Incorrect Go Roam 12GB Limit Texts?

[Ng85]

I have been in Spain for four days. I received a text after two days to say I had used 80% of the 12 GB fair use limit, and just received another text to say I have used the full amount and will be charged 17p per MB should I continue. The same thing happened to my husband, only on a shorter timeline - he received the 80% text within an hour of landing, and the 100% text a day later.

However, I have checked my account and added up my usage - it is just under 4 GB since we arrived, definitely nowhere near 12 GB. 

The only option we have been offered is to upgrade to £5 per day ‘unlimited’ data passes for the remainder of our stay, and then to claim the cost of these back if, when we get our bill, it shows that we didn’t actually use 12 GB of data in the month. Call me a cynic, but this sounds like a money making enterprise (aka a scam). 

Are these texts going out incorrectly? If this is happening to a lot of customers, all of whom are then advised to purchase the more expensive ‘unlimited’ plan, that adds up to a lot of extra revenue for Three.

@JonathanB I’ve noticed you’re particularly helpful within the community; please could you help me?

Thanks! 

[Ng85]

Thanks everyone who answered. My husband has spoken to Three and again only been offered the £5 add-on, but we’ve been tracking our usage and are way under 12GB. Will be disputing any additional charges when we get home! 

[CO]

same issue here. received the text saying that I used 100% of the 12GB allowance within 6 hours of arriving in Europe. I have since been able to add up my data usage and the total on the first day came to 0.11GB. 

During my holiday I contacted support team twice plus also had an investigation started, the answer on all occasions was that there was no error and that I had used up my fair data allowance, and the only solution offered was to buy the daily £5 data passport add on. I have contacted them again after my holiday and they finally admitted that this was an error.

Reading through the other messages on the Three community board it is clear that this issue dates back quite a few months and that they are quite aware of this but have no interest in resolving this and have customers buying the daily £5 roaming add on instead. Please make sure you contact Three to get a refund on any add ons they sold you in error. 

[roamymcroamface]

Maybe no comfort but I also received the 80% message, after less than 2 hours!

so it seems like a wider issue with the text messages. I checked on my 'in-billed' usage on the app and it's clear I haven't been used 5%.

probably worth you having a check there, live chat did nothing for me..

[rmaidur]

I believe it is just a fault with the text alert system, and they are going out incorrectly, although not sure why it hasn’t been resolved when it seems to have been an issue for a while. 

I am pretty sure as long as you track your own usage whilst you’re abroad and it doesn’t exceed 12gb then you should be fine to keep using your data - I previously went ‘over’ on my last holiday and did not get charged any more on my bill. I don’t think there’s any need to buy any packages they are offering as you still have data left - as been mentioned before I would trust the app more than the texts, which are incorrect 🙂 Would be useful if they could resolve this though, as just like you said people are unnecessarily purchasing add-ons which they don’t need 

[sc1999]

There have been a few people complaining about these inaccurate text messages but no one has told us what happened to resolve the situation.  When you get this solved please let us know as it may help others.

Thank you.