Mr Sneakers and I both have tracfones as well. We got them when there was a triple minutes offer. He has 1500 or more minutes since he rarely uses his. I am down quite a bit, but I pay approx. 19.99 every three months to keep it up. Works great for us. We have a landline at home and only pay $3.85 and month for that (no cell service where we live) and both have phones on our desk at work. Who needs a fancy phone?
What kind of landline service do you have that only costs $3.85 mo?
Good deal! Just be aware, that it is good for the life of the phone as long as you use it. It can't be transferred!
I recently upgraded TracFone from a slider to an TracFone LG smartphone. When I transferred the minutes from the old phone, it did not transfer the double minutes total. TracFone people explained that they will only transfer the total you bought, not the doubled (or tripled) amount tied to a previous phone. It didn't matter to me as I had over 4000 accumulated minutes, and keeping over 2000 was good enough. The double or triple will take effect on new cards you purchase for the newer model phone (if offered, which I look for when upgrading).