If you are interested in a family tariff, Megafon has recently developed a useful service. It allows you to use the Megafon - All Inclusive tariff for the whole family. The bottom line is that within the framework you have the opportunity to share minutes, SMS and Internet traffic included in your package with your loved ones and save on communications.
To do this, the one who has the “All Inclusive L-VIP” tariff is connected, creates a community, and then invites other participants to it. Thus, communication services will be in common use by all participants in this community.
The connection cost is 50 rubles. To join the community, each participant must also pay 50 rubles. There is also a subscription fee for each community member in the amount of 3 rubles per day. In this case, the fee for creating a community and the subscription fee for each participant are debited from the organizer’s mobile account. Participants only pay to join the community.
This tariff, like all others, includes 4G; the coverage of this service can be found on the corresponding page - 4G coverage map in MegaFon. Here you can also connect ]Always at home[/anchor].
Description
The “Family” option in Megafon allows you to share packages of minutes, SMS and gigabytes with your relatives, friends, acquaintances - with any subscribers of this operator that you choose. It looks like this:
- You are the organizer of the community and the owner of the donor tariff, the packages from which will be spent.
- The people you invite are community members who use packages shared by the organizer.
- Your rate is “All inclusive” L, L 12.16, XL, XL 12.16, VIP or VIP 12.16. Members can be enrolled in any plan from this carrier.
- The organizer pays a monthly fee according to the tariff and bears part of the costs for the “Family” service.
- Participants use minutes, SMS and gigabytes on equal terms, without individual restrictions or priorities. Everyone pays to join the community.
The maximum number of invitees is 9 people.
Offer cost
How much does it cost to make a tariff for the whole family at Megafon:
| Action | Who pays | Price |
| Connecting the service | Organizer | 50 rub. |
| Joining the community | Participant | 50 rub. |
| Subscription fee | Organizer | 3 rubles/day per person |
Important! The Community Organizer must be enrolled in one of the following All Inclusive plans: L, L 12.16, XL, XL 12.16, VIP, and VIP 12.16. There are no restrictions on Megafon Family tariffs for members, and the best option for them is any product without a subscription fee.
How to connect and use
Instructions on how to activate the Family service on Megafon:
- You need to log in to your personal account on the operator’s website or log into its mobile application.
- Open the “Family” section.
- Click on “Create a community”.
- Send invitations to relatives or other people with whom you want to share minutes, SMS and Internet traffic.
- Recipients receive notifications via SMS and a personal account on the operator’s website. Within 24 hours, a person must confirm his entry into the community.
After joining the “Family” (Megafon service), each participant can call, write and use the Internet as usual, but volume packages belonging to the organizer will be consumed.
Please note: adding a new participant will only be done if he has an amount in his account sufficient to pay for entry - 50 rubles. Money is debited when the confirmation is sent.
How to become a Megafon subscriber?
It’s easy to become a client of the company:
- You need to open the map on the operator’s official website and find a suitable office to visit.
- Check opening hours and come to the salon in person.
- Choose a pricing plan with your employee.
- Provide your passport, conclude an agreement, pay the fixed cost of a SIM card.
- Activate the received SIM card.
- You can immediately write an application to port your number. The cost of this service is 100 rubles.
In large cities there is SIM card delivery. To do this, you need to go to the official website and fill out an application for connection. A courier will come to you with a SIM card and the necessary documents.
You need to sign an agreement and transfer a fixed fee upon connection. These funds are credited to the linked account upon activation of the SIM card. You can check the availability of delivery in your city on the company’s portal by immediately filling out the form.
Additional Information
The organizer of the “My Family” community on the Megafon tariff should always have an amount sufficient to charge the daily subscription fee for all added participants. If the write-off does not occur due to lack of money, users lose access to packages of minutes, SMS and the Internet. In the absence of access to general packages, each subscriber receives communication services within the framework of his plan.
If any one package is disabled (if it has ended), users receive a notification about this. The service, which is not available for general use, is then provided to the subscriber as part of his plan. Other volumes continue to be consumed from the organizer’s volumes.
