Originally Posted by
Saltrams
Thanks
DaveS and
frappant , great info. Looks like I should get a minimum eSIM for arrival and then a local physical SIM asap. Not sure that Qatar is worth covering for <24 hours, maybe another minimum eSIM for the “longer” stopover 72 hrs or so.
Thanks again 😄
Instead of looking for a global or Qatar esim for stopover, just get a PAYG esim.
They may cost slightly more per GB, but you only pay what you use, you install esim and can test locally beforehand, and works as a backup (in your home country) or backup if you land in Australia and have issues with the local esim (or if the Sims are different networks, another backup if one network has no connectivity) . Should work for stopover in other (covered) countries
And you can keep the PAYG sim forever*
(*some say forever without expiry, and that means until they change their conditions or goes bankrupt)
PAYG:
Qatar: Roamlesss is $4/GB, unisim is $3/, esim.sm is $2.7/, ROAM is $2.6/.
Aus: Roamlesss $2.45/, unisim $2.2-3.5/, esimsm $2.31/, roam is $2.45/
Cheapest 1GB Qatar 1days is $1 or 1GB 7 days $2. are you planning to use more than 300MB (then 1GB is worth it), otherwise payg