Where to buy a SIM card at Ben Gurion airport, Israel?

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Are there any places to buy an Israeli SIM card when at the Ben Gurion airport, in Israel?



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Based on a trip in December 2018, after posting my question, I can report there is a booth in the non-secure area of the terminal, on the ground floor (near the exit from the arrival/baggage claim/customs area) that sells 019mobile.com SIM cards at a 66% mark up over their website prices ($50 vs $30) for 2 weeks with unlimited international calling and 2 gig data. The booth is convenient to get to and they put the sim in your phone for you. The sim card I purchased had a cell number that becomes inoperative after the 2 weeks of service I purchased. Probably there are better plans (with this or other vendors) for people who will be visiting Israel often, that let you keep the same number, but that type of plan was not offered to me.

Here is the booth, and a map of the ground floor:

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Can you buy a SIM card at Ben Gurion airport?

Where to buy an Israel sim card at Ben Gurion Airport. What is this? As soon as you walk into the arrivals hall after immigration you will see shops straight ahead of you and on your left hand side. There are only two shops that sell an Israel prepaid sim card for tourists: 019 Mobile and the Steimatzky book store.

How do I get a SIM card for Israel?

Where Can You Buy a SIM Card in Israel? You can get an Israeli SIM card in Cellcom/Golan Telecom, Partner, Pelephone & HOT Mobile stores or other retailers, including grocery stores, electronic stores & convenience stores (for the mobile network operators or MVNOs, like 012mobile and 019 Mobile).

Can I buy a SIM card at the airport?

You can usually purchase SIM cards and prepaid vouchers (or top them off) at hotels, drug stores, newsstands, and now at vending machines at airports.

Which SIM card is best in Israel?

There is fierce competition and there is NOT that much difference between the mobile internet providers in Israel. Therefore I consider Pelephone as the best prepaid sim card in Israel in 2022. They have an amazing network coverage and offer 70 GB and unlimited calls and sms in Israel for just 59 NIS = $18.



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Answer 2

In addition to the 019mobile booth, there's this vending machine on the ground floor of the airport: enter image description here

next to one of the exits, which sells prepaid mobile SIM cards. I haven't checked the prices myself recently, but they are reported to be exorbitant (news item is from 2016). Note the 019mobile prices are also quite high.

For reference only, and not at the airport: You can get a decent prepaid card for 30 NIS (the HOTTalk package by Hot Mobile: 500 min voice, 500 SMS messages, 5 or 10 GB data, not exactly clear; expires in 10 days). 30 NIS are under 8.5 USD. Again, this is if you actually go to a HOT Mobile store/booth.

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