I’ve been looking forward to this World Cup for years. As an American, I won’t need a Saily eSIM to follow the games in my own backyard but I’ve been thinking a lot about the friends flying in from Brazil, from France, from Japan, from everywhere. For them, landing in New York or Los Angeles or Dallas with a dead foreign SIM and a roaming bill waiting to happen is a real problem and it’s one that tends to get sorted out at the airport in a hurry and at whatever price is on offer.
Which is why the deal Saily put together for this tournament is worth knowing about. The coupon code GIZMODO gives 35% off the North America plan for the duration of the World Cup. That plan covers the USA, Canada, and Mexico on a single eSIM, so fans bouncing between host cities don’t have to think about it again.
For everything else Saily sells (individual country plans, regional plans, global plans) the same GIZMODO coupon code gives 15% off with no expiry date. It’s the best code on Saily you’ll find anywhere right now.
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Saily is owned by Nord Security which is the company that also runs NordVPN and that matters for a reason that has nothing to do with eSIMs. A big chunk of international fans at this World Cup will want to watch matches that aren’t being broadcast in their home country, and a VPN that lets you change your apparent location is the standard fix for that: NordVPN subscriptions go up every time a major tournament rolls around.
ExpressVPN got the FIFA badge, Saily got the better deal for travellers
The one card Nord Security is not holding this summer is the official FIFA partnership: That went to ExpressVPN, their main competitor, which became the first VPN company in history to sign with FIFA. The deal came with a promotion of its own: 80% off two-year plans through June 19, down to $2.29 a month, plus a ticket draw for Category 1 seats through the Final.
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But official partnerships sell brand recognition: They don’t solve the problem of a fan from Argentina who lands at LAX with no local data and needs to figure out the metro before the group stage match tonight. For that, the Saily North America plan with the GIZMODO 35% coupon code at checkout is a more direct answer: One eSIM, three countries, 35% off, no swapping plans at the border.
I’ll be watching from my couch, probably but for everyone making the trip, it’s a useful thing to know before you board.