topic Re: Re: Roaming in poland in Mobile Services

Re: Roaming in poland

JuneBB — Fri, 03 May 2024 09:19:15 GMT

Am I right in thinking, I am in contract monthly. If I text roaming 150 the day I go to Greece will I only get charged for the 7 days ? I take it I have to cancel on return. I don’t want to pay £25 for a month.

Re: Re: Roaming in poland

XRaySpeX — Fri, 03 May 2024 10:06:11 GMT

@JuneBB : You are mixing up 2 separate but connected things:

Texting ROAMING to 150. This enables you to roam on mobile networks abroad & is free. Normally you would never cancel it.
Texting ROAMING PASS to 150. This allows you to use most if not all of your UK allowances in the EU (& a few other countries). It costs £25 / billing month. You would cancel at the end of your trip by texting STOP ROAMING PASS to 150.

Without doing the 1st, the 2nd is useless.

Re: Re: Roaming in poland

bristolian — Fri, 03 May 2024 09:54:56 GMT

You need to be clear on the two elements to roaming.

1: The free roaming facility - this enables your phone to use foreign networks, without which you won't get coverage abroad. This is the ROAMING text to 150, no charge.

2: Your choice of billing add-on. If you are only travelling for 7days, you're better off paying the daily £2.47 charge for any day you use your UK allowance - making or receiving calls, sending texts or using mobile data. 7 days @ £2.47 = £17.29

Whenever you add the £25/month roaming pass, you must effectively keep it until at least the end of your current bill cycle.

Re: Re: Roaming in poland

Chris_B — Fri, 03 May 2024 12:35:21 GMT

@JuneBB Just have the daily charge. £17.29 = 7 days. It’s not a great but it’s better than £25 for 7 days.