Excessive charges in Dubai

[Knut]

So I have just seen my February/March bill.

I arrived delayed at Dubai Airport on an a flight from NZ and went online for 2.46 minutes just to check if my connecting flight to Manchester would be held or not This has cost me £42.92!!!! Surely this must be some sort of mistake?

[PhoneChanger]

@Knut I am assuming you have not taken the O2 Travel Bolt on which gives you some data for a max of £4.99 per day

Looking at the standard roaming rates in UAE it is £7.20 PER MB of data, up to a max of 50mb (which would add £51.50 to your bill), so depending on how heavy the site you visited was you could easily have used this 50mb (don't forget when you enable roaming all your apps that have background data sync will start to use this data too)

[MI5]

@Knut 

No mistake.

It's £7.20 per mb.

http://international.o2.co.uk/internationaltariffs/travelling_abroad

[Marit]

Knut- the exact same thing has happened to me! The exact same charge as well .. it was from I landed in Dubai to turning my data roaming off before security. It is an absolute scam! Shame on you O2!! 

[pgn]

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@Marit wrote:

Knut- the exact same thing has happened to me! The exact same charge as well .. it was from I landed in Dubai to turning my data roaming off before security. It is an absolute scam! Shame on you O2!! 

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Community tips for travelling internationally with your O2 phone here, @Marit - caveat emptor, buyer beware! Guide: Roaming MegaGuide