International Day Pass

Incoming texts are covered by your domestic text plan, so no, receiving a text should not trigger a charge. As for receiving a call, definitely for any call you answer. If you don't answer, I think the answer is maybe and depends on the foreign carrier. When I've travelled overseas, some unanswered calls would incur a 1 minute charge. That would have triggered the $10 charge if I had the day pass plan.

The only answer that matters is the one embedded in the billing system - not what the web site says, not what support says.

Dan

The FAQ states "if you make or accept a call" it triggers it. I read that to mean if you receive a call but do not answer it and it goes to voicemail it does not trigger the $10 charge. If you listen to voicemail using wifi calling  - no trigger. If you listen to it using your data, you've just paid $10

The FAQ states "if you make or accept a call" it triggers it. I read that to mean if you receive a call but do not answer it and it goes to voicemail it does not trigger the $10 charge. If you listen to voicemail using wifi calling  - no trigger. If you listen to it using your data, you've just paid $10

I'm not sure that is true? - I found the following about normal rate charges and this seems to imply that allowing a call to go to voicemail uses data not just when the call is retrieved.  https://www.wireless.att.com/learn/international/roaming/know-before-you-go.jsp

When outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and USVI, you will be charged normal international roaming airtime when incoming calls are routed to voicemail, even if no message is left.

Why not use passport?   One of the issues that has come up is Day pass is charging a 30% tax.  So it's not $10, it's going to be $13.  The tax on passport plans is more like 5%.    If your phone is wifi calling capable, you can go without cell service for most of the trip. 

I spent 8 days in St Kitts and between wifi and airplane mode, I didn't even need passport as I would have paid $22 if I paid per use.  

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@IntlTravler wrote:
So if I got this all right:
--Receiving call but not answering - no day pass activation/charge
--Recieving call & no answer but voicemail kick in --> day pass charge activated
--Receive text --> no Charge
--Replying to text --> yes charge
-- calling/FaceTime on wifi --> no charge
--doing text on wifi --> no charge

I'm headed to Ireland and N Ireland. Should be good there based on above?

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I'd say NO. 

Your phone is going to do things in the background. If you don't disable EVERYTHING then you'll get some charges.

• If someone sends you a message via iMessage in Messages that gives you blue bubbles (not green) then that is data (because it's not actually a text).
• If someone makes a FaceTime call to you on cellular, that's data.
• An e-mail app checks your mail, that's data.

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@IntlTravler wrote:
So if I got this all right:
--Receiving call but not answering - no day pass activation/charge
--Recieving call & no answer but voicemail kick in --> day pass charge activated
--Receive text --> no Charge
--Replying to text --> yes charge
-- calling/FaceTime on wifi --> no charge
--doing text on wifi --> no charge

I'm headed to Ireland and N Ireland. Should be good there based on above?

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Not quite. Receiving a call, even if not answered, might trigger the daily charge. It all depends on the foreign carrier. If they charge for the call, it will trigger the daily charge. My experience on unanswered calls is most do not charge but it can happen. Also, any cellular data usage will trigger the daily charge. Best to leave data roaming off and only turn it on if you want to use data.