Call divert when abroad

tjg16

Can anyone tell whether this scenario will avoid roaming charges while I am abroad?
I have a monthly mobile contract with BT but they don't have any sensible way of buying minutes abroad, so I have got a Three SIM for two trips abroad to Spain in Feb and US in March/April. If I set up call divert to the Three number from the BT number, I am assuming that BT will not charge me for receiving calls since my Three number is UK-based even though I am actually in Spain/US. This is right, isn't it?

Frozen_up_north

When using Three's feel at home you will not be charged for receiving calls from UK mobiles while in Spain or the USA, neither will the caller be charged any different to calling you in the UK. Both myself and my OH have Three mobiles and used them last year for a couple of two week periods in Spain and they were mostly OK, although sometimes the host networks swapped around and sometimes there was no data...

Beware that Three limit the overseas roaming under "feel at home" to one month at a time...

I don't know if BT Mobile make a charge for diverting a call to another UK mobile though.

One of the few networks that don't charge for incoming calls (on PAYG) while roaming in Europe is Virgin, however incoming calls in the USA are £1 per minute (ouch)!

tjg16

Thanks. That's what I thought too; so as long as BT don't charge (and I can't find anywhere that says they do), I should be OK.
Thanks for the reminder about the Free at Home T & Cs too -- until I looked at the forum I hadn't spotted that. But they are only brief business trips so I just need to remember to use some of my credit when I get home too.

Frozen_up_north

tjg16 wrote: »

That's what I thought too; so as long as BT don't charge (and I can't find anywhere that says they do), I should be OK

You could try setting your BT mobile to divert to a Three mobile and check before/after extra call charges... Safer than finding out 2 weeks later :beer:

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diamonds

Frozen_up_north wrote: »

You could try setting your BT mobile to divert to a Three mobile and check before/after extra call charges... Safer than finding out 2 weeks later :beer:

Diverted calls to another UK mobile are included in plan allowances on all networks, it is treated as a normal manual call.

diamonds

tjg16 wrote: »

Thanks. That's what I thought too; so as long as BT don't charge (and I can't find anywhere that says they do), I should be OK.
Thanks for the reminder about the Free at Home T & Cs too -- until I looked at the forum I hadn't spotted that. But they are only brief business trips so I just need to remember to use some of my credit when I get home too.

One text every 6 months to your BT mobile will keep credit and sim alive

DUTR

diamonds wrote: »

Diverted calls to another UK mobile are included in plan allowances on all networks, it is treated as a normal manual call.

I take it you mean NOT included, as this stopped a long while back.

diamonds

DUTR wrote: »

I take it you mean NOT included, as this stopped a long while back.

No, inclusive plan mins can be used to divert to another UK mobile.