Collect call from UK?
 

I know that this must be incredibly basic and obvious but my googling skills seem to have left me today.

How do I make a collect call (reverse charge) from the UK to the US or Canada? I've asked several colleagues here and none of them know - they just know that it must be incredibly expensive :).

Thanks,

Dr. PITUK

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...8&page=1&pp=15

this thread has some info on making cheap calls from the UK to the US.

If you want to reverse the charges you need to dial 0800 reverse. It is outstandingly expensive, but if you know someone rich enough to cover the charges then I guess it's no big deal.

Just down the road from you Pit in Newton Abbot !

Can't say I've ever reversed calls to the US or Canada but I use these guys

http://www.telediscount.co.uk/accessnumbers.php

Current rates are 1p a minute to landlines and mobiles in both countries and no need to sign up or prepay anything.

To make a collect call to the US, you would need to dial an 0800 access number that can be found at http://www.consumer.att.com/global/e...ess_codes.html

For Canada, see http://www.infocanadadirect.com/engl/5_0/index.asp

Keep in mind that the party you are calling will likely be charged at a rate of a few dollars/minute.

Thanks for the information. I'll give the ATT number a try. From what I can tell on the 0800 Reverse web page, it only deals with domestic calls :(.

Thanks,

Dr. PITUK

I'm really not sure why you would want to, though, with calls from the UK to the US and Canada being as cheap as they are, either with the account-opening discounters or with pre-paid calling cards.

I haven't done it in the past. Unfortunately I've had to deal with a company that likes to keep me on hold for ages while trying to fix *their* mistake. If it was work I wouldn't bother, but they did say call collect - so I will :)

Thanks,

Dr. PITUK

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In that case, I think you might as well just call the BT international operator - 118 505.

Don't do it! You can get cheap phone cards everywhere and most of them have access to a 0800#. Do your callee a favor and don't burden them with a huge collect call charge.

When I had trouble using my Amex in Russia, I called them collect using MCI's local access number in Moscow. Didn't have any trouble, but I'm sure Amex paid a fortune for the call.

Seeing your based in UK and trying to call collect to US, my question is are you trying to bankrupt or exact revenge on the person you will be calling in the US ?. I can promise you whoever accepts a collect call from the UK would be billed several dollars per minute plus connection fees taxes etc.

If you do it though, you will make that persons local carrier very happy. :D