Also:
- At Megafon, the “Family” option on the tariff is valid throughout Russia, but under conditions corresponding to the organizer’s plan.
- When traveling, all incoming calls are paid according to the plan to which the subscriber is connected and are not consumed from the total volumes.
- Only a subscriber of the same network can be added to the community.
You can remove a member or leave a community in your personal account on the website, in the section of the same name.
Here are some other bonuses awaiting community members:
We think this is a very useful service that will help you save on your family budget!
Option “Family” - shared Internet, calls and messages
Let us immediately warn you that this option has been transferred to the operator’s archive, so it cannot be activated. The information in this section is for those who use it and want to clarify the conditions or disconnect.
“Family” is a MegaFon option for sharing minutes, traffic and messages with several subscribers. One of them creates a group of numbers (family members), and the rest join it. Everyone pays 50 rubles at the time of adding, as well as 3 rubles per day during use. The coverage area of shared services is determined by the tariff plan of the organizing number.
How to use:
- check the composition of the “family” - *105*1469#
- add or remove a participant - call 0500 and follow the prompts
If you want to stop using the service, deactivate it in your Personal Account. You can also ask a 24-hour support or call center employee to do this.
The Megafon family tariff has a number of advantages
Firstly, there is a real benefit, because you can save up to 50% of your family's mobile communications costs by using a common package of minutes, SMS and traffic. Secondly, simplicity and convenience, because... After connecting this service, there will no longer be a need to select tariff plans for each family member and track expenses. Everyone uses as many minutes, SMS and megabytes as they need, and nothing gets burned. Thirdly, with this service you can forget about roaming and Wi-Fi, because... The family package of communication services remains available to all community members during trips around Russia. Fourthly, using , you can connect any device to the general tariff: smartphone, tablet, modem, router, etc.
The service may not be equally beneficial to everyone.
It is necessary to objectively evaluate the individual consumption of minutes, SMS and Internet traffic of potential community members on individual tariff plans. Then compare them with the total subscription fee. For example, two separate MegaFon “All Inclusive M” tariffs in total in terms of cost and communication services included in the package will be almost equal to one “All Inclusive L” tariff with connected . Therefore, you need to measure seven times when planning to connect this service for yourself and your loved ones. You need to take into account all the pros and cons and have a good understanding of how the service functions.
Thus, Megafon’s tariff for families, namely, is not suitable for everyone. But the choice is yours. The operator does not impose anything on anyone. If “Family” seemed uninteresting and unprofitable to some, then for others it will be very useful.
Benefits of the service
What advantages does the Megafon operator option include:
- the maximum package is connected to one number;
- the largest number of participants - up to 10;
- regardless of the location of connected participants, they can fully use all incoming options;
- all family expenses become common and are calculated using a single traffic;
- There is no need to track communication expenses of each family member by selecting an individual tariff plan.
You can use the service from any device that supports a SIM card. The service is available to subscribers using the All Inclusive L and All Inclusive VIP plans. These are quite large and expensive tariffs, which can include up to 3,500 minutes, with a monthly communication fee of up to 1,990 rubles.
- Attention
- The use is not beneficial for all subscribers, since in addition to the general subscription fee, there is a need to make a daily payment for the service.
Tariff plan “Family” from the Megafon operator
Many mobile operators are more interested in groups of customers than individual subscribers. Therefore, most companies create corporate, family and other group tariff plans. Megafon is no exception. The organization provides special conditions within the framework, the prototype of which is similar services developed by competitors.
What are the advantages of “family” tariffs?
If each family member activates the package, spending will be uneven. This is due to the variability of customer needs: some talk on the phone a lot, while others talk less. Some people prefer to use traffic in large quantities, and some even do without access to the network. The essence of the “family” line of tariff offers is the possibility of using one option by several people at once. The subscription fee is charged exclusively from the balance of the main number.
Speaking about the advantages of such proposals, it is worth highlighting the following aspects:
- the ability to maintain a common account and use a comprehensive system of payment for services;
- no need to overpay for minutes that were not used;
- services are consumed from the general package, and if some options are exhausted, additional packages are automatically connected;
- the ability to comprehensively control communication costs;
- a chance to use all elements of the package throughout the country, subject to the conditions developed for your home region.
