Idea Cellular has introduced a special ‘International Roaming Offer’ for its Post-paid subscribers. Idea Post-paid subscribers can avail a flat 25% discount on their mobile phone usage while travelling abroad India. The countries in which the offer will be applicable are UAE, USA, Singapore, UK, Thailand, China, Germany, France, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Italy. The offer is valid for three months; i.e., July 14th 2011.
Here are the Roaming rates applicable in this offer:
“The summer season witnesses a sharp rise in the outbound traffic from India as people go on leisure holidays or to spend time with their friends and families living abroad or travel for business needs. Majority of Indian travelers go to Europe, US, UAE and the Asian countries. For all such travelers, we have created a special discounted International Roaming Offer which will make their stay more affordable and convenient. I am confident that the new offer will boost our international roaming usage during the season, “said Mr. Sashi Shankar, Chief Marketing Officer, IDEA Cellular on the launch of the promotion.
What’ more? Idea subscribers will also be eligible for a Cleartrip voucher worth Rs 4,000 that can be redeemed while booking airline tickets and hotel stay through the Cleartrip website. This travel voucher offers Rs. 2,000 off on international hotel bookings, Rs.1,500 on international round trip flights, and Rs. 500 on domestic round trip flights. To avail the voucher, Idea post-paid subscribers need to SMS ‘ACT CLT’ to 12345, in return of which they will get a voucher code. This voucher code can facilitate a subscriber to redeem the discounts while booking flights and hotels through ‘Cleartrip’.