o2 calling abroad

[Anonymous]

Evening all !

My girlfriend is currently travelling through europe and is with the vodafone network. Now, she has vodafone passport which for the next 2 months means she can treat her phone the same as she would at home, ie calls texts etc, all her calls come out of her inclusive allowance, as do texts etc. They told her that she can use just like she does at home, no problem (doesnt include features such as stop the clock etc)

Now, once her minutes etc are used up, if i call her from my o2 sim would i be charged at the rate of calling a mobile abroad ? or would it make a difference as her roaming charges are scrapped and therefore her network is acting as if she is in the uk, therefore a call from o2 to vodafone in the uk would come out of my minutes allowance.

Sorry if this is a bit long winded or has been answered before, i have searched the forums and couldnt find anything. I am hoping it is the 2nd option, that its uses my minutes and not charge me, but i have a funny feeling i am barking up the wrong tree "!
woof

H

[Anonymous]

For you to call her it would come out of any inclusive allowance until that is used up, then charged at the normal uk mobile rate.

The way to look at it is, you might be phoning Dave but you don't know he is abroad so it would be unfair to charge you for it.

So long as its a UK mobile then you're fine.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your help wanty, I'm still a bit weary because
the networks wouldn't see it like that, if my brother who is on t- mobile goes abroad
and I call him whilst he is out in Spain for example I'm sure o2 would class this as international call abroad
because the number I'm calling is located abroad ie Spain?

[Anonymous]

No, the number you'd be calling would still be a UK number, and if you're calling a UK number, you get charged UK rates, i.e. your inclusive minutes, and then 20p/min or whatever your network's rate is.

A UK number is always a UK number, no matter where the phone is located (it's basically not the caller's problem or concern).

[Anonymous]

Thanks for clearing this up for me! Such a huge relief as get my new batch of 1200 mins next week!

Thanks for you help on the matter guys

H