O2 Crazy Roaming Charges
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on 13-04-2019 14:20
There were no local SIMs at the airport and I had to get the hire car to the hotel so enabled roaming for the half an hour journey, and now have a bill for £143 for the journey.
I’ve now spoken to other people here who happen to be on cheap Vodafone contracts, and they get 12p per mb rate here! Thats over 1500% more...
Am I missing som o2 seem to rip you off as soon as they are not controlled by EU laws ?
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on 13-04-2019 14:47
Those are crippling charges and O2 are really over the top @SimonAd charging £7.00/MB but they seem happy to mug their customers outside the EU.
I'm not sure even if O2 Travel Extra covers the Seychelles . A local sim is always best and its surprising they weren't available at the airport.
It leaves a very sour taste at the start of your holiday
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13-04-2019 15:03 - edited 13-04-2019 15:06
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13-04-2019 15:03 - edited 13-04-2019 15:06
@SimonAd We all here agree that O2's roaming charges are criminal, but if you needed your maps to navigate from the airport to the hotel, turning on your data and roaming was totally unnecessary, and you wasted your money. Here's how to use Google Maps without using data. This has been known for years. The first link is for Android phones, the second iPhones:
https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en
https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS&hl=en
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on 13-04-2019 15:19
Anyway a bit of a sour taste as you say, but I’ll put it down as a lesson learn’t and put it behind me. The local Airtel SIM gives me 1.5gb for the same price o2 charge for 3mb....
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on 13-04-2019 15:26
Lesson learnt!
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on 13-04-2019 15:27
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on 13-04-2019 15:27
For sure, don't let it spoil your holiday in the fabulous Seychelles. I would love to go back there
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on 14-04-2019 15:19
In fairness to O2 here, I’ve just done a check of the major players and their rates for The Seychelles are about in line with everyone else bar vodafone
Three charge £6 per MB
EE charge £36 per day for an add on with a massive 5MB of data (so £7.20 per MB)
Virgin charge an eye watering £12.50 per MB
As others have advised local sims can be the way to go or failing that shop around the UK networks before you travel and pick the cheapest which is what I’ll be doing when I go on holiday next year
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on 14-04-2019 15:59

