LG Uplus Offers 'Half-Price Roaming' Ahead of Chuseok... Reducing Fee Burden↓

LG Uplus employees talking with customers at the LG Uplus Roaming Center located at Incheon Airport. Photo by LG Uplus

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Su-yeon] LG Uplus announced on the 29th that it will run a ‘Half-Price Roaming’ promotion starting September 5th, offering a 50% discount on roaming fees for customers preparing for overseas travel ahead of the Chuseok holiday. This promotion, running until the end of October, targets customers who have not used the U+ roaming plan since January 2019, providing roaming vouchers at half price for travel to over 80 major countries worldwide.

With the COVID-19 endemic phase and the summer vacation season, the number of travelers going abroad is steadily increasing. According to the Ministry of Justice’s immigration statistics, the number of outbound passengers in July was about 618,000, a 125% increase compared to about 274,000 in May. LG Uplus explained that the half-price roaming promotion is intended to promote U+ roaming, which is more convenient to use than purchasing local SIM cards abroad and allows receiving safety messages from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The discounted roaming vouchers include four types: Zero Light 2GB (24,000 KRW), Zero Light 3.5GB (33,000 KRW), Zero Light 4GB (39,000 KRW), and Zero Light 8GB (63,000 KRW), all available at half price. Users can also make domestic calls and receive calls locally without additional charges.

LG Uplus customers can purchase the roaming vouchers at a 50% discount by accessing the promotion page through the official website Uplus.com or the mobile customer center app starting from September 5th, entering their mobile phone number. The discount on roaming vouchers is available only once per customer who has no prior experience using U+ roaming, and the vouchers can be gifted to family and friends using LG Uplus mobile services.

Purchased vouchers can be freely used by registering them under the ‘Register Roaming Voucher’ menu on the LG Uplus website, setting the destination country and roaming start date. The vouchers are valid for one year from the purchase date.

LG Uplus will hold various events in conjunction with the half-price roaming promotion. A pre-notification event running from the 29th to October 4th invites participants to upload and share posts introducing U+ roaming on SNS, rewarding them with a beverage gift. This pre-notification event is open to anyone regardless of their current telecom provider.

During the promotion period (September 5th to October 31st), an event will also be held where all customers who subscribe to the U+ roaming plan and post a photo of the ‘Muneo Name Tag’ received as a gift at overseas travel destinations on SNS will receive a coffee gift certificate.

Kim Yoo-jin, Head of Global Telecommunications Business at LG Uplus, said, “We prepared this promotion so that customers who have never used U+ roaming can experience roaming services without feeling a financial burden,” adding, “We will continue to strive to ensure customers can use roaming services with peace of mind.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.