Calling friends and family that are not in Nigeria can be quite expensive as we all know and that is why plans like mtn xtraspecial tariff plan exist.

Having a cheap international call rate for 11 countries isn’t the only reason you might want to migrate but also because of the data plan offers that come with it.

The international countries are:

United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, China, South Korea, India, Norway, Malaysia, Ireland, and Romania.

Not to confuse some of us, you can also make local calls to other networks in Nigeria. It is even at the same rate as the international calls, an offer you can’t get on most plans in the country. This makes it one of the best tariff plans for calls among many out there.

Over the course of this write-up, I will discuss everything you need to know about xtraspecial plan from its migration code to call rate and data plans (including code to buy them).

How to Migrate to MTN XtraSpecial

Use one of the following codes/methods to migrate to mtn xtra special:

Text 408 to 131 as an SMS
Dial *408*1#
Dial *123*2*4#

MTN XtraSpecial Data Plans and Codes

XtraSpecial Data Plans	Prices	Subscription Code
1.5GB	750 Naira	4084#
3.75GB	1500 Naira	4083#
6GB	2000 Naira	4082#

The 750 Naira data plan has a validity of 14 days or 2 weeks while both the N1500 and N2000 bundles have 30 days validity.

You can opt-in for renewal by sending RSP1 to 131, R131 to 131, and RSP to 131 for the N750, N1500, and N2000 plans respectively.

Similarly, you can opt-out of renewal by texting NOSP1 to 131, NO131 to 131, and NOSP to 131 for the N750, N1500, and N2000 plans respectively.

MTN XtraSpecial Call Rate

13.33 kobo/second for both local and international calls to 11 selected countries.

Let’s do some call rate calculations to know the talk time which is how long it will take to exhaust different recharge values.

First, let’s convert the call rate to Naira per minute from K/sec.

13.33 kobo – 1 second
X – 60 seconds

X = 799.8 kobo

But,

1 Naira – 100 kobo
X – 799.8 kobo

X = 7.998 Naira per minute

MTN XtraSpecial Talktime

Now let’s calculate the Talktime for 100 up to 1000 Naira airtime recharge.

100 Naira Recharge

Talk Time = 100 / 7.998 = 12 minutes 30 seconds.

200 Naira Recharge

Talk Time = 200 / 7.998 = 25 minutes

300 Naira Recharge

Talk Time = 300 / 7.998 = 37 minutes 31 seconds

500 Naira Recharge

Talk Time = 500 / 7.998 = 62 minutes 31 seconds

1000 Naira Recharge

Talk Time = 1000 / 7.998 = 125 minutes 2 seconds

Final Thought

As you can see, the Talktime is impressive and very close to what you would have gotten on plans like Yafun Yafun with over 13 minutes of talk time not to talk of the great MTN Pulse tariff plan.

But when you consider the fact that this talk time isn’t just for local calls as the case is on both aforementioned plans but also for international calls to selected 11 countries listed at the beginning of this write-up, you will start to see why it is a great or even better call plan.

Apart from that, it also offers data plans that are a bit cheaper than what you will get on other tariff plans.

So if you have one or two relatives in any of the above foreign countries that you often keep in touch with, you should consider using mtn xtraspecial tariff plan as your default plan.