Hello team!
I just activated my Telstra $30 starter pack and traveling next week. The credit will expire in 30 days. CSR told me my number will remain active for 90 days if I don't recharge, declaring that 90 days start from today. I plan to port over my number to optus by activating another starter pack carrying with myself when still overseas but before 90 days end. (Will not be able to switch new simcard on because of roaming, but will turn it on when I arrive back in Aus airport for call/data)
Does this scenario work? Will I still have my number active when I get back?
Any suggestion is welcomed
Travelling Overseas for 4 Months and Want to Keep My Number!
Armin65 on 01/09/2016 - 23:27
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Sounds complicated, might work, dunno. Why not just buy a $10 top up pack online before your 90 days are up and this should extend the validity of your plan.
BTW, you can apply that $30 credit towards an International Roaming Browse Plus pack for $29: https://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/prepaid-mobiles/plu… It gets you 100MB of data over 30 days in many countries. Not much but enough to read your mail and you would waste that credit anyway.
Will try to buy local sim, so maybe no need to use roaming
I just had this issue as I'm out of the country for 2 and a half months. Ended up going with amaysims pay as you go plan for $5 ($4 cash back with cash rewards). Will stay active for a year and you can also receive texts for free whilst overseas!
I guess this is the safest way
Aldimobile $5 for a year.
Aldimobile has no international roaming, wanted by OP.
He only wants roaming to activate the Sim.
Can you even activate sims when you're roaming?
OP actually didn't say what the roaming was for just said that was why couldn't switch to new service. Assuming it is for receiving texts from banks or people who don't know how to use WhatsApp and the ilk.
IMO OP is trying too hard to be cheap and may end up losing the number if some porting step fails while overseas.
that's the moment when you buy your $30 starter pack for $1 and you don't want to waste your happiness :)
agreed btw mate
Why don't you just recharge credit that expires in 6 months and top being a freaking cheap arse?
recharges are rip off!
I bought starter pack itself for $1 onlyHow come you didn't activate it on a Telstra long expiry plan in the first place?
is it better than amaysim $5 PAYG?
Yep Telstra long life is $30/6 months
No way i would be trying to port a number whilst overseas. (unless of course the current Telco was useless)
I guess amaysim sounds much better
CSR told me my number will remain active for 90 days if I don't recharge, declaring that 90 days start from today
That's marketing BS. Read the T&Cs booklet in the starter kit. It's 6 months from credit expiry.
Where to?
It sounds like it should work to me, you just need to make sure you have everything you need to activate the Optus one while you're over there.