MTS “Free Travel” option: description, who is suitable, how to connect or disconnect

Date: May 10, 2021 | Updated: July 10, 2021 | Author: Moblie-man

From June 28, 2021, the option is closed for connection and transferred to the archive. At the same time, MTS changed the conditions of the “Zero without Borders” option by adding outgoing call packages. Now you don’t need to connect 2 options, but one is enough. Made it convenient. Details here .

When traveling abroad, you need to carefully review the available roaming offers from your mobile operator in order to be able to receive and make calls, send messages or use the Internet. MTS offers its subscribers many additional options that operate abroad, and there is plenty to choose from.

Below I will talk in detail about one of them, called “Free Travel”.

“Free travel” MTS – 2018 conditions

The presented service is available for authorization anywhere, even if you have already left. Subscription fees will be deducted daily. It doesn't depend on where you are. The main thing is to remember to turn it off when you arrive home.

Check out the main details:

• The offer is valid for almost all MTS users. It will not be available to those on Enterprise plans. The full list is presented on the website.
• The conditions imply the availability of free minutes for calls. But this does not apply to all countries. This information is also located on the main page of the tariff plan. If you are in a country that is not included in the list of options available for activation, the rules of the selected tariff will apply at the time the call is made.
• The cost per call package varies depending on your location. For this reason, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the tariffs before traveling abroad.
• The described offer will not work if some services related to roaming are connected. It is prohibited to authorize “Zero without borders” and “Go Go roaming” at the same time. When switching to “Free Travel”, these options will be deactivated.
• If you plan to visit more than one country, but several within the MTS service area, then the conditions will remain unchanged. You will not be charged any additional fees, and the free call packages will remain untouched.

You are given 60 minutes per day for calls. It is recommended to install the MTS application and track the remaining conversations and balance status. There you can deactivate the option upon arrival home. Another option that allows you to check the size of the available package is *100*1#. Enter this on your smartphone keyboard. Such a check is carried out free of charge. We have studied the MTS Free Travel service description.

Where is it valid (list of countries)?

The service operates abroad in the Russian Federation in countries popular for tourism:

• Australia, Austria, Armenia;
• Belgium, Brazil, UK, Hungary;
• Germany, Greece, Denmark, Egypt;
• Israel, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Spain, Italy;
• Kazakhstan, Canada, Cyprus, South Korea;
• Liechtenstein, Luxembourg;
• Malta, Mexico, Moldova;
• Netherlands, Norway, UAE;
• Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, USA;
• Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye;
• Ukraine, France, Czech Republic;
• Switzerland, Sweden, Sri Lanka;
• South Africa, Japan.

How to activate MTS Free Travel

Initially, you should familiarize yourself in detail with the nuances of the MTS Free Travel service. Make sure the country you need is included in the list of available countries for this offer. Then use one of the options:

• Log in to the MTS website. Click on the “Services” tab. Then find the one you need and follow the instructions.
• To connect you will need a mobile phone. Dial *111*943#. In response, you will receive a message notifying you about the connected offer.
• Forward a message containing “943” to number 0890. Sending is free.

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the positive aspects of the option, it is worth highlighting the following advantages:

• convenient communication within an hour in the most popular destinations of the world;
• automatic debiting of subscription fees, simple control of the remaining time on the account;
• An easy and convenient way to switch off when finishing a trip.

Among the disadvantages of “Free Travel” MTS”:

• lack of benefits for those who need the Internet;
• 60 minutes is the total time for incoming and outgoing calls;
• debiting payments even when the user does not use the tariff plan (he simply forgot to turn it off when arriving in Russia).

It will definitely “be to the taste” of those who value talking on the phone and are not ready to deprive themselves of this while away.

Price

The offer implies a fixed fee of 190 rubles, which will be automatically debited from the balance daily. If you spend the available time on conversations, then each subsequent minute will cost 10 rubles.

This option allows customers to significantly save on communications while roaming. If the subscriber spends the limit every day, then the price of 190 rubles is quite a good deal in comparison with other tariffs.

If you are going on your next trip abroad, before using the international roaming service, check out the list of countries for which this service is activated on the company’s official Internet resource. Let's look at all the priorities in more detail:

As you can judge for yourself, the cost savings thanks to this option can be quite impressive.

Important. You can activate the “Free Travel” option while you are in the country or while on a trip abroad. Funds will be debited from your card balance daily, so upon arrival you must remember to disable the service.

How to disable “Free Travel” on MTS

It is important that you remember to cancel the option in time. Do this as soon as you return to your home region. Let's explore the available deactivation options:

1. Go to the nearest operator's branch. Ask your consultant to disable the service. A passport will be required.
2. Call 0890. A technical support worker will disconnect it remotely. You will need to identify your identity using your passport details.
3. The operator takes care of its customers and offers to install a special application or use a personal account on the official website.
4. The last available solution is to send an SMS with the content “9430” to 111.

Please remember that this option does not work everywhere. Before connecting it, be sure to study the list of countries on the website in which it operates.

Connection

To activate the option on your mobile phone, you will need to use any convenient method described below. You should know that these methods work even if the subscriber is abroad:

1. A fairly simple activation method is to use the self-service service. To do this, MTS subscribers will need to go to the company’s website and log into their account. After a short registration, you will be able to activate the option and use other options for managing your SIM card.
2. If you do not have access to the Internet or a PC, then you can connect to the service using only a mobile device. To do this, you need to dial *111*943# on your phone, and then make a call to send the request for processing. After the combination has been processed, the option to connect will be notified to the client via an incoming text message.
3. The last method to activate the service is to use SMS sending. Clients need to send an SMS message with the text 943 to a short service phone number. There is no charge for the message, so you don’t have to worry about the balance of your mobile device.

