5 free messages per month

Activated an Explorer+ and received a message saying if I replied back (which I did) that I would get 5 free messages per month. Anyone else encounter this and if so, how do you know you do in fact get the 5 free messages per month. My account doesn't reflect this.

0 twolpert over 5 years ago

These are your 5 free TEST messages. Test messages always go to Garmin, and they generate an automated reply just like the one you saw during activation. The point here is to encourage you to test the device before you take it out into the back country.

To be perfectly clear, these are NOT normal, unrestricted messages. Test only.