O2 Travel Changes 7/4

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I have been usng the free O2 Travel bolt on since 2016 as I travel to European countries quite often. I use it primarily to browse for when wifi is unattainable. I browse and I get charged £1.99 for the day. In terms of of making phone calls and text messages. If I text a UK number whilst in a European country I get charged 4p. So the overall current setup is:

"While travelling in Europe just pay a 50p connection charge to make and receive calls between European countries then talk for free for up to 60 mins. You'll pay just £1.99 for the days you use data in Europe & there’s no upper limit, but traffic management steps apply. £40 monthly spending limit for data outside Europe."

An email has been sent out from O2 stating changes to how O2 travel works. It now states that:

"From 7 th April 2016, we’ll be adding calls and texts sent back to the UK and within O2 Travel destinations, to the data you already get with our O2 Travel Bolt On. This will give you data, up to 120 minutes and 120 standard texts, per daily charge within selected destinations in Europe. With O2 Travel you’ll only be charged for the days that you use it."

My udnerstanding is that from 7/4 if I am in a European country and I text a UK number, rather than being charged 4p like I used to be, I will be charged £1.99.  Is this correct? I appreciate they are saying you can send up to 120 messages and still get charged £1.99 but I never send 120 messages. I usually send just a couple. By this logic, the £1.99  charged that was activated only when you used data, will now also be activated by sending a text message. If I send one text per day for 3 days I will end up paying £5.99? 

Can someone please verify tell me if I have misunderstood the change?

Thank you.

PS: I am not asking to be told about the different options to circumvent sending a text.. I just want to know that I have understood the changes correctly.

[MI5]

There is, did you follow the link?
Which country do you need info for?

[blissgirl]

I need info for netherlands. belguim, germany & poland

[MI5]

Contract or payg?

[MI5]

Contract here http://www.o2.co.uk/international/travel/standard-charges

[MI5]

payg here http://www.o2.co.uk/international/travel/standard-charges/payandgo

[MI5]

All from the link I posted before.

[blissgirl]

Pay & go

[blissgirl]

thanks for your help @MI5

[GrahamW]

Standard Data Prices in Europe.

It's only 4.3p per megabyte now, right ?

That comes to £43 per gigabyte (give or take, depending on precise definitions of 1GB).

So on the web site why do O2 say "we'll cap your monthly spend on data in Europe at £43 (255MB monthly usage allowance)".

Do they cap at 255MB ... or do they let you get to £43 (1GB) ?

It matters, because I've worked out that I need about 250MB .... so I'd like to know if I need to "keep it down" in order to avoid hitting the cap and getting cut off.

[MI5]

Question has already been raised and I believe @Martin-O2 or @Toby is looking at it for us http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-Monthly-and-Pay-Go/O2-Travel-Changes-7-4/m-p/968807#M112491 ?