Subscribe to the Sawa advance balance service by sending 1055 to 900
Are you running short of credit in your STC sim and can’t recharge immediately? Don’t worry. You can borrow loan by sending the credit code to 808808.
Moreover, you can activate the “advance credit service” available to all Sawa customers. Furthermore, as soon as your balance falls to zero riyal, STC sends an automated message to avail of the emergency balance.
This guide will teach you all the methods and codes to get STC loan or emergency balance.
STC Loan Requirements & Rules
- The emergency loan is only for the prepaid customers
- The balance in the sim must be as low as unable to make a call or SMS (Zero Riyal)
- Only Sawa customers can avail of the service
- The balance can be used to make calls, send SMS, etc
- The user cannot use the balance transfer service
- The loan will be deducted on the next recharge.
STC Automated Message Service For Advance Loan
STC sends an SMS through an automated service whenever you are low at balance. The message comes from 808808.
If you receive the message, then reply with ‘1‘. Your sim will be immediately recharged with 5 Riyals
Check The Credited Balance
As soon as you receive the credit, STC will send you a confirmation message. You can also check your emergency balance by dialing *166#
Whenever you recharge your sim, Sawa auto deducts the credited loan. In addition to that, the network doesn’t charge an extra amount as a service fee.
Note:
The automated message works 24 hours from its receiving time. The service expires if you don’t apply for STC emergency loan. In that case, you will have to borrow the STC load manually.
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Manually Borrow The Advance Load
Let’s say that you didn’t receive the automated message then how can you take STC advance balance? Very simple, just SMS the loan code to 808808.
Procedure:
- Open SMS messaging app
- Type 1 in the message
- Send to 808808
You will get a recharge of 5 Riyals immediately.
If you face any problem, call the helpline (900) for further assistance.
Subscribe to the Loan Service
STC offers “Advance credit service” to its customers. By activating, the SIM will be recharged with 5.5 Riyals as soon as the balance is zero.
To activate the service;
- Write 1055 in SMS and send it to 900
To deactivate the service;
- SMS 1056 to 900
How to Use STC Credit
After getting the advance load or extra credit from STC, you can use it to make calls, buy offers, or get internet MBBS except for the packages exceeding the credit.
However, because the emergency loan is as low as 5 riyals, you should use it carefully and recharge as soon as possible.
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