I’m travelling to the US, what is the best roaming deal?

[11Fuse]

I’m due to travel to the US and looking for the best roaming deal.

[Enlli · Accepted solution]

Check if you have O2 Travel. Roaming in the USA will cost £6 per day.

But be warned data speed is heavily restricted and not worth the effort.

Wifi and Local SIM is best

https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/international/using-phone-abroad

[madasaf1sh]

@11Fuse 

Buy a local sim for data use would be my advice. 

All the options can be found here, but be aware data speeds in the US are rubbish as is the AT&T network.

Guide: Roaming MegaGuide 

[MI5]

@11Fuse 

If you have travel inclusive it is free. 

Guide: Roaming MegaGuide 

[Ian57]

Agree entirely! Just been in the US for two weeks and the data roaming has been awful: usually just a barely-there E, with very occasional 4G moments, which was in practice entirely unusable — no Google maps (even with the maps already downloaded) or whatsapp/imessage messages. It even affected a local transport app that wouldn't allow us to activate pre-purchased tickets. A total waste of £6 per day...

Didn't know about the data-transfer cap — 

this must be newish as I travelled extensively in US pre-2019 and don't recall any data roaming frustrations?? 

Anyway, will definitely not bother with O2's data roaming package again!