Get a phone ready to travel
Land somewhere new with a phone that works.
Three jobs before you go: tell the bank, download the map, and settle what the phone may spend abroad.
All three are easier at home than at a gate with no signal.
Key points
- Downloaded maps and boarding passes work with no signal
- Telling the bank first stops a card being blocked abroad
What to remember
- Saved things work without a signal.
- What is on the phone works. Everything else needs a signal.
Try this
Open Maps at home and download the area you are going to next.
Practice: Get a phone ready to travel. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.