By Richard Jasinski·Updated 3 November 2026
7 travel eSIM companies, each in its own words from its own website, read on 20 October 2026. No score and no rank.
On their own websites, 7 of the 37 travel eSIM companies we read sell data or credit that does not run out on a date: ArriveSIM, BNESIM, Eskimo, Keepgo, Roamless, Stork Mobile and Surfroam. Each card quotes the rule, including any condition (a yearly top-up, or the eSIM staying active).
Every line links back to the page it was read from, read on 20 October 2026.
No expiry: 'Your balance never expires.' Unused funds 'remain in your account indefinitely'. Charges are per MB used.
Two types on every plan page: 'Non-expiring: Your data never expires' and 'Expiring: Your data is valid for a limited time' (30 days, or 10 days for Unlimited). 'Your data plan starts as soon as it's purchased', but activation can be scheduled for a chosen day.
Fixed data plans have no expiry: 'no expiry date for fixed data plans. Data remains available until it is fully consumed'. Validity starts on activation, not purchase ('Activates only when you land').
Data never expires: 'The eSIM data plan duration begins the moment you start using your balance. Your data will remain valid forever.' Unused data is kept: 'bought 5 GB, used 3 GB in a month, you can use the remaining 2 GB in one, five or even ten years'. An account counts as inactive after 24 months with no purchase, refill or usage and after notice may be deleted with any Lifetime products.
Pay as You Go has 'No expiration'. Data starts when the eSIM connects abroad: 'your Balance or Data Plan only starts when the eSIM connects to a network'.
Data does not expire: 'Data plans do not expire' and remaining data stays available as long as the eSIM remains active, so it can be used on a future trip. The eSIM itself expires if no data is used for 730 days (2 years) from the last use date.
PLUS and GLOBAL have a 'Lifetime balance' kept active by one top-up a year (any amount once per 365 days). Unused balance stays with you; expired balance is not refundable.
They are the companies, of the 37 travel eSIM companies Uncompromised Travel read, whose own websites state this. Each card quotes the company's own line.
Its own website did not state this when it was read. Leaving a company off is not a claim that it does not offer it: check its site.
No. Uncompromised Travel is a publication and does not sell eSIMs. Buy from each company's own website or app.
Each company's website was read on 20 October 2026. Prices and terms change, so check them before you buy.
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Built to answer SIM-0153 from the Uncompromised Travel eSIM table. What is shown: what each company's own website says, read on 20 October 2026. Companies whose websites say nothing on this are not listed. No score and no rank. No company paid to be on this page. How this site earns · How we work.
Richard Jasinski · Uncompromised Travel · written from Valencia · first published 3 November 2026 · updated 3 November 2026
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