Have you ever experienced wanting to text someone only to discover that you don’t have any remaining load? Before you ask your friend to send you load or go outside to buy prepaid load (or even buy load online), you can try to borrow load. I will teach you how to borrow load in Smart and TNT based on my personal experience.
Smart and TNT offer their subscribers the ability to borrow load or texts in case of emergency. You can even borrow text, call and Internet promos as long as you’re qualified.
The Smart SOS service or “utang load” allows you to borrow prepaid load credits or selected text, call and Internet bundles so you don’t have to request for a pasaload from friends or family.
After receiving the Smart loan load, you will be deducted the corresponding amount on your next load recharge or top-up. So keep that in mind the next time you top up your prepaid load credits because Smart will automatically deduct the amount of your loan.
So who are qualified to borrow load in Smart or TNT? For starters, your Smart or TNT SIM needs to be active for at least 30 days. This is meant to prevent abuse. So make sure that your SIM is at least a month old before availing of the Smart SOS service.
Take note that you can borrow only one Smart SOS loan at a time. If you have an unpaid loan, you need to pay it before you can borrow again.
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How to Borrow Load in Smart and TNT
Borrowing load from Smart or TNT is very easy. All you need is a mobile phone (obviously) and you can borrow load even if you have zero balance. Here are some ways to borrow load in Smart and TNT:
Dial *767 or *SOS
Just dial *767 on your mobile phone and wait for a text message confirming your loan.
You will receive 3 Smart/TNT texts and ₱1 airtime load valid for one day. ₱4 will be deducted on your next load top-up.
You can also borrow 5 texts to all networks valid for one day by dialling *7572. ₱5 will be deducted on your next top-up.
If you want to call someone, you can borrow 1 minute of calls to Smart/TNT. Just dial *7871 and ₱6.50 will be deducted on your next load top-up.
Dial *5623# or *LOAD#
Another way to borrow load in Smart and TNT is to dial the USSD code *5623# and choose from several options.
With this method, you can choose to borrow texts, voice calls or combo packages.
| Name | Description | Deduction | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|
| P4 ON NET SMS | Borrow 4 texts to Smart/TNT | 4.00 | 1 day |
| P5 ALL NET SMS | Borrow 5 texts to Smart/TNT | 5.00 | 1 day |
| P6.50 ON NET VOICE | Borrow 1 minute call to Smart/TNT | 6.50 | 1 day |
| P7 BIG SEVEN | Borrow 9 texts to Smart/TNT | 7.00 | 1 day |
| P10 COMBO SMS | Borrow 5 texts to Smart/TNT + 2 voice messages to Smart/TNT | 10.00 | 1 day |
| P10 COMBO VOICE | Borrow 1 minute call to Smart/TNT + 5 minutes Internet | 10.00 | 1 day |
Text a Keyword to 7676
You can also borrow load in Smart and TNT by texting SOS (keyword) to 7676. You will then receive a confirmation message that your loan request is successful.
Here are the keywords, deduction amount and validity for Smart SOS packages that you can borrow:
| Name | Keyword | Description | Deduction | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG7 | SOS BIG7 to 7676 | Borrow 9 texts to Smart/TNT | 7.00 | 1 day |
| BIG10 | SOS BIG10 to 7676 | Borrow 3 texts to Smart/TNT and 10 texts to all networks | 10.00 | 1 day |
| SURF10 | SOS SURF10 to 7676 | Borrow 10 minutes of Internet surfing + ₱1 airtime load | 10.00 | 1 day |
| ALL OUT SURF 20 | SOS ALLOUT20 to 7676 | Borrow unlimited texts to all networks, 20 minutes calls to Smart/TNT/Sun, 150MB Internet data, and free Facebook | 24.00 | 1 day |
| ALL OUT SURF 30 | SOS ALLOUT30 to 7676 | Borrow unlimited texts to all networks, 30 minutes calls to Smart/TNT/Sun, 300MB Internet data, and free Facebook | 36.00 | 2 days |
| UCT 30 | SOS UCT30 to 7676 | Borrow unlimited texts to all networks, unlimited calls to Smart/TNT/Sun, and 100MB Internet data | 36.00 | 1 day |
For TNT subscribers, just replace SOS with SAKLOLOAD and send to 7676. For example: SAKLOLOAD SURF10.
How to Check Your Load Balance
To know your Smart SOS load balance, just text SOS BAL to 7676 for Smart subscribers and SAKLOLOAD BAL to 7676 for TNT subscribers. Or you can open SIM Toolkit and tap Prepaid Balance.
Easy, isn’t it? So the next time you run out of load and you needed to contact someone urgently, just dial *767 or follow any of the methods mentioned above. Don’t forget to pay your loan by reloading your prepaid load or texting PAY to 7676.
