A:AnswerYou need the card to refill airtime minutes. The frequency of how often will depend on individual use and how long the minutes last per TracFone. ^Daphane
A:AnswerPlease contact TracFone tech support for help unlocking the phone, (800) 867-7183https://www.tracfone.com/techsupport . Our Mobile communications department will more than likely have your reset the phone to restore factory settings. You can reach out to them by private message on Twitter or Facebook @LGUSSupport. ^Daphane
A:AnswerPlease contact TracFone customer support for this issue at (800) 867-7183 or online at https://ww2.tracfone.com/case_select_action.jsp?task=tech_support. ^Daphane
A:AnswerYes, the phone is capable of making international calls. Please check with TracFone for more information, https://www.tracfone.com/techsupport or 800.867.7183. ^Daphane
A:AnswerThe simple answer is "Yes". The real answer is "It depends on the country". This phone operates with multiple technologies on multiple frequency bands.
The phone specs for frequency and technology are here: https://www.lg.com/us/support/products/documents/Datasheet_LG_LG%20Journey%20LTE_Tracfone_0626.pdf
The world map for the GSM (basically 2g and 3g) type technology is here: https://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html
The world map for LTE (4g) is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_frequency_bands