I find the relationship of travel add-ons to the billing cycle to be very confusing. Here is my situation: I will be travelling to the US for 8 days starting May 19th and want to buy additional data for the trip. I know that extra 2 GB is more than enough and I know they have a 2 GB plan for a month of extra data ($25). After a very confusing phone call with Virgin (although I am sure they were doing their best), I am confused about whether I need to buy one month's worth or two. The confusion arises since, apparently, I cannot arbitrarily choose the month long period - it must, instead, align with my billing cycle which, unfortunately ends right in the middle of my trip. Do I really need to buy 2 months worth of data even though I am only gone 8 days?
Here is what I think makes sense: My monthly allotment of data under my current plan = 2 GB. According to the Virgin site, my billing cycle will end on May 23rd. That means, I get a "fresh" allotment of 2 GB on the 23rd and I lose any unused data from before the 23rd, right? Well, I know that most of my data use on the trip would be before the 23rd and I also know that after my trip ends, I will likely not likely use data at all (I really use very little in my "normal" life). So I think I should probably just buy the extra 2 GB for the period that ends on May 23rd and then be sure to use up no more than 2 GB from that time to the end of my trip. Assuming I have explained this clearly, please offer any feedback. Man, I find all this insanely complicated, but I guess I have to live with this.
Another wrinkle: the website says my billing cycle end on May 23rd (7 days from now). But my phone tells me I have 20 days left to use up my presently active 2 GB. Again, I find this very complicated. Any explanation of this discrepancy eagerly requested.
