topic Re: Pay-as-you-go in the EU in Pay as you go

Pay-as-you-go in the EU

Felspar — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 09:37:07 GMT

I’m going to the EU in a fortnight. I take an unsmart mobile phone and an ipad - both on pay-as-you-go. I don’t have a subscription pack. In the past my phone and ipad have worked fine in the EU, but now that there are roaming charges I want to know if I can continue to phone and use data purely with pay-as-you-go. I understand that it’ll probably work out more expensive - that’s not my question. Simply: can I continue to top up whenever I need to in the EU without having any kind of subscription pack?

Thanks.

Re: Pay-as-you-go in the EU

Christopher_G — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:57:23 GMT

Hi @Felspar

Welcome to the community.

To use data, you need a data roaming add-on. Without one of those, it won't access the internet. Are you asking if you can use your credit to make and receive calls and send messages rather than a pack?

Chris

Re: Pay-as-you-go in the EU

XRaySpeX — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:46:47 GMT

Yes but if you don’t have a an active Pack, you will be charged the standard roaming costs: 70p a minute and 30p a text and you’ll need to buy a data add-on (500MB for £3).

Re: Pay-as-you-go in the EU

Felspar — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:41:50 GMT

Hi.

I always have credit on my ipad. In the UK I just buy a data add-on if I want to go online using mobile data. Can I still do this in the EU?

Thank you.

Felspar

Re: Pay-as-you-go in the EU

XRaySpeX — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:07:59 GMT

Yes, but as I said only a 500 MB data add-on.

Re: Pay-as-you-go in the EU

Felspar — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:00:20 GMT

Thank you.

Re: Pay-as-you-go in the EU

XRaySpeX — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:19:35 GMT

Thanks! You're welcome 🙂 ! Glad I could be of assistance & trust it is now sorted.