Talk:China/@comment-24178304-20131117034326

I am in China right now and purchased a Unicom card yesterday. One of the hotel staff actually walked me to the store and translated for me (for that he got a nice tip). Anyhow, the way it works is that if you purchase a card in the middle of the month, you pay for just what is left for the month... This means that you will have only the alottment for the month that is remaining. For example, I purchased mine on 16 November. So, I only paid for the remaining days/data for this month. The total was $130RMB ~$22USD - I asked for the 500MB plan, so I have 250MB remaining. Keep this in mind if you plan on using more data, or can plan your travel to coincide with particular dates. :)