On Telekom plans without a yearly roaming volume, or once it is used up, a week of data in the US or Turkey needs a SurfPass S from Telekom: €5.95 (US$6.78) for 2 GB over 7 days. Travel periods of 6 to 8 days used a median of 1.38 GB in Bcengi's 2026 sample. Paying as you go, that trip's 1.38 GB costs $2.32 in the United States at $1.68/GB, metered by the KB (Bcengi's prices are in US dollars). Bcengi is about 3 times cheaper for this trip.
This page is for Telekom plans without a yearly roaming volume, and for plans whose yearly roaming volume is used up: outside the EU, data then runs only on a pass. Prices are as listed on Telekom's website, read October 4, 2026.
What Telekom charges for data outside the EU
- SurfPass S: €5.95 (US$6.78) with Telekom for 2 GB over 7 days in the US (SurfPass USA S), Turkey (SurfPass Türkei S) and Thailand (SurfPass Thailand S); MagentaMobil Prepaid has the same passes at the same prices.
- The trip uses 1.38 GB of the 2 GB pass, so nearly a third of what you paid for is left unused when it expires.
- Egypt: Telekom's SurfPass Ägypten S is €4.95 for 1 GB over 7 days, less than the median trip's 1.38 GB, so the trip needs at least two of them, €9.90 (US$11.29) with Telekom.
- The trip uses 1.38 GB of the 2 GB in the two passes, so nearly a third of what you paid for is left unused when they expire.
What a 7-day trip costs: a Telekom SurfPass or paying as you go
Paying as you go with Bcengi, a trip costs what its data costs. Each line below is a model for a trip of 6 to 8 days: the median (1.38 GB) and the 90th percentile (6.50 GB) from the usage report, times the country's rate on October 4, 2026.
- Turkey rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.54/GB) costs $2.13 with Bcengi. Against Telekom's SurfPass Türkei S, the trip is about 3 times cheaper.
- United States rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.68/GB) costs $2.32 with Bcengi. Against Telekom's SurfPass USA S, the trip is about 3 times cheaper.
- Egypt rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $2.51/GB) costs $3.46 with Bcengi. Against two of Telekom's SurfPass Ägypten S, the trip is about 3.5 times cheaper.
- Thailand rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.81/GB) costs $2.50 with Bcengi. Against Telekom's SurfPass Thailand S, the trip is about 2.5 times cheaper.
For how bundles and pay as you go compare, see bundles vs pay as you go.
What you get with Bcengi
- One reusable eSIM: install it once and use it on every trip.
- A balance that never expires: what one trip does not use is there for the next.
- No plan to pick: you never guess a size before you travel.
- Top up any time, by hand or with auto-refill.
- Your phone number stays on your home SIM for calls and texts; Bcengi is data only.
Telekom roaming questions
How much is a Telekom SurfPass?
On plans without a yearly roaming volume, or once it is used up, Telekom's SurfPass S is €5.95 for 2 GB over 7 days in the US, Turkey and Thailand, and €4.95 for 1 GB over 7 days in Egypt.
How do I use a travel eSIM instead of Telekom roaming?
Install the eSIM before you leave, set it as your data line, and turn data roaming off for your Telekom line so it does not use data abroad. See turn roaming off on your home line.
How these figures were measured
The usage figures come from Bcengi's 2026 International Mobile Data Usage Report: a stratified random sample of 10,000 travel periods, with usage from January 1 to September 30, 2026. The figures cover every destination in the sample, not one country.
Each trip cost on this page is a model, not a bill: the GB a trip used times the per-GB rate on our pricing page on October 4, 2026. Rates can change; the pricing page always has the current ones.
Euro prices are converted to US dollars at the Federal Reserve's rate for September 25, 2026, 1.1400 US dollars per euro.
Updated October 4, 2026. Sources: Telekom's price navigator and roaming page; Federal Reserve exchange rates; Bcengi 2026 International Mobile Data Usage Report; Bcengi pricing page.
