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Customers of the Sky Mobile service, which is an O2 (Virgin Media) powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) with nearly 4 million UK subscribers, has today announced that they’re making it even easier to stay connected while travelling by doubling its global roaming destinations from 55 to 120 across the EU/EEA, USA, Australia and more.
Sky’s Roaming Passport Plus essentially lets customers use their UK data, calls and text allowances as if they were still in the UK while in one of the supported 120 destinations for just £2 a day. Some of the other destinations included are India, Egypt, Singapore, Barbados, Jamaica, Bahamas, Morocco, Peru, Mauritius and China.
The £2 roaming activates when customers use data (over 10MB in a day) or make a call or text to a UK number while in one of the destinations. For added ease, customers will get a text to confirm when their 24‑hour roaming period starts, and another when it’s coming to an end.
However, it should be noted that roaming data (mobile broadband) is subject to a 25GB (GigaBytes) fair usage policy per billing cycle, which means you’ll be hit by additional data charges (on a pro‑rated per GB basis) once this limit gets exceeded. But that’s fairly normal for UK mobile operators.
Sky claims their mobile customers will thus pay just £10 for five days data roaming in destinations like the USA, Thailand, and India. “That’s £20 cheaper than EE customers using EE’s Zone 1 Pass or up to £30 cheaper than Vodafone customers using Vodafone’s monthly plan Global Roam or Zone D Passes“, said the announcement. But some consumers might find it cheaper to take a travel eSIM, depending upon your destination and needs (see our article – Summary of Mobile Travel eSIMs).
Sky Mobile’s Roaming Passport Plus destinations list:
A – D:
Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba (Netherlands Antilles), Australia (including Cocos Islands, Christmas Islands), Austria, Azores, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao (Netherlands Antilles), Cyprus (excl. Northern Cyprus), Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic,
E – L:
Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana (French West Indies), Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Guatemala, Hong Kong, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Korea (South), Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
M – R:
Madeira, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique (French West Indies), Mauritius, Mayotte (French Territories in the Indian Ocean), Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion (French Territories in the Indian Ocean), Romania,
S – Z:
Saba (Netherlands Antilles), Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Singapore, Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles), Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Barthelemy (French West Indies), St Martin (French West Indies), Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey (incl. Northern Cyprus), Turks and Caicos Islands, UAE, USA, Vatican City, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British).