Sky doubles roaming to 120 countries – and torches Vodafone and EE on price
Key Points
- Sky Mobile has expanded Roaming Passport Plus from 55 to 120 destinations.
- The £2 daily charge lets customers use UK data, call and text allowances abroad.
- A five-day trip to the USA, Thailand or India costs £10 with Sky, against £30 for EE and up to £40 for Vodafone on standard plans.
- New destinations include India, China, Singapore, Egypt, Barbados, Morocco, Mauritius and Peru.
- A 25GB fair usage policy applies per billing cycle and Sky sets a default £45 roaming data spend cap.
Sky Mobile has more than doubled its global roaming to 120 destinations for £2 a day.
The expansion adds 65 countries to Sky’s Roaming Passport Plus, taking the total from 55 to 120 and bringing in destinations including India, Egypt, Singapore, Barbados, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Morocco, Peru, Mauritius and China.
Customers use their UK data, calls and texts allowances as if they were at home, with the £2 daily charge starting when they use more than 10MB of data, make a call or send a text to a UK number.
Sky Mobile noted that there is nothing to install, download or set up before travel, and a text confirms when each 24-hour roaming window opens and closes.
A five-day trip to the USA, Thailand or India costs Sky customers £10 in roaming charges, against £30 for EE customers on Zone 1 day passes and up to £40 for Vodafone customers using the Global Roam monthly plan or Zone D passes.
The comparison covers standard-plan customers using daily roaming passes, and Sky notes that some higher-tier EE and Vodafone tariffs already include or discount roaming in those countries.
Sky’s Roll feature carries unused monthly data into a Sky Piggybank for up to a year, and customers can spend that stored data in any of the 120 roaming destinations.
A 25GB fair usage policy applies per billing cycle, after which Sky charges on a pro-rated per-gigabyte basis. The operator also sets a default £45 roaming data spend cap, which customers can adjust or switch off before they travel.
Republic of Ireland calls, texts and data sit inside UK allowances at no extra charge, as do connections to and from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
The 120-destination list spans Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania, with Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, the UAE, Turkey, Pakistan and Vietnam among the countries included.
