Three reasons why Optus long-expiry prepaid plans are perfect for seasonal workers

Optus offers a wide range of prepaid plans for all kinds of customers, but if you’re a seasonal worker travelling to Australia, or to a part of Australia you might not normally live, you’d probably be interested in our long-expiry prepaid SIMs.

Whether you’re a backpacker from overseas travelling across Australia on a long holiday into the country, we reckon Optus’ long-expiry prepaid SIMs would be perfect for you. We’ve put together three reasons why you should consider either our 365-day plan or our 186-day plan.

Set and forget

When you activate an Optus long-expiry prepaid SIM, it remains active across either a 365-day or 186-day period, depending on the plan you choose. This means no headaches when it comes to needing to recharge at the end of the month – no top-ups or surprise charges.

A long-expiry prepaid plan may cover your seasonal working period and could be handy to have activated on a holiday if you’re planning on taking in the sights across Australia.

Cheaper in the long-term

While an Optus Flex Plus long-expiry prepaid plan comes with a hefty up-front cost, keep in mind that you’re paying for several months, six or 12, in advance. While our standard 28-day prepaid plans offer great value, if you were to break down our long-term prepaid plans over the same period, you’d be saving more than if you were paying for our cheapest 28-day recharge over the same period.

That being said, keep in mind that your mobile network download speed would be throttled to 250Mbps on a long-expiry prepaid plan, whereas that speed cap doesn’t exist on our 28-day recharge SIMs.

Awesome international perks

Coming from overseas? It’s important to stay connected, and you can do so easily with a long-expiry prepaid SIM from Optus.

Optus’ long-expiry prepaid plans come with international talk in Zone 1 countries. The 186-day prepaid SIM includes 3,000 minutes and the 365-day prepaid SIM includes 6,000 minutes. You’ll get up to 50 standard international SMS messages too.

Want to chat even more to loved ones overseas? Optus offers a range of international talk and text add-ons that could be perfect for you available on select plans.

Should I pick up an Optus long-expiry prepaid SIM?

An Optus long-expiry prepaid SIM could be the perfect plan for you if you’re travelling to Australia as a seasonal worker.

Awesome convenience, a great price in the long-term and awesome international perks make long-expiry prepaid plans worth considering, with a set-and-forget nature and an easy renewal process if you want to reactivate your plan once it expires.