Mardee, you are funny! Lol.
Ok, this is a Free Now answer, not an Airalo answer. I just updated my payment info in Free Now since I had an expired card there. That caused me to look at my usage history and I see I tried to use it in Warsaw in Sept. 2022 when I arrived at the train station, with just Airalo data available.. I say “tried” because the app worked and I had a ride scheduled. I did not need to be texted a code.
The reason I didn’t actually use it was my user error and learning curve. Warsaw was different for me in that sometimes the driver can’t actually get to where you are and there pops up a meeting place location. You can follow the map to the meeting place (you can also choose to not accept that) but I didn’t know any of that. Both the driver and I tried finding each other within the allowed time, but I know I was making it hard. This may happen in other places, as well, but it’s the only place I have tried using Free Now with Airalo data.
The meeting place thing also happened with Uber (and with Uber in Wroclaw) but I was learning. Ha!
Maybe I didn’t need a code because my app was already set up. Because except for my ignorance, it worked just like Uber. No codes.