Talk:United Kingdom/@comment-91.152.194.62-20171113184606/@comment-24682153-20171114165114

Who've told you this? It's easy to get a SIM card online on eBay.co.uk, but topping up from abroad is a different story.

It's mentioned in the article several times and highlighted in the Basics section: The restriction to UK-issued credit cards for top-ups concerns almost all UK providers. To be safe, don't count on it. There have been some loopholes like AmEx or old Revolut cards, but generally your credit/debit card needs to be registered to an UK address.

Imho Vodafone is still the easiest choice as you can use a PayPal account for topping up. I don't know, if it needs to be an UK-account, but it's easy to create one. And FreedomPop and CTExcel are not so restrictive too.