Coming back to the main topic of this thread, I’m pondering what is the Goldilocks option(s) in the roaming packs?
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I switched over almost two months ago and quite happy so far. SYD+1 switched slightly earlier and is already OS with the basic $20 calls/txt 365 days pack and using a 3rd party Flexiroam eSIM and wifi for data. All good.
I head OS next month and my current thinking is to do the same - amaysim for calls/txt and seperate eSIM for data. The $20 “Smalltalk” pack for a years roaming calls/ texts (within the 100/100 limit), is an excellent deal and a no brainer as a starting point. If you happen to burn through minutes or txt, you can just renew for a further $20 and unused credits rollover.
However, having some included “Global” roaming data - for the convenience factor - would be nice eg the $25 “The Works” pack.
A$5 extra for 2 GB of “Global” data for 1yr, is actually quite cheap compared to the 3rd party roaming eSIM providers. Whilst 2GBs doesn’t sound like much, it can provide that connectivity while transiting somewhere and then rely on Country and Regional plans for the bulk of one’s travels at your destination(s).
But, you lose out on half the talk time and 70% of the texts. Probably manageable but seems a backward step?
My understanding (and discussed briefly earlier) is you can stack roaming packs and rollover unused allowances. So I guess you could buy a $20 pack plus the $25 pack to get even more call time and text but still only 2GB of data…
Or the $20 pack plus the $50 “Just Gigs” 5GB data only pack but the $70 “The Epic” pack comes with 9GB of data - same number of minutes as the $20 plan but only 60% of the text….
They do seem to have made this more difficult than it ought to be!
For A$50 extra for 9GB of “Global” data compared to 3rd party providers also isn’t too bad. The usuals (Flexiroam, Airalo etc outside of promos/sales) would be close to US$50.
So the $70 “The Epic” could seem the way to go?
But “Global” data roaming, whilst terribly convenient cost significantly more than one or more stacked “Country” and “Regional” eSIM plans.
So slightly annoying that they don’t just have a pack that is the $20 bundle plus some Gigs for say $25 or $30! That would probably be Goldilocks for me….