What you need to know about the Social Networks option

Of course, free communication on Odnoklassniki, VKontakte or Facebook is good. Sometimes, however, if there are tariffs with unlimited Internet, which are “Smart” and “ULTRA”, this option seems like a little mockery. Yes, of course you save on communicating on social media. networks, but these savings are not always real.

For example, you can view the news feed, messages and look at photos completely free of charge; the rest will be included in paid traffic. If you need to watch a video, and it is usually located on YouTube, RuTube and Vimeo, then this is no longer included in the standard use of the service. The same will happen with any viewed resource located outside the social network server, for example, Yandex.Maps.

Also, paid content will include visiting the full site of social networks, reading Push notifications, when using, for example, the “opera” browser function, with the traffic compression function, when accessing the Internet via wap or when entering the site through the incognito function.

If you are now faced with the question: “how to disable the social networking service on MTS,” you should not rush from the frying pan into the fire. Of course, you won’t be able to save much on this function, but if you use it correctly, there will still be savings, and this is better than nothing at all.

Perhaps many skeptics who say that social networks are a disease of our age are, to some extent, right. Many, hearing that it is possible to visit their favorite resources for free, rush for such options like a mouse for cheese. This option from MTS is probably just that. The offer sounds beautiful and tempting, but if you dig a little deeper, you realize that you gain practically nothing, although in principle you do not lose anything. But only one thing can be said with certainty. As long as people love virtual communication so much, additional services for visiting their favorite resources will constantly appear. Some will be more profitable, some will not. But the phrase: “free communication on social networks,” in the slogans of operators, will continue to sound for a very, very long time.

Did you like the article? Share it on social networks

Suggested options options

Important. A free limit of 60 minutes of conversation is allocated for a day, after which each minute becomes paid.

In connection with the above, in order to save money, it is necessary to control the balance of free minutes using the user’s personal account. However, you can adjust free calls while staying aware of your balance and spent limit for free minutes by dialing the combination of numbers: *111*943# and then call. A certificate upon request does not require additional costs or debiting funds from the balance.

Is it worth using?

If you need voice communication while traveling around the world, then why not? In Zabugorishche, which, by the way, cannot be connected to every tariff plan, in popular countries minutes are consumed from the package, but the cost of the service is 320 rubles per day. The “Zero Without Borders” option is two times cheaper than “Free Travel”, but there are no packages - you need to pay for outgoing calls, which costs a lot of money.

Personally, if I needed voice communication abroad, I would choose this option, “Free Travel”. And if you need mobile Internet, then it is better to connect to local Wi-Fi in a hotel or cafe, since prices for mobile Internet in roaming are not the most attractive. You can verify this here: “MTS Internet in roaming abroad.”

The cheapest MTS tariffs in Moscow

Today, unlimited tariffs from MTS are the cheapest on the mobile communications market.

The minimum cost of such a package is 450 rubles per month, and you have more than eight hours of conversation per month. This tariff is most suitable for business people who rarely make phone calls, but are regularly in touch. This tariff plan can be used as an additional number to a landline number in public or private institutions that primarily receive telephone calls from clients.

The advantage of this unlimited is:

• free incoming calls in any city in the country;
• free outgoing calls in Moscow and the Moscow region to all numbers;
• 500 SMS and MMS to all Moscow numbers;
• 3 GB of Internet per month.

This tariff will be of interest to everyone who does not want to spend a lot on communications, but at the same time always stay in touch.

As an alternative to this package, a tariff plan can be offered - “Unlimited Light 900”. It is designed for managers and administrative staff of medium-sized businesses. The presence of such a tariff plan in the company’s office will allow employees to save personal funds, while quickly solving the company’s business.

A wise manager of a company with representative offices in the regions can order several numbers with this inexpensive tariff, which facilitates communication within the network of company employees.

from MTS

Sometimes it seems like the world has gone crazy. People have simply become obsessed with social networks; every free minute they reach for their phones to get a glimpse of what’s going on in the social-virtual world. It is not surprising that operators began to lobby for this desire for their own purposes, to offer a social networking service from MTS.
There are a huge number of people who want to be online, so why not offer favorable conditions for visiting such sites, people will flock to you. This is exactly what the company representatives thought, and they were right.

Review from MTS

If you are going to fly on vacation or on a business trip to foreign countries, you should know that the prices for mobile communications and Internet will not apply there, as in your home region. International roaming conditions must be taken into account. Without activation of optimization and savings services, communication abroad can be a serious blow to your wallet. Therefore, MTS has created a special “Free Travel” option. In this article we will describe the characteristics of this proposal.

Cost of MTS calls abroad

Prices for additional services in roaming are quite high, which is why some subscribers expect to get by with the basic plan. But MTS tariffs abroad operate under completely different conditions, and for simple actions on the network you usually have to shell out a round sum. If you decide to take a chance and go on vacation without cost-cutting add-ons, get ready for the cost of calls indicated in the table below.

A country	Rate	Cost, rub./min.
		Outgoing to Russia	All incoming	Calls to other states
				By country of residence	Others
Germany	All active and most active	85			135
USA		200
Georgia		115			135
Poland		65
Australia		155

For other countries, the conditions are approximately similar, but before the trip it is better to check the exact prices. Information is available at https://moskva.mts.ru/personal/mobilnaya-svyaz/rouming-i-mezhgorod/poezdki-po-miru, just fill in the empty fields.