Does putting your phone on airplane mode stop roaming charges?

Airplane Mode turns off your device's ability to connect to cellular networks (meaning it can no longer send or receive calls or texts, or use data). As it is no longer accessing local cellular networks, it will not be charged roaming fees (caused by your device connecting to networks outside its home region).



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You can use airplane mode to avoid roaming charges when travelling. You won't be able to send or receive text messages or phone calls, or use data services, but you could connect to a Wi-Fi network to check your email or browse the internet.

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Airplane mode is recommended because it allows you to turn off all communication-generating apps and call functions at once.

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The way this works is that your phone stops all forms of communication with the mobile network when you enter airplane mode. This includes incoming SMS messages, but the network will still queue all messages that are sent to you and deliver them once you turn the phone back on.

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If he put it on flight mode, put it in his pocket and never took it out while you were together, it's likely he just doesn't want interruptions to his time with you. Even then, it would be more common to put it on silent, so that he could check from time to time that he could see who had been contacting them.

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To reduce data usage, make sure you turn off cellular data and set your phone to “airplane mode.” You don't want your phone to grab data the minute you take it off airplane mode, even for a minute. Turn off or restrict background apps that refresh or update automatically, using data even when the app is closed.

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