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How easy is to get a prepaid SIM-card in the US for travel?

I'm visiting for two weeks and roaming prices are insane, I'm considering getting a prepaid SIM-card. Can I easily grab one in any shop, e.g. at the airport/Walmart? What are the prices? Unlimited data would be nice, but I can survive with a few GBs too, I'd probably need it mainly for navigation.

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About $35-50 at Wal Mart, prepaid, refill when needed. Very easy to get.

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- I've been there and I can confirm that it's expensive. As an example, here in Mexico, you can get a sim card for $7, and you just refill it with as little as $3 for 6 days and around 300 mb, or $15 for a month and 5 Gb.
  
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Yeah pretty easy dont even need an ID for the majority of states afaik. Not sure about airports but I assume so. Big corpo stores (target and walmart) will have them regardless though so no worries on that. As for prices the cheapest unlimited plan would be like visible at 25$ per month, avoid mint mobile since youll have to pay for 3 months in advance. Have fun

Edit: I'd go with visible since its on verizon's network which covers the majority of states, at&t prepaid is also an option but Im not sure on the price especially for unlimited data

Edit 2: forgot visible is an online store only so it wouldnt even be available at physical stores

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- Any ideas for T-mobile? It seems that Verizon and AT&T use exotic frequencies for my phone, so maybe that could be the best option, but I don't know how good their coverage is...
  
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  T-Mobile will issue an E-SIM for their prepaid service. I have used it as a secondary network within the past year to supplement the poor Verizon coverage in certain areas. Check their site for details
  
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  Mint Mobile uses the t Mobile Network. And they have a 7 day trial sim at Best buy for like 2 bucks you could just do two of those since you probably don't care about having the same phone number for both weeks. The bandwidth is limited though. Or you could get a month off unlimited for like 45 bucks.
  
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  My bad its like 3am right now so take what i say with salt. So usually these mvnos offer coverage maps so use that tool to check out the area. As for what main options you have i think it would be:
  
  metropcs: looks expensive ~~and cant find an option for single lines~~, sucks for them
  
  Boost: 15$ per month for 5gb, 25 for unlimited
  
  Tello: pretty flexible with your plans options so pick and choose but 29$ for unlimited. sim card can only be purchased via their online store
  
  us mobile: uses both verizon and tmobiles network 25$ for unlimited. sim card can only be purchased via their online store
  
  Out of the options I would probably go with boost since it has the best chance at being found at a store and us mobile if you can have it delievered to an address within the states. Theres probably other smaller mvnos that uses tmobiles network so keep doing some resesrch
  
  Edit: I read metro's website wrong
  
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- Just be very careful if you do this. If you leave your local SIM card active and someone calls your local number your phone will ring and if you answer it you can pay huge roaming charges.
  
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It’s still very easy. You can go into any Walmart and self-checkout with one using cash if you’d like.

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It’s very easy. T-Mobile is the cheapest and easiest for a burner sim in my experience.

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If your phone supports esim, you can actually get free data for 90 days from tmobile. I used it on my last trip to the states and it worked perfectly. I was even able to make calls, which you're not supposed to be able to do. Here's a thread about it.

https://forums.redflagdeals.com/t-mobile-free-t-mobile-90-day-unlimited-data-trial-2526310/

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Airlo you can buy a prepaid e-sim before you arrive and have it all setup, so your ready to go right out of the airport.

You can setup google fi and have them mail the simcard to your hotel so its ready when you arrive.

If you want unlimited data for your two weeks, order a visible simcard to your hotel.

Of all the options, I'd just recommend having a e-sim loaded onto your phone before you arrive (i.e. Airlo, but there are other options.)

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- Whoa, this would be nice, unfortunately my phone doesn't support eSIM yet
  
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My T-Mobile plan is $50 per month for unlimited, but it's prepaid with no credit/ID check (or if there is an ID check, passport should work). Not the cheapest, but there are certainly options for you. There might be a data-only plan for less.

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- Where would I go to get one of those? I might need it next week..
  
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  There's an app that you can download and sign up for it. Idk if it has esim tho.
  
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