O2 Travel confusion

[a_hcir]

Hi,

I'm a bit confused about o2 Travel - the website seems about as clear as mud and talks mostly about the £1.99 for 15MB of data a day and mentions the call charges as an afterthought.

If I enmable o2 travel and I don't use any data, can I still recieve a call for upto 60 minutes for the 50p connection charge and not be billed the £1.99 for the data?  

I'm also assuming that the £1.99 only gets charged as soon as you enable data, roooight?

Does the 50p connection charge kick in if a call is sent to voicemail, and is it for every call (even for ones sub-1 minute long?)

Just trying to work out how to keep costs down when I'm away next week - I'll be in mainland Europe and will only possibly receive an SMS, send 2-3 SMS and maybe receive one long (30-60 minute) phone call whilst there, may not be in a position to use Tu Go, and as long as I'm not charged for data paying the 50p connection charge is going to be much cheaper than paying 6p/min to recieve a call, I hope!  

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

Yes, the £1.99 is just for the data. The call charges apply regardless of data usage.
The connection charge is for 1 second or 59 mins so make the most of your calls and also applies to voicemail so turn it off before you leave the UK.
Tugo will be a bigger saving for you as long as you use it on wifi, as all your calls will come out of your UK allowance.

[a_hcir]

Thanks.  The 50p/call charge is an absolute killer.  I literally don't know if I'll have wifi where I'm staying and thinking more it's likely that a colleague may call for 10-30 seconds to query where I am during our travels if we're seperated.

I think I'm better disabling it and working out whether to call my wife myself once I've resolved the wifi situation out there.  

[MI5]

Yes, it really is good value if you make longer calls.

[Anonymous]

Hi ,

Regarding o2 travel I know there is a 50p connection charge and you can talk for up to 60 mins.

Can anyone confirm is the charge the same for mobile to mobile or mobile to landline, is there a difference in rate?

[MI5]

No difference as long as they are UK numbers you are calling.

[Anonymous]

Thank You !

[MI5]

Enjoy your trip