@Pamag
Public Mobile has no roaming outside of the US. Depending on how important is is for you to still receive your pm services you can either suspend your services for up to 89/90 days or continue your services by scheduling a change plan on next renewal to the $15 plan and call forwarding your pm phone number to a voip provider (canadian) phone number before you leave Canada. You can also forward your texts with an app like Mighty Text but your Sim card must remain in Canada in a working phone left powered on and preferably connected to a charger/outlet.
Then with the use of a local or global sim card and/or wifi you will recieve your incoming pm calls and/or texts on their associated apps. The UK has many cheap prepaid Sim cards/plans with @Luddite 's option of giffgaff being one of them. Just check their terms as most but not all still include free roaming in the Eurozone countries that would cover France as well. This Middle East would require a separate Sim card (or e-sim). The UAE among others offer a free tourist Sim card available at the airport to cover your first 24 to 72 hours in the country (validity time varies) giving you enough time to seek out a local Sim card. Without knowing where in the Middle East you are traveling to limits any further advice I can give you.
Info on global sim cards...
https://toomanyadapters.com/international-sim-card-comparison/
Info on Middle East sim cards....
https://www.phonetravelwiz.com/buying-a-sim-card-in-the-middle-east-guide/
Free UAE tourist Sim card info...
https://www.visitdubai.com/en/articles/sim-card-for-tourists
Here are the options for your pm service when traveling (All rewards references are $$ rewards and do not apply to points rewards)....
- You can turn off autopay and allow the account to suspend at the of your current 30 day cycle but this is your least advantageous option. Pay and reactivate by day 85 or so.
- If you have an account balance that exceeds your plan amount then you need to suspend via the lost/stolen feature in your account before midnight eastern on the evening of your renewal. Then on day 85 or so resume your service to pay and reactivate.
- Suspending via lost/stolen before midnight eastern will keep your voicemail active allowing you retrieve voicemail and any verification sent by phone calls. However your rewards will not be applied to your account. CSA contact after paying and reactivating is necessary to have the rewards applied manually.
- Voicemail can be accessed by calling your pm number from a different phone by calling your phone # and pressing "*" once connected and entering your 4 digit voicemail pin #.
- If you don't have an account balance or enough balance to cover your plan amount you can suspend via lost/stolen after midnight but before 2 am eastern on the day of your renewal. Once your rewards have been applied (usually by 12:15 am et) then suspend your account. Voicemail access will be lost.
- Switching to the $15 plan with rewards helping to cover a partial or full amount of your plan allows you to call forward your pm number to your voip provider number (such as textnow or fongo) before you leave Canada.. Now any incoming calling to your pm number will ring thru to your voip number while on wifi or mobile data (w/a local or global sim card) You can access your voip voicemail for all voicemail messages.
Most important mark on your calendar day 85 of your suspension and day 90. Do not forget when you must unsuspend your account via lost/stolen and/or pay and reactivate your service so you don't lose your phone number and account. If you are traveling for a longer period of time then suspend your service via lost/stolen again and repeat. Happy travels!
