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Can I use my Lobster mobile when travelling abroad (roaming)?

Yes you can!

Your Lobster plan is activated so that you can use your phone outside of Spain, and you don’t need to do anything.

If you are travelling to the UK or most European countries

With all our plans when you’re outside of Spain you can use your plan’s calls and texts in and between most European countries including the UK, and you can even use your data too, with no extra charge subject to our fair usage policy.

Remember, premium numbers and some special numbers in the country you are travelling to cannot be called.

Hereโ€™s the full list of European countries where you can use your plan’s calls and texts and data with no extra charge:

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

So, what’s our fair usage policy?

  • Your usage and stay in other countries do not exceed your usage and stay in Spain over a period of 4 months
  • When travelling abroad you can use the data from your plan’s data allowance up to a fair usage limit:
PlanData allowance fair usage limit in the UKData allowance fair usage limit in most European countries
Just Spain5 GB11 GB
Small5 GB14 GB
Medium10 GB20 GB
Large15 GB26 GB

 

If you reach your planโ€™s data fair usage limit, then weโ€™ll alert you immediately and stop you there. Donโ€™t worry though, if you would like to continue using data while abroad, simply renew your plan, or change to a new plan, and youโ€™ll be able use data again. Once done youโ€™ll be good to go to use data again while abroad.

If you are travelling a bit further than the UK and most European countries

If youโ€™re travelling a bit further than the UK and most European countries you can use you phone there too as our network extends to most international destinations, however any time you make a call, send a message, or use data it will be deducted from your credit. All you need to do is make sure youโ€™ve added enough credit and off you go.

Remember, premium numbers and some special numbers in the country you are travelling to cannot be called.

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