BlaBlaCar asks for a phone number before it lets you in. No code, no charge — a number that never receives one costs you nothing. You choose the market, we hand you a real number, and whatever BlaBlaCar texts to it appears in your SMS For U account within seconds of BlaBlaCar releasing it. The same catalogue covers 1,400 services and buys numbers on four continents.
How you get your code
- Open SMS For U and search for BlaBlaCar.
- Pick a country from the list the app shows for BlaBlaCar right now — that list is BlaBlaCar's own.
- Confirm, and the number for BlaBlaCar is yours straight away.
- Enter it at BlaBlaCar — the phone verification step in your profile — and ask BlaBlaCar for the code.
- The BlaBlaCar code appears in SMS For U on its own. Copy it back into BlaBlaCar.
Why a phone number is asked for
BlaBlaCar needs a number that can really be reached, because the driver is meant to call it — and the account stays tied to it afterwards. BlaBlaCar does not ask during sign-up: the number is added later, in the account settings. The number goes in at: the phone verification step in your profile. BlaBlaCar normally asks for the number once and does not come back to it afterwards.
What the code looks like
BlaBlaCar sends a short numeric code by SMS. You do not have to go looking for it: the BlaBlaCar code drops into your SMS For U account by itself, seconds after BlaBlaCar lets it go. The window BlaBlaCar allows is short, so do not leave the code sitting in your account. One number normally carries one BlaBlaCar account.
What can go wrong
BlaBlaCar accepts numbers from many countries but not from all of them. Which countries work for BlaBlaCar changes over time, because BlaBlaCar adjusts its checks and because the available ranges of numbers change. That is the honest state of it — we can hand you a number, we cannot make BlaBlaCar take it. Read none of this as BlaBlaCar committing to anything. We keep success numbers off the page on purpose: they age faster than the page does.
Countries we serve
The 50 markets below are the ones we buy BlaBlaCar numbers in. They are examples of where we work and nothing more: a market on this list can still be empty for BlaBlaCar by lunchtime, because ranges get used up and refilled all day. So take the list as our reach, and take the country screen in the app as the answer to "can I have a BlaBlaCar number from here right now" — only the app knows that.
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- France
- Spain
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Poland
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Norway
- Denmark
- Finland
- Ireland
- Czechia
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Slovenia
- Greece
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Cyprus
- Malta
- Iceland
- USA
- Canada
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Argentina
- Colombia
- India
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Australia
- South Africa
- Nigeria
- Turkey
- Ukraine
Common questions
How do I get a BlaBlaCar verification code without my own SIM card?
Open SMS For U, search for BlaBlaCar and pick a country. You get a real phone number, you enter it at BlaBlaCar (the phone verification step in your profile), and the code BlaBlaCar sends appears in your SMS For U account by itself. No SIM card is involved, and the BlaBlaCar number is not yours to keep.
How fast does the BlaBlaCar code arrive?
The BlaBlaCar code appears in your account within seconds of BlaBlaCar sending it. How long BlaBlaCar itself takes is up to BlaBlaCar and to the country the number comes from, which is why nothing here is worded as a promise.
What happens if no BlaBlaCar code arrives?
You do not pay for a BlaBlaCar number that brought no code. Cancel the order in the app and the payment is refunded as soon as the cancellation is confirmed. That is the whole rule, and it is why a failed BlaBlaCar attempt costs nothing: no code, no charge.
Which countries can I use for BlaBlaCar?
BlaBlaCar numbers come from the 50 markets listed on this page. Which of them can be picked for BlaBlaCar at this moment is on the country screen in the app: that list moves through the day, and a page in a search index cannot keep up with it.
Can I use the same number for BlaBlaCar again later?
A used BlaBlaCar number is not reserved for you indefinitely. BlaBlaCar normally does not come back to it after sign-up, but if you need lasting access to the BlaBlaCar account, use a number of your own.