More and more sim card scams at the airport, with eSims zero surprises and sleep easy
Airalo is, in my opinion, the world's best eSim provider. The app is easy to use, allows you to hotspot and use multiple eSims at the same time
There is a endless tread on reddit, there are pages and pages of tripadvisor discussions. From Vietnam to Mexico, from the Philippines to Brazil, there are plenty of tourists who have found themselves in the middle of a road with dumped cell phones and cloned documents.
The most common problems with airport sims
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There are several issues reported by users. The most common is that That you are convinced that you have bought an unlimited sim and instead the card has a limited data package and then above a certain threshold the speed is cut off, making even normal browsing functions difficult.
The second issue, which I have experienced on my own skin, however, is. That of not knowing how to recharge the sim, because I had misplaced the paper card and did not have the necessary information to reload it. I therefore had to make a new sim card all over again.
On the Internet, however, we read of far more serious scams, with tourists finding duplicate documents just after providing their passports to the chisochetto obtain the card.
This is precisely my "nightmare" which is to find that the photocopy of my passport is being passed from hand to hand, stored in a drawer and then thrown in the trash. Let's say not the most secure protocol for handling my personal data. It also happens in other situations, such as in hotels, but let's say that always sleeping in international hotel chains I tend to believe their security protocols. In airport kiosks, on the other hand, it doesn't seem all that safe to me
Why eSims are better
I as, I have written several times, am a customer Airalo faithful, to date I have activated more than 25 eSims without ever a problem, I've tried national sims, regional sims, and even tapped two eSims at the same time. On my last trip to Thailand, I also tried the first eSim with voice support, there are not many countries where it is legal to have a voice eSim, but in the Kingdom of Smiles it is possible with Airalo and it is really perfect for being able to do anything with your phone.
I get along great with Airalo because. with TFC10 you get 10% discount (for new customers with TFC15 you get 15% on the first order) . Frankly there are even cheaper products, but since I have had bad experiences with eSims that wouldn't activate, that don't allow hotspot or apps that are too messy to figure out, I'd rather spend a few more euros but Paying with Apple Pay, without even entering my CC information In the app.
I explained in a guide how it works and how to activate eSim on iphone is a procedure that done once is like riding a bike, you never forget again. I always activate the eSim before I take off from Italy so that as soon as I land I can use the data right away without having to wait to get to the gate and connect with the airport wi-fi.
Of course, when I can, I also hook up to the hotel's wi-fi or of the other points of access, in these cases I activate my VPN and navigate peacefully without fear of ending up in the hands of some profiteer.
