I am looking for a SIM CARd she can use to buy in moscow to use in new york when she comes out from the plane.

Thanks!

Honestly I doubt you will find one.... What about you buying one here and getting to her before she leaves?

I think its possible with roaming?

But, ye that costs insane money to ship. no thanks. What I should have is left one when i came there.

She might want to check with her carrier to see if she needs to have her phone "unlocked" for international roaming... The other question would be is there a US based cell carrier that she would be able to get a signal from as GSM networks operates on 4 different frequencies and of course US is different than Europe. Her cell phone may not be compatable (possibly require a tri-band or quad-band phone). She should check with her existing company to find out.

You can mail a US SIM card to her. She needs a tri-band phone too (Russia and the US use GSM on different frequencies.) Also, you aren't supposed to use cellphones going through customs anyway. Probably not worth the hassle in the end.

Good point!

Your best bet is to buy one locally and send it to her. The odds of her being able to buy one there and use it here are very, very low. Even if she could, she needs a tri or quad band phone.

My fiancee had no problem using her existing sim card in Egypt, but that's a different market, etc. Her phone didn't work in the U.S (not tri-band or better) and we sent it home with her parents.

Your best bet would be to DHL her a phone to use when she arrives, all set and ready to go. Probably not really necessary though.

Good luck!
AKDiver

Why not just buy one when she gets to JFK?

I agree. But the OP seemed to want to her to have something to use the microsecond she steps off the plane.

Cheers!
AKDiver

E-mail her a prepaid phone card and have her call you from a pay phone when she arrives. Did that with my step daughter when she arrived this summer. A lot easier than trying to send phones or SIM cards for phones that probably won't work here.

Thats perfect.

Thanks!

I will just give my calling card num that i use to call her, any toll free phone will work.

THANKS

HAVE HER CALL ALL OF US, ON YOURT CARD, WHEN SHE GETS IN. LOL

You could always look at the arrival monitor to see when the plane arrives. When it lands, you'll know she is there.

I really doubt there will be any pay phones available between the gate and the customs desk. Terrorists could use them to plan their next big attack, or shove a small bomb in the coin return slot or something. Can't have that you know!!

Your best bet is probably to tell her to just ask a random person if she can use their cell phone to make a quick call. No one is going to tell a pretty girl "no, you can't, now piss off" - even in NYC.

Cheers!
AKDiver

You can check the status of her flight's arrival/departure via the internet. Use the carrier's website (aeroflot.ru, delta.com, etc.) then enter the flight number.

There's probably no doubt about her getting here, I'm assuming you're trying to have her call you when she clears customs so you can pick her up or arrange for her next step in travel. To do that, a pre-paid card is best, or she can do the old-fashioned pay phone, or believe it or not... you can still call collect too!

There were some Koreans renting cell phones to tourists there when I passed through.... but the signs were all in Korean, so that probably won't help her. (Unless she can read Korean!) She might be able to use their phone for a minute though.

Your best bet is to hook her up (via e-mail) with a toll-free access number, (which would be free, as opposed to the $.50 call from a payphone to a local number) and a pre-paid pin number that you could even add speed dial to, so all she'd have to do is step up, dial 1-888-123-4567, then the operator says (in English) "Please enter your pin code now." She does, then is prompted (once again in English) to "Enter your destination number or pre-selected speed number now." She pushes one button... then gets you on the line.

Easy as cake.

I don't know a card that you can do this on, but 5 minutes on Google and you should be hooked up. Elena and I, when she passed through JFK, did the extremely difficult process of what we call "patience" then I just met her at CVG when her flight arrived. There was no contact from the time she left home until the time she arrived here. I gave her my home and cell number and said: "hey, you're a big girl. If you have any problems that you can't sort out... you call me. If not, see you at CVG. Goodluck, and Godspeed." She showed up just fine, and we saved the money that she would've used to say "now I'm in New York... see you in 6 hours" for her to tell her mom and 'nem "now I'm in Cincinnati. See you when I see you."

(I'm continually surprised by the resourcefulness of the average Russian woman. MacGyver would've never made it in Moscow, the women would've said "what he doing? I do this ###### every day? Why he is special? I will not watch this TV show.")

(And just another quick aside..... When I read the title of this post, I immediately assumed you were referring to a group of terrorists, not a girl that needs to make a call!)

So true, Russian wmen arevery rersourceful, strong and can get where they have to go without us holding them back. lol