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Global Roaming Plus removed from standard Unlimited Max plans

chistery
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

So, the new plans are live.

Global Roaming Plus has been removed from the standard max plans and only available on the most expensive Unlimited Max + 4 Xtra benefits plan.

With the rip off per day prices you can't opt out of if you don't have global roaming plus, it makes Vodafone very expensive for roaming in some places.

Do people still send MMS?

How will Device care work on SIM only?

Getting quite costly around here!

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simax
14: Advanced member
14: Advanced member

Just for curiosity’s sake, I put in the same phone and plan and contract length that I have now into the new EVO pricing tool and the exact same deal as I have now would be over £20 a month more EVERY month!

 

I really think the pricing needs to be tweaked as I certainly won’t be upgrading at those prices 😲

chistery
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

The 100 international to EU minutes has gone too, so from 500 to 100 to 0.

donnyguy
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

I noticed this too. 

I downgraded to a cheaper deal during COVID as (like the rest of the world), I was going nowhere. 

My intention had been to simply upgrade back to the £30 Unlimited Max option when things opened up (right now, my first scheduled trip outside the EU is USA in September) as that'd give me the Global Roaming Plus back. 

Now when I look, I can still upgrade but that package now only includes the EU countries for roaming - for the same price.

If I want what used to be included in the price, I've got to go for an 'Xtra' plan which will cost £37

I will get the wonderful extras of 

- Unlimited Picture Messaging (you know, cos the world doesn't use iMessage, WhatsApp or a trillion other apps to send pictures) 

- Device Care (I don't buy handsets from Vodafone)

- 50% off smartphone line rental bolt ons (gee thanks)

- 81 Roam free countries (that used to be included in the unlimited packages)

 

So basically an extra £7 for what we used to get before. Got to agree with the original poster. It's making it difficult to stick around.

I had hoped when they created the 'bolt ons' for prepaid roaming (£15 for a week or £25 for two) that they would perhaps create something similar for postpaid plans with no global roaming plus. 

But no... the answer has simply been to hike the price.

Bit of a fail in my eyes.

 

It’s gotten ridiculous. I buy my phones outright rather than let vodafone discreetly charge extra for the phone. 
my monthly sim only plan has gone in the last year from £10.90 to £16.85 with several features including global roaming removed! A 54% increase for less service! 

after over 15 years of vodafone I’ve finally said enough. Lebara use Vodafone’s network. Through uswitch I’m getting 50% more data. Better roaming and only paying £6.95! 
vodafone when leaving tried to make out who I was going to was inferior. Data speeds would be poor. My home speed with Vodafone has gone from 50mb to 17.7mb. The rep said once 3G goes it’ll speed up! Sorry. When I got 50, there was 3G!
 Put sims in two different iPhones.  One vodafone. One lebara. Speedtest at exactly the same time to the same locations,  lebara 40, vodafone 30. 
sorry vodafone. You have either lost the  plot or more likely. Just ripping off loyalty. 

chistery
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

It's also disappointing that Vodafone have failed to introduce a sensible roaming pass option.

 

Two weeks in America.

Vodafone - £84

EE - £5.

 

I have also just got a Lebara SIM as one of my Vodafone contracts is up soon, so likely to ditch Vodafone as their plans just aren't competitive any more. There's also the repeated lies the staff continually tell even when you call them out on them, that useless tobi that does nothing to help you and just the general feeling of being ripped off when you look at these plans.