Dear Sirs,
I recently accompanied my husband on a business trip to Asia. I didn’t plan to use any data on my personal phone (we had my husbands work phone at our disposal) and didn’t opt to add an international data plan. When I returned home yesterday, I found that the balance on my account was a little over $2700. The charges were apparently incurred as a result of data roaming during my trip. It was explained to me by an agent that I needed to have turned off the data roaming on my phone in order to avoid incurring any data charges.
I have spoken with 2 international agents and they have both made good faith attempts to address my concerns, but neither seemed to be empowered to resolve the issue fully.
The first agent that I spoke with said that it might be possible to back date an international plan, but that turned out not to be an option because I had already passed my billing cycle. (Not really sure what my billing cycle has to do with anything.) The second agent that I spoke to offered to credit a portion of the charges, but upon calling back today, it seems that the credit is not guaranteed and I'll need to wait a few days to determine if it was approved or not.
I would like to speak with someone who is empowered to make final decisions on billing issues and who can help me address the full $2700 in charges. I've been scouring the Internet and ATT website to determine what the best escalation path is, but can't find any clear information. Any guidance?
I recently accompanied my husband on a business trip to Asia. I didn’t plan to use any data on my personal phone (we had my husbands work phone at our disposal) and didn’t opt to add an international data plan. When I returned home yesterday, I found that the balance on my account was a little over $2700. The charges were apparently incurred as a result of data roaming during my trip. It was explained to me by an agent that I needed to have turned off the data roaming on my phone in order to avoid incurring any data charges.
I have spoken with 2 international agents and they have both made good faith attempts to address my concerns, but neither seemed to be empowered to resolve the issue fully.
The first agent that I spoke with said that it might be possible to back date an international plan, but that turned out not to be an option because I had already passed my billing cycle. (Not really sure what my billing cycle has to do with anything.) The second agent that I spoke to offered to credit a portion of the charges, but upon calling back today, it seems that the credit is not guaranteed and I'll need to wait a few days to determine if it was approved or not.
I would like to speak with someone who is empowered to make final decisions on billing issues and who can help me address the full $2700 in charges. I've been scouring the Internet and ATT website to determine what the best escalation path is, but can't find any clear information. Any guidance?