<p>A method for obtaining a service in an offline mode and later completing the service in an online mode. The method includes obtaining a service in an offline mode at a communications device (104), wherein the service would have required at least two transactions with a first server (112) in an online mode. The method then includes associating with the service a pointer to a sequence of at least one operation to be performed at a first server (112), and sending in an online mode the pointer.</p>