Unlimited Wireless: Cricket Wireless Roaming Policy

Unlike the case with the other major wireless carriers, U.S. wireless roaming with affordable and unlimited wireless carrier Cricket Wireless is not free and unlimited.

Cricket offers six unlimited-minute plans at these price levels: $60, $50, $45, $40, $35 and $30. At the $60 level, 200 roaming minutes come with the plan while 30 roaming minutes come with the $50 plan.

The $45, $40, $35 and $30 plans from Cricket don’t come with any roaming minutes. Roaming minutes are described by Cricket with this language: “Make calls when you are outside a Cricket coverage area. Cost and minutes depend on which plan you select.”

An extra 30 roaming minutes cost $5 per month on all plans, 70 roaming minutes cost $10 on all plans and 120 roaming minutes cost $15 on all plans.

This pricing is cheaper than roaming with unlimited wireless carrier MetroPCS, which charges a flat rate of 19 cents per roaming minute. With MetroPCS, 120 roaming minutes would cost you $22.80 instead of $15 with Cricket.

International long-distance calling with Cricket only covers calling to Canada (landline or mobile) and only landline phones to Mexico (not mobile phones).

These international long-distance costs with Cricket Wireless range between $5 and $20 per month with 150 minutes at the $20 price level, 100 minutes for $15 and 60 minutes for $10 per month.

More information about Cricket Wireless roaming fees can be found here. Unlike Verizon Wireless, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint reseller Boost Mobile, Cricket does not have a true nationwide network. Read more roaming policies by carrier here.