If we talk about the disadvantages of the option under consideration, there are few of them, or rather, one: the fact is that some users can use up traffic faster than others, so the main owner is forced to constantly purchase an additional package.
Tariff conditions without connecting to the “My Family” group
- Incoming calls are free and unlimited.
- When you connect to the tariff, the Internet Blocking service is automatically activated, and accordingly, access to the network is blocked. Great for pensioners and owners of push-button phones. When you disable this option, the “Basic Internet” option is automatically activated, which costs 10 ₽ per day and provides 100 MB for this money. traffic per day without speed limit, and then the speed is limited to 64 Kbps.
- Protection against random subscriptions is enabled.
Features of the “Family” service
It is relatively young and does not operate in all regional structures of the country. This is not a separate tariff plan, but a special option, within which the subscriber gets the opportunity to share minutes, messages, and the Internet. The option is available for older tariff plans of the family called “All inclusive”. In order for the subscriber to be able to freely share packages, he should log in to his personal user account and invite the other participants of the package there.
Despite the numerous advantages and privileges, the cost of the service can hardly be called low:
- community formation costs 50 rubles;
- each subsequent participant will have to pay 50 rubles to join;
- AP is charged for each “team member” 3 rubles daily.
Every person who joins is recognized as a participant, and the main owner of the package does not belong to this group, so there is no need to pay for it.
Pros and cons of the service
According to the description, on the Megafon website, the “Family” option has a number of advantages from the normal use of cellular communications, including:
- the maximum package is connected to only one phone number;
- the whole family or friends (there can be up to 10 people in a team) can be part of one community;
- the limit provided for in the contract is available for use by all group members;
- after the end of public quotas for calls, messages and traffic, the subscriber gets the opportunity to spend the limits available in his main package (applies only to participants);
- the subscriber's connection capabilities do not depend on the type of device used, the option is available on any device that uses a SIM card, for example, a phone, tablet, modem or router;
- in the use of the supplied packages there is no priority or division of priority between the participants and the community organizer; all team members have the right to spend as many services as they need until the packages are completely exhausted.
Despite the large number of advantages, the tariff is not without its disadvantages, the most notable ones are:
- You cannot set a quota for each family member; someone may spend more resources than is acceptable;
- mobile service quotas are available for use only by subscribers of one home region;
- for using the resource there is a daily fee for each connected subscriber until the organizer removes him from the list;
- a company's client cannot be involved in several communities at the same time, regardless of his role in the previous one;
- the organizer has the right to terminate the subscriber’s participation in the association at any time or close the group altogether;
- when the balance in the account of the group’s main contact runs out, all users are denied access to traffic, messages and calls until the balance is replenished;
- You can connect subscribers of other networks to use the contract only after transferring to Megafon service; while remaining a consumer of another network, participation in the team is impossible;
- shared resources are consumed first, you can start using your own package only after they are exhausted;
- unspent limits, both personal and group, expire;
- Connection option is available on a limited number of tariff plans;
- if the limits are exhausted early, the team founder is left with only charged services or additional functions for communication, while the purchase of new packages will make them available to other members of the association;
- The group founder can change the connection conditions and tariffs to those packages in which the “Family” option is not provided only after excluding all participants and deleting the community.
What does the operator promise?
There are several aspects that Megafon itself stipulates in advertising:
- the opportunity to save up to 50% on your balance on packaged mobile phone communication services;
- simplicity and ease of use of the package, because it means there is no need to select a package to suit the needs of each family member;
- the validity of the package in question during trips throughout the country, extended to each participant in this system;
- the ability to connect to the service absolutely any device equipped with a SIM card from the Megafon operator, since the company provides the opportunity to use a phone, tablet, router, modem, etc.).
In fact, every advantage comes with some kind of objection. The fact is that you need to choose a package again and do it constantly to avoid overpayments. And when packages for trips around Russia are exhausted, services will begin to be charged under unfavorable conditions for the subscriber. Nevertheless, this option is widely used among subscribers due to its many advantages compared to competitors' offers. Therefore, Megafon offers the opportunity to provide comfortable conditions for using mobile communications for all family members.
