Mobile top-up via online banking

[Don]

I have noticed that on my Garanti bank online site I can top up my mobile (if I give them my number). If anyone has done this will this allow me to top up every 3 months online and keep my phone active? or do I still need to activate the phone in turkey for this to happen.

[tracy and kevan]

hi don, i have a garanti account and noticed the same, i've not tried the system yet but i have have set my turkcell phone up for roaming, so i can use the phone in the u.k. which hopefully will allow me to keep the phone active and topped up.just returned from calis and the roaming works.

[Don]

Hi tracey and kevan, what i didn't want to do was top it up every three months with the online banking during the winter but then come back to find it deactivated because i hadn't used it. How did you get your phone set up for roaming and have tried topping it up from the UK?