About phone card maintenance fee

Maintenance fee may be applied to phone card's balance within 24 hours after the first phone call is made. Maintenance fee can be deducted from card's balance every week or every two weeks depending on the card. Most of the phone cards on Russia Call have no maintenance fee.  View all phone cards to call Russia with no maintenance fees.

Why should I buy a phone card with a maintenace fee?

You get a lower rate
Very often phone cards with maintenance fee offer the lowest rate. For example, the cheapest rates on calls to Russia are from calling cards with maintenance fees. Compare the rates: phone cards to Russia with maintenance fees and without maintenance fees.
You plan to use your phone card frequently and/or talk alot
If you are planning to use your minutes in a short period of time then you will save money with a lower per minute rate offered by cards with maintenance fees.  For example, if you use up all your minutes in a week for some card or two weeks for others, you will only be charge the maintenance fee once.  Works best if you want to talk more on a daily or weekly basis and use up your phone card minutes in a matter of days or weeks.

When should I buy a phone card with no maintenance fee?

If you do not plan to talk alot in a short period of time then you are better off with a phone card with no maintenance fee.  For example, if you planning to talk for a few minutes a week or even a month then you should pick a calling card with no maintenance fee.  You will end up paying a slightly higher per minute rate but you will end up saving on having no weekly or bi-weekly maintenance fees.  Get a maintenance free card if you plan to use your phone card minutes over several months, just a few minutes at a time. Get phone cards to call Russia without maintenance fees.