How to Borrow Credit from Du and Stay Active Easily
It is normal to get out of balance, but the situation becomes tense when you have to do an important call and find, that there is no balance in your mobile account. To solve this problem, your favorite Cellular network Du offers an advanced balance offer for its users. You can borrow credit from DU with various methods including Code, SMS, or auto loan without dialing a code or sending a message.
Du users can complete their important calls even with zero balances by getting a Du loan ranging from AED 5 to AED 50 or making a 3-minute-long call even without getting a loan. But how? Let’s find it now.
How to get Du Advance Balance by USSD code?

Suppose you check your Du balance and fount it zero and but there is an important that you have to make. In this situation there is no need to be worry. You can borrow credit from Du by USSD Code:
- Open your keypad screen and dial *108#
- Reply with 1
- Soon, you will receive AED 5 to your mobile account balance.
You can also dail *108*1#. It is an altenate USSD code you can dail directly without getting into stuck in reply to popup message.
Barrow Du Credit by SMS
Getting a loan on your DU SIM is like saying 5 to someone. Here is a complete guide regarding getting AED 5 via a short messaging service.
- Launch SMS App: Navigate through the SMS app that you are using to send & receive messages
- Write New Message: Write a news message & Type 5
- Enter Recipient: Enter 1080 in the recipient’s number
- Send Message: Press the send button to send a message to get AED 5 on your DU SIM
After some moments you will receive a message regarding successfully obtaining the loan.

Du Auto Loan

Usually, you have to manually borrow the credits from DU to call someone, when you get out of balance. But thanks to the auto loan service, you will receive AED 5 to your account when your balance gets lower than AED 1.
- Dial *108# for auto loan
- Reply with 2
- Your service is now active, you will automatically receive credits to your mobile account when your balance gets low.
Also, you can activate the service by sending an SMS “AUTO ON” to 1080. To deactivate at any time send “AUTO OFF”
Du Zero Credit Call
Out of balance but not want to borrow credit from Du? You can still make an call of up to 3 Minutes locally * internationally.You do not need to activate this offer, whenever you call insufficient balance Du will connect your call after a beep. The beep will remind you that your call is going with zero balance and charges of that call will be dedicated from the next recharge. If you do not continue the call simply hang up the phone.

The service costs AED 1.50 (+5% VAT) per call. Also, you can not make more than one call.
Terms & Conditions for Du Balance Loan
- The borrowed credits will be automatically dedicated once you recharge your account balance.
- Du will charge a fee of AED 1 (+ 5% VAT) on every borrowed credit of AED 5.
- For Zero Credit Call the charges are AED 1.5 (+ 5% VAT).
- The Loan offer is only for those users who have been using the line for the last 3 months.
- To avail of the offer you have to use a minimum of AED 10 in a month.
Closing thoughts
Borrowing credits from Du is easy and convenient. This service helps you in hard times when recharge is possible. But it is friendly advice, to keep an eye on your mobile balance (link of article check du balance) to avoid unnecessary fees.