Tariffs for the whole family - what MegaFon can offer
To make communication within the family the most profitable, one must adhere to the principle “no one overpays for services that they do not use.” Let's present several typical communication profiles and find tariffs that suit them.
First of all, you need to make sure that all numbers in the family are connected in the same region and belong to MegaFon. Because intraregional conversations “with our own” are the cheapest.
Pensioners
Grandparents usually don't talk for hours on the phone, but they often call their relatives back to keep up to date. Therefore, two options are relevant for them:
- Tariff "Per second". You pay 3 rubles per minute of conversation, but there is no per-minute billing - everything is strictly based on seconds (each costs 5 kopecks).
- Tariff “Go to ZERO”. If you don’t speak for 24 hours, you don’t pay anything. I called once and 6 rubles were charged, but until the next day, calls to MegaFon (local numbers) are unlimited. I went online and was charged 25 rubles for a 100 MB package. Unfortunately, unused traffic is not saved and is canceled with the arrival of a new day. “Go to ZERO” from MegaFon is a convenient tariff for pensioners who like to talk, and periodically chat via Skype, log into Odnoklassniki, etc.
For children
If we are talking about schoolchildren, then you can get by with the described “Second-by-second” or “Go to ZERO”. The absence of a large traffic package is even a plus - there are fewer factors distracting from your studies.
For high school students and students, social networks and instant messengers are an important place to communicate with friends and the world in general. Plus, the Internet is needed for studying and to stay up to date with the affairs of society, the country, and the world. Do not forget that music is of great importance for young people - they spend a lot of free time alone with it.
We sum up all the requirements - it turns out “Turn on! Listen":
- 15 gigabytes of traffic
- unlimited on music services and instant messengers
- 300 minutes for calls
- device protection with antivirus with Anti-Theft function
Excellent assembly for 550 rubles per month.
For parents
In this category we include people who have already graduated from university, started working and, perhaps, already have children. It is important for the middle generation to call a lot - not only on family issues, but also for work, write SMS - to find out how a child’s test went or remind a spouse to buy chicken on the way home. And the Internet is not superfluous: read the news or watch a TV series on the subway, listen to music on the way to work, keep in touch with friends and acquaintances in instant messengers.
So, what can I recommend:
- If you need to talk a lot and surf the Internet a little - “Turn on! Speak." 10 hours of calls and 5 gigabytes of traffic for 550 rubles per month.
- If you need to make frequent calls and send messages – “Turn on! Write." 300 SMS, 300 minutes and 5 gigabytes of traffic for 400 rubles per month.
- If you need to make a lot of calls and frequently visit the Internet - “Turn on! Communicate." 15 gigabytes and 600 minutes for 600 rubles per month.
- If you need to call and watch movies/series/YouTube:
- “Turn on! Watch": 20 gigabytes, 800 minutes and 4 free films on MegaFon TV for 800 rubles per month.
- “Turn on! Watch+": unlimited Internet, 1500 minutes, movies and the best TV series on the planet for 1000 rubles per month.
By the way, the Internet on the “Chat” and “Watch” modifications can be made unlimited and you won’t have to pay anything for it. The “Unlimited Internet” option can be found and activated for free in your Personal Account. And if that doesn’t work, ask for help at a MegaFon salon or by calling the support line.
Personal opinion
It seems to me that this tariff is intended primarily for small children and pensioners. Yes, I know that pensioners are different, and many use unlimited Internet, but in this case, when we talk about the “tariff for pensioners,” it means low cost and a modest or non-existent Internet package.
By the way, as it turned out, this is approximately how the tariff was stated. The official press release states: “All benefits of the tariff are free and provide the opportunity to always be in touch with your children or elderly parents.”
What do we actually have, discarding all unnecessary parameters? Unlimited calls to the numbers of members of the “My Family” group, unlimited instant messengers, 1 GB of Internet. There is protection against unwanted subscriptions, and if necessary, access to the mobile Internet can be blocked. All this is a little limiting: on the one hand, there are free calls to family and some internet “for free”, and if you need something else, it is quite expensive.
