Every FairWave plan includes FairCredit. Land home with gigabytes left over and 70% of their value returns to your account, ready for your next trip. Not loyalty points. Not a discount code. Dollars, calculated from what your unused data was worth.
The rule
The share of your plan you didn't use, times what you paid, times 70%. That is your FairCredit.
You can do this math before you buy: every plan in the list shows its price per GB. It is the same math we do after you fly.
One exception, stated here rather than in a footnote: on a very large plan you barely touched, the return is capped so that the order never ends up sold below cost. It bites on big plans that went almost unused, and your account always shows the exact figure.
How it works
1. Travel like you always do. No tracking rituals, no claim forms. Your plan just runs.
2. Your plan ends, we do the math. We wait about a day after it ends, so the final usage figure from the network has settled, then we check your consumption one last time and calculate.
3. The credit lands in your account. Next time you check out, it comes off the price automatically. You can switch that off if you would rather save it.
A worked example
Spain · 20 GB · 30 days · $16.40 (that is $0.82 per GB)
You used 12 GB over ten days in Madrid and Sevilla. 8 GB left when the plan ended.
You left 40% of the data you paid for unused, so 40% of $16.40 is $6.56. FairCredit returns 70% of that unused value: $4.59, added to your account about a day after the plan ends.
Your next 20 GB plan costs you $11.81.
Why we do this
The travel data business has a quiet favorite metric. It is called breakage: the share of what you paid for that you never use. Plans are sized generously and priced accordingly, because the seller keeps whatever you don't finish. Buy 20 GB, use 11, and the other 9 quietly become someone's margin.
We think a plan you didn't finish shouldn't work like a tip.
So FairCredit is not a perk we bolted on. It is how the product is priced to work: you pay for data, you use what the trip needs, and most of the rest comes back. It also means we have no reason to upsell you a bigger plan than your trip requires. If you overbuy, the bulk of the difference returns anyway.
What FairCredit is not
• Not points. It is denominated in dollars, not in a currency we invented.
• Not a store of gigabytes. What comes back is value, which you can spend on any plan, anywhere we sell.
• Not conditional on asking. You don't claim it. It is calculated whether or not you open the app.
• Not a lock-in trick. It exists so your next trip is cheaper, not so you can't leave.
FAQ
Is FairCredit cash?
It is credit, applied to any FairWave plan. It is not transferable and it is not redeemable for money. If something goes wrong with the eSIM itself, that is a separate matter: contact support and we will review it.
Which plans earn it?
Any plan with a set data allowance, which is almost all of them. A plan with no fixed allowance has nothing to measure, so there is nothing to return. You also need to have activated the eSIM: a plan that never starts never ends, so there is no consumption to calculate from. Amounts under $0.10 are not issued.
I bought several plans. Where does the credit go?
Into one balance on your account, whoever used the data. When you check out, the oldest credit is spent first, so nothing sits there aging while you spend newer credit.
What if I use everything?
Then you bought exactly the right size, which is the other way to win. Nothing is owed in either direction.
Why would you give money back?
Because the alternative is pricing plans on the assumption you'll waste data, which is how the rest of the category works. We would rather you trust the card and come back.