Are you on the lookout for the cheapest data plan in Nigeria? Are you finding it difficult to activate the Airtel night plan? Or are you trying to migrate to the Airtel Smart Trybe? If you are facing these problems, then rest assured a solution has appeared on your screens. In this article, you will learn how to migrate to the Airtel Smart Trybe, how to activate the night plan, and how to check and monitor your balances when it is activated to avoid being charged from your main airtime balance.
Airtel night plan is a discounted data bundle accessible from midnight, made available for users to browse the internet at an inexpensive rate. The Airtel night plan is only open to users subscribed to the Airtel Smart Trybe.
The Airtel Smart Trybe is a specially designed service of prepaid tariff plans that give exclusive benefits to users. Being a part of Smart Trybe allows you to enjoy the special benefits of the best rates of data and calls provided by the network. Subscribing to the Airtel Smart Trybe hands you a good rate of 11k/sec on every call you make, 1.5GB data for N500, valid for 7 days, and the special night plan of N25 for 250MB accessible from 12 am to 5 am.
To partake in the night plan, you must be part of the Airtel Smart Trybe. Migration is a simple operation that can be done with your device. Just dial the code *412# and reply 1 on the pop-up menu to migrate. After migration, the next bit of the process to use the night plan is straightforward.
After migrating to the Airtel Smart Trybe, you can follow the steps below to activate the night plan:
- Have at least N25 worth of airtime loaded on your Airtel sim card.
- Dial the Airtel code for the night plan which is *412#.
- Answer the pop-up menu with 3.
- The night plan is successfully activated.
The time for usage starts at 12 am exactly and runs till 5 am. In a situation where you do not exhaust the allocated data, Airtel will roll it over to the next night. The night plan can be activated for a maximum of five times per night, which is a total of N125 for 1.25GB of data.
After successfully activating the Airtel night plan, you must know how to check and monitor your data balance, to avoid being charged from your main airtime balance. You can do that using the USSD code method and the direct SMS method.
For the USSD code method, follow the steps below;
- Dial the Airtel code for checking the data balance which is *323#.
- You will get a menu to confirm your data balance request.
- An SMS will be sent containing your active data plan and balance.
For the direct SMS method, follow the steps below;
- Launch your SMS or messages app.
- Click on ‘start a new chat’ or ‘create a new message’.
- Type in the keyword ‘status’.
- Send the SMS to 141.
- You will receive a message containing your active data plan, and balance.
Checking your balance is a free process, irrespective of the method employed to carry out the operation. Now, you can browse for less with the night plan, and monitor your data balance while doing it. Explore your internet and have fun!