Contrary to popular belief, there are ways to make free calls from almost anywhere in the country. While stealing a friend's cell phone and denying the charges later may seem like a good plan at first, there are alternatives. In fact, there are many phone companies out there that are happy to give out free calling minutes!

Imagine what you could do once you had the ability to make free calls at any time, through any phone. You can call friends after work, loved ones on vacation, or the tow truck after a dreaded flat tire. By doing so, you also reduce the monthly costs your phone bill and spend a little extra money on other things, be it new clothes, dinners or gifts.

To find out how to make free calls through a phone company, contact one that offers free calling card minutes for registered members in their "exchange" program. All registered members will have the opportunity to sign in and become a part of a wide range of minute-collecting programs. By filling out surveys, purchasing gifts and everyday items online, and by referring friends back to the program itself, free minutes are collected into the card.

Make Free Calls Using a Calling Card

Once a good amount of free minutes are combined in your card, all you will need to do is call a local or toll free number and input your PIN and eventual destination call number. If it is a local call, one unit of time will be deducted for every minute (or fraction thereof) is used. If a long distance or international call is made, a certain number of call units per minute will be deducted from the card, depending on the area code or nation that is called.