In-flight Daily Pass and Cruise Daily Pass FAQs

Cruise Daily Pass lets your phone stay connected when you're at sea.¹ You can access:

• Unlimited data²
• Unlimited incoming/outgoing calls to the US³
• Unlimited texts

¹12 miles or more from land.
²0.5 GB of high speed unlimited data, then unlimited data at 3G speeds for the remainder of the session.
³Making calls to countries outside the US incur the same charges as if you were calling from within the US. You can add an International Calling plan or pay-per-minute rates to call other countries.
 

Cruise Daily Pass provides a 24-hour session for $20 per line. Changes only apply on the days you use service onboard a cruise ship.

Visit our Cruise Ship and Airplane page for a list of cruise lines that offer Cruise Daily Pass (under Cruise Daily Pass choose Review details).

No. When you're on shore in another country, we recommend TravelPass or our $100 International Monthly plan. Learn more on our International Travel page.

Important: If you don't choose an international plan, you pay per minute, per text and per MB of data used.

Cruise Daily Pass covers you while at sea. TravelPass or the $100 International Monthly plan covers you while on land:

• Cruise Daily Pass gives you access to cellular service* when your ship is 12 miles from land.
• When you disembark your ship, TravelPass or $100 International Monthly plan covers your journey on land. Learn more on our International Travel page.
  
  Good to know: If you return to the ship* within the Cruise Daily Pass session, Cruise Daily Pass continues until the 24-hour session is over.
  
  *The ship's cellular data service is turned on 12 miles after leaving the dock.

You can add Cruise Daily Pass to your mobile phone line any of these ways:

• Text the word "Cruise" to 4004.
• My Verizon app: In your account, select Plans & Services. Choose a phone line. Scroll to International Plans, then choose add new plan. Select the plan.
• My Verizon online: Visit our Trip Planner and follow the prompts.
• Reply to the welcome text we send when you board your cruise ship.

Your 24-hour Cruise Daily Pass session is activated — and you are charged — when you do any of the following aboard your cruise ship:

• Make or answer a phone call.
• Send a text.
• Use data. Includes background data (e.g., software updates, app refreshes and syncing, social media notifications, etc.).

Good to know: If you don't want a session started by background data, you can turn off cellular data on your phone.

We keep you updated about your Cruise Daily Pass status. We'll send you:

• A welcome notification with Cruise Daily Pass details and the International Care contact information.
• A text when your Cruise Daily Pass has been activated and when the session will end.
• A text when your 0.5 GB high-speed data allowance is used. You'll have the option to buy additional high-speed data for the rest of that session.

Cruise Daily Pass gives you high speed data for the first 0.5 GB/day. After that:

• You have unlimited data at 3G speeds for the remainder of your 24-hour Cruise Daily Pass session.
• We send you a text offering an additional 0.5 GB of high-speed data to use in the same 24-hour session for $10. You can buy an additional 0.5 GB of high-speed data multiple times during a single 24-hour session.

You don't need to remove Cruise Daily Pass when you return to the US. Cruise Daily Pass charges only apply when you use your device onboard a cruise ship.

You can leave Cruise Daily Pass on your line so it's ready for your next cruise.

Good to know: You can remove Cruise Daily Pass anytime on your International plans page in My Verizon. Choose Cruise Daily Pass, then Manage Plan and follow the prompts.