Then, when I tried to get some kind of rectification, I encountered agents who were so incompetent and overly booked (helping 3 clients at a time) that they didn't know what my name was, kept telling me I had to do something based on nothing more than their misreading of my situation/data/plan, and when I wanted to speak to an supervisor, they finally consented. This cost me countless hours of time and effort, and caused inordinate amounts of stress. Most of the agents I've spoken with have been super kind and helpful so many times (but each time turned out to be WRONG). From the surprise charges you'll find when you go to renew, to the constantly incorrect information you're given when trying activate and use your account, to the imperceptible charges that reduce your roaming allotment. MINT is by far the worst, most immature phone company I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. I feel this way, I get the best of both worlds. My trip in July is also close enough to a big concert I am attending, and I'm expecting Mint to be largely useless there, so I'll still have the USM pooled plan for that month and will use that when I'm at the concert. Having Verizon priority data that I can switch to on a dime is priceless. These places supposedly have good TMO coverage, but are big summer vacation hotspots and I expect Mint will be deprioritized, and also even if not, I expect coverage to be weak in some indoor areas. I have one trip in a couple of weeks, and another in July, where I will be doing this. I'll sign up, get that, do the road trip, and then cancel when I get back home. Let's say I take a big road trip next week. $11.48 for 1 gig + $2/addtl gig that can I add and then drop whenever is great. So if I have 5 trips in a year that are spaced out in 5 different months, I'll get that plan for those 5 months only. And with a 5G phone, that is priority data. If I travel somewhere, I just get a USM one line pooled plan starting at 1 gig, which costs $11.48 for a month, and I can add a gig at the rate of $2/gig. If you travel frequently, you can do what I do, (Assuming you have an eSim capable phone, which IS worth getting, make sure USM supports it for eSim though), and that is, getting US Mobile (Verizon) for those trips.
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