My mom is going on a trip and has alarmed me by saying she will "just leave my phone in airplane mode" the whole time.
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My mom is going on a trip and has alarmed me by saying she will "just leave my phone in airplane mode" the whole time. Don't think it's safe.
She went to Canada recently, got dinged by a $200 international fee. Now convinced she can't use her phone.
Really I think she'd be fine with the fee if she just knew *in advance* how much it would be. This is just a week long trip. I have not traveled to Europe recently so I don't have good advice.
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My mom is going on a trip and has alarmed me by saying she will "just leave my phone in airplane mode" the whole time. Don't think it's safe.
She went to Canada recently, got dinged by a $200 international fee. Now convinced she can't use her phone.
Really I think she'd be fine with the fee if she just knew *in advance* how much it would be. This is just a week long trip. I have not traveled to Europe recently so I don't have good advice.
I remember buying a sim card and having a different number for one trip.
I remember just using my phone on another trip as normal and it only costed a little more.
Can any travel pros say what is done now? I explained to her that payphones don't exist anymore. She's almost 90 and needs to have her phone on or I will die of stress.
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I remember buying a sim card and having a different number for one trip.
I remember just using my phone on another trip as normal and it only costed a little more.
Can any travel pros say what is done now? I explained to her that payphones don't exist anymore. She's almost 90 and needs to have her phone on or I will die of stress.
@futurebird I just had to replace my phone and I frequently travel to Europe. Some phones have a dual-sim slot, and some also hae eSim as an option.
My new (to me) phone has dual sims...i dont have to swap them out anymore. The secondary sim connects by roaming, but you specify which one takes precedence. It seems pretty transparent to me so far.
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My mom is going on a trip and has alarmed me by saying she will "just leave my phone in airplane mode" the whole time. Don't think it's safe.
She went to Canada recently, got dinged by a $200 international fee. Now convinced she can't use her phone.
Really I think she'd be fine with the fee if she just knew *in advance* how much it would be. This is just a week long trip. I have not traveled to Europe recently so I don't have good advice.
Is switching to another carrier an option? Google Fi's $65/mo plan includes free calling in the US, Canada and Mexico, and $0.10/minute everywhere else.
The ability to take my phone with me anywhere and have it just work for an affordable price is why I've stuck with Google Fi through some thick and thin.
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Is switching to another carrier an option? Google Fi's $65/mo plan includes free calling in the US, Canada and Mexico, and $0.10/minute everywhere else.
The ability to take my phone with me anywhere and have it just work for an affordable price is why I've stuck with Google Fi through some thick and thin.
I can't travel to visit to help her set up a new sim card, but if it's an esim that might be possible.
Hmm. I think I might need to just call Xfinity and ... talk with them. I really don't want to do that but this isn't so much about the cost it's just about it being simple and not stressing my mom out.
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@futurebird I just had to replace my phone and I frequently travel to Europe. Some phones have a dual-sim slot, and some also hae eSim as an option.
My new (to me) phone has dual sims...i dont have to swap them out anymore. The secondary sim connects by roaming, but you specify which one takes precedence. It seems pretty transparent to me so far.
I thought part of the "wonderful future" was going to be never thinking about this stuff again. That was very naive of me.
US phones never have dual sim slots so that's not an option and I don't want to talk my mother through doing anything with a sim card ...
Maybe I will just call in and try to find a way to pre-pay so she had no choice.
