If there is one reason you want to know how to check Airtel balance, it is because you don’t want to be caught unawares. You don’t want to be in a situation whereby you want to call, browse, or send an SMS, but you can’t because you have run out of airtime or data bundle.
To this end, this post is written to list the codes to check Airtel balance, and since network codes are made up of numbers and symbols, we advise you to bookmark this page so that you can easily come back to it when you forget the codes.
Airtel’s largest markets are arguably India and Nigeria
As a carrier provider, Airtel is popular in India and Nigeria. Therefore, it has been observed that many of the people looking for how they can check airtime and data balance on the network come from the two countries. In light of this, this post is going to list out the codes for the two countries separately.
All you need to do is jump to the section for your country, and use the responding codes.
How to Check Airtel Balance in India
- Dial *123# to check your airtime main balance
- Dial *123*10# to check net balance
- To see Airtel’s various offers and packages, dial *121#. When you see an offer you want to subscribe to, input the number and tap on SEND or related option on your phone’s dialer app
- To borrow credit on Airtel India when you have exhausted the one you recharge, dial *141#
- To check your Internet data balance on 3G or 4G, dial *121#. Dial *123*9# to check 2G internet balance
Other numbers related to codes to check Airtel balance are as follow:
- If you need to speak to a customer care agent, dial 121, and if you have a complaint, the customer complaints number of the network is 198
- The Airtel recharge number is 123
- To activate Do not Disturb (DND), dial 1909
How to Check Airtel Balance in Nigeria
The way Airtel works in India, in term of codes, isn’t too different from the way it works in Nigeria. So, many of the codes above are applicable in Nigeria.
Below are the different codes for checking balance in Nigeria.
- To check data balance and expiration date, dial *140#; after dialling the code, you will get an SMS that shows detail information about your available data
- If you didn’t receive an SMS immediately after dialling *140#, dial *123*10# to check your 2G network data balance; *123*11# to check your 3G network data balance; and *121*8# to check your 4G network data balance.
- For night data plan, dial *123*197# to check the remain balance, and for night minutes balance, dial *123*6#.
- To check your credit or Airtime balance, dial *123#, and *123*7# to check your SMS balance. If you don’t have much credit, the code to borrow credit on Airtel is *500*credit amount#
- To see Airtel data and credit bonus, dial *123*1#, and dial *121*1# for minutes balance
After know how to check Airtel balance in Nigeria, you may also want to know the codes of related service. Here are three important related codes.
- Dial *282# to check your Airtel number
- Dial *888# to check missed calls and notifications
- Dial *566# to see special offers
- If you need to speak to a customer service agent, dial 121
The above are the codes to check Airtel balance in India and Nigeria. As stated at the beginning of this post, the codes can be easily forgotten because they are made up of symbols and numbers, which are easily forgotten by humans. Besides, the codes are too many, so it may be difficult to remember everything.
Instead of trying hard to cram all the codes, you should bookmark this page and come back to it anytime you want to use any of the codes.
Bonus: Check out how to get free data on Airtel.
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