I recently purchased a blauworld SIM card at FRA and am wondering if I got a bad deal on the cost of the SIM. If so, no problem, but I would like to know for future reference. I bought it at Capi Electronics landside, as the mobile stores were not yet open. The vendor told me it was the cheapest card for calling the US.

€29.99 for the SIM card with €7.50 credit (so €22.49 for the SIM itself).

Airtime is 15¢/min to Germany (land & mobile) and 7.9¢/min to US (land & mobile). 15¢/text global. Free incoming calls & texts, of course.

The minimum recharge amount is €10.00 and only my US Visa card (not my US Mastercard or US Amex) was accepted by the website. I think it carries a 6- or 12-month expiration after the initial recharge, but can't find where I read that now. It does indicate 12-month expiration on the text I receive back from the Balance number.