Cheapest Prepaid No Hassle Plan for a Year of Travelling Overseas

Lonlybargains on 10/04/2018 - 10:22
Last edited 10/04/2018 - 10:41

I'm going overseas for several months (probably 6+) and I'm looking at a cheap option to hold on to my current phone number that will also allow me to receive SMSes (ideally at no added cost) in Europe and Asia.

I have a dual-sim phone and I will get a local sim card overseas so this is really just for receiving SMSes (mainly codes from banks etc) and a way so I can hold on to the phone number I've had for years, without having to pay $40 per month, as I do now, while overseas.

I don't care about the data, being able to send SMSes and make/receive phonecalls would be nice but is not essential.

Any suggestions?

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Comments

  • KaTst3R on 10/04/2018 - 10:46

    You can try Optus long expiry $60 for 1 year.

  • [Deactivated] on 10/04/2018 - 11:25
    -1

    This topic has been done to absolute death here and on Whirlpool.

    I'm still astonished that these posts are still appearing here!!

  • jimbobaus on 10/04/2018 - 11:38
    +2

    Vodafone 365+
    Activate Sim
    Top up $10 Credit
    Get roaming turned ON
    Get Data Disabled
    Here are the rates:

    $1 per 60 seconds to make and receive calls.
    $0.75 per standard text message sent, per recipient. No charge to receive text messages.
    $0.75 per PXT message sent, per recipient. Data charges apply for messages sent and received.
    $1 per MB data.

    so this would work if you only want it so you can get sms from banks etc.

    • MathNerd on 10/04/2018 - 11:41

      Thanks, this sounds like a brilliant idea.

    • onlybargains on 10/04/2018 - 14:22

      That sounds great. I'm just looking at the Vodafone website https://www.vodafone.com.au/prepaid/plans/state/starter-pack…

      If I get it right, the cheapest option then is to get the '$30 Prepaid 365 Plus Starter Pack' + the $10 recharge, for the grand total of $40 with a 365 days expiry?

      That sounds quite reasonable, thanks @jimbobaus

      • jimbobaus on 10/04/2018 - 14:38

        You can get the $30 starter and just activate it as a 365+ u do not need the extra recharge

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 10/04/2018 - 13:17

    This is one of the many annoyances of modern life that don't make sense. You'd think SMSs would be stored on-line by default by now. Perhaps there's a good reason most mobile networks around the world still don't support it but I haven't Google this yet, just felt like complaining.

    I suppose Rich Communication Services (only supported by Telstra right now) will kill off SMS eventually?

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