Choice! Vodafone waives its $5 a day roaming fee in New Zealand

Choice! Vodafone waives its $5 a day roaming fee in New Zealand

Did you know that New Zealand is the number one international destination for Australians traveling overseas? Me either. But apparently it's true, and Vodafone is using that statistic to entice customers with a pair of announcements today.

The more interesting bit of news is the fact that Vodafone is running a 12 month trial, starting today, which will see Vodafone waive the $5 a day roaming fee for post-paid customers traveling to New Zealand.

That means that any Australian Vodafone customer heading to the Shaky Isles will be able to use their phone exactly like they do at home, without fearing exorbitant roaming charges, and without having to pay a cent more than usual.

When they arrive, they'll be able to enjoy Vodafone New Zealand's 4G network, while using their own data allowance and phone inclusions, including unlimited calls.

Since 2013, Vodafone customers on Vodafone Red plans have been able to enjoy their phone inclusions for $5 a day while overseas. While customers will still have to pay the $5 daily fee in any of the other supported countries, the move to waive the fee for New Zealand visitors is going to benefit a huge number of international travelers.

Would you like points with that?

The second announcement Vodafone made today is a strategic partnership with Qantas, that will see new (or renewing) customers given the option of claiming up to 15,000 Frequent Flyer points by signing up to an eligible post-paid plan.

You need to sign on to a $80 phone plan or a $45 SIM-only plan or higher in order to receive the points, which are delivered as a lump sum up front.

The $80 plan (or $45 SIM-only plan) nets 4,000 Qantas points, the $100 plan ($60 SIM-only) will give 5,000 points and the $130 plan ($85 SIM-only) gives 7,500 points.

However, if you sign up online Vodafone will double the points to 8,000, 10,000 and 15,000 respectively.










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TechRadar Deals: Save £100 on the iPhone 6S 64GB with this fantastic voucher code deal

TechRadar Deals: Save £100 on the iPhone 6S 64GB with this fantastic voucher code deal

Sound the mobile phone deals klaxon - a new stellar iPhone 6S deal has landed to defeat all others!

EE has teamed up with Carphone Warehouse's new budget brand e2save.com to offer you the chance to save £100 on the upfront cost of the iPhone 6S 64GB.

When you apply the voucher code E2TECH6S at the checkout you're left with what looks like the best iPhone 6S deal in the UK right now, cheaper even than all of the equivalent deals on the inferior 16GB version of the phone.

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The EE iPhone 6S deal in full:

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iPhone 6S 64GB | EE 4G | £200 £100 up front | 1000 mins | Unlimited texts | 2GB data | £29.99pm
Using the voucher code E2TECH6S at the checkout you can save £100 on the upfront cost of the superior 64GB version of the iPhone 6S and thus pay £100 instead of £200. Then you'll be with the UK's most popular network - EE - and get a decent allowance of 1000 minutes, unlimited texts and 2GB data for less than £30 per month. We think this is the best iPhone 6S deal out there right now and that's why we're shouting about it!

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Remember to use the voucher code: E2TECH6S

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We had a look around and found basically the exact same deal over at Carphone Warehouse but there's a catch with that one: you'd get the 16GB iPhone 6S instead of the 64GB version and you'd be on Vodafone instead of EE.

So yeah, this deal is as good as it gets right now and ticks all the boxes in terms of it being the best version of the world's most popular phone on the UK's most popular network. It's also available in all colours, too.