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I am a tourist in Thailand and am a little confused about the packaging of SIM cards I see in stores like 7/11.

They seem to have days marked on them, eg: 5g, 15 days, 150thb.

Does this mean that I have 15 days to use the SIM card before it expires?

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Does this mean that I have 15 days to use the SIM card before it expires?

It means the SIM card will expire 15 days after it is activated.

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(FYI: Are all prepaid SIM cards referred to as Tourist SIM cards in Thailand? Or are there some prepaid SIM cards “for locals”?)

Once it expires, one can buy some x-day (1 ≤ x ≤ 30) additional package using the same SIM card, e.g. via https://topping.truemoveh.com/ for TrueMoveH SIM Cards. Typically one "tops up" (= adds) the money by going to a 7-eleven (they'll ask for the SIM card phone number + cash: no credit card accepted for tops-up, I don't know why), then go on https://topping.truemoveh.com (mirror) to select which package to purchase (in this example, 1k THB were topped-up at a 7-eleven):

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Or one can buy top-ups in some stores:

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