Rule card · Spain
Keep your Movistar number active while abroad
Keep a Movistar Spain number active abroad. The balance lasts 6 months, with 40 days to recover it. More than 54 days with no balance could lose the number.
Checked against official pages on October 8, 2026. Rules move; when this one does, it goes on the changelog.
Rule at a glance
prepaid accounts only- If you do nothing
- Recharge page, checked 8 October 2026: the balance lasts a maximum of 6 months, a recharge avoids expiry, an expired balance can be recovered by a recharge within 40 days, and if more than 54 days pass with no balance you could lose the number.
- Cheapest way to hold it
- unverified
- Roaming needed to receive codes abroad
- Unverified (Whether a received bank code counts as use of the balance is unverified on both pages.)
- Twelve months away, roughly
- unverified
Keep a Movistar Spain number active abroad from the recharge page that gives the balance six months, 40 days to recover it after it expires, and a could-lose line after more than 54 days with no balance. A recharge is the step the page names.
The Spain page carries the student count and names the carriers that were not opened. The account type here is prepaid.
What does the recharge page give you?
The 40 days and the could-lose line live on the recharge page. Movistar's recharge page, checked 8 October 2026, states: "Sí, el saldo caduca. Dispones de un máximo de 6 meses para consumir el saldo. Basta con realizar una recarga para evitar que suceda. Sin embargo, si tu saldo ha caducado, dispones de un plazo de 40 días para realizar una nueva recarga y recuperarlo de forma automática. Es importante, que realices esta nueva recarga porque si pasan más de 54 días y tu prepago sigue sin saldo, podrías perder tu número móvil."
The balance expires. A Movistar Spain 6 month prepaid balance is the maximum the page gives you to use it, and a recharge avoids that expiry. After it expires, the Movistar 40 days to recover expired balance are a recharge that brings the balance back automatically. The Movistar more than 54 days could lose the number clause is the next one, and podrías stays could. Recharge while one of those windows is still open.
Which window are you in?
The six months are for using the balance. The 40 days start after it has expired and recover it automatically. The more-than-54-days line is about the number, and it applies when the prepaid line still has no balance. The twelve-month cell stays unverified, because the page prints no holding price. Whether roaming is required to receive a code is unverified on this page. The options page lists holds when a recharge is the step this page names.