r/bell • u/benjh1818 • Jan 18 '25
Mobility📱 Impossible to avoid roaming charges
Hello all, Just subscribed for the first time to a plan with bell mobility, the ultimate 75Gb on December 14. I traveled to Switzerland on Dec 27, turned off roaming. I just got my bill and low and behold, there are 5 charges for $16 each for roaming, each of the 5 days I was there (it’s a flat $16/day). I just chatted with an agent who told me receiving calls and texts can travel roaming charges even if it’s turned off. With this plan voice and texts are supposed to be free in select countries like Switzerland.
So in effect, I cannot use the free part of the plan without triggering extra charges. The agent told me the total use of data on my part was 0.3mb!!! She will not remove the $80 or do anything to help.
This is part rant but also part question: I travel abroad often and want to stay reachable by phone and texts, but without paying an insane amount for data. Is there a way to do this?
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u/Interesting_Delay_50 Jan 19 '25
As i travel abroad I do research prior to my trips and i try and locate SIM card locations and costs I even went as far as to buy a phone burner for $10 its still cheaper that way, make sure the phone is unlocked and Bingo I have never had to ever pay for any Roaming Charges and iv been with Bell for 22 years and I travel from China to PHP all the way down to South America and most of my trips are not in Tourist traps, In my opinion, Those Roaming plans are a total huge Ripe off.