#, then wait for an instant SMS response showing you your airtime balance.

Q9. How do I get an airtime bonus on Airtel?

You can only get the bonus when you recharge using *555*PIN#. If you recharge with *126*PIN# you will not get the bonus.

Q10: How can I transfer airtime from SIM to SIM?

Ans: Dial *777*Recipient’s Number*Amount*PIN# on your phone and then click on send/press OK

CSN Team.

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