For a Malaysian family heading to Makkah and Madinah, the phone is how the journey gets shared with everyone back home: the video call from the hotel, the photos after prayers, the message to say the group has landed. CelcomDigi's Umrah Roaming Pass puts a fixed price on that. It costs RM100 for 15 days, which works out to about RM6.67 a day.
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What the CelcomDigi Umrah Roaming Pass includes
- Price and validity: RM100 for 15 days
- Data: 100GB at high speed, then unlimited internet at up to 1Mbps
- Calls: unlimited free incoming calls from Malaysia, plus 30 minutes of outgoing calls to Malaysia and local numbers
- Countries: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkiye, Oman and Kuwait on one pass
- Networks in Saudi Arabia: Zain, Mobily and STC
The six-country coverage is the practical part. Pilgrims who transit through the UAE, Qatar, Turkiye, Oman or Kuwait, or who add regional travel before or after Umrah, stay on the same pass rather than buying a second one at the transit airport.
The Umrah Roaming Pass also roams on all three major Saudi operators instead of a single partner, so the phone can pick up Zain, Mobily or STC as the group moves between Makkah and Madinah.
How to buy it before you fly
Existing CelcomDigi prepaid and postpaid customers can pre-book the Umrah Roaming Pass in the CelcomDigi app up to 14 days before departure. The pass then switches on automatically when the phone connects in any of the covered countries, and CelcomDigi says customers receive an SMS once it is active. Its Umrah pass page also lists a USSD option for buying while already overseas.
Pilgrims on another network can still use it. They can buy the CelcomDigi 15-Day Unlimited Umrah Pack, or an eSIM version, from the CelcomDigi Online Store, CelcomDigi stores or authorised dealers. That connection starts when data roaming is turned on at the destination.
How the price compares
CelcomDigi's own page offers a useful yardstick. Its general 14-day worldwide pass is RM98, with 3GB of high-speed data a day, or 42GB across the fortnight. For RM2 more, the Umrah pass adds a day and gives 100GB, more than twice the high-speed allowance, with double the outgoing call minutes.
Rival telcos are chasing the same travellers. Tune Talk gives eligible Epik+ subscribers one month of free roaming in Saudi Arabia, and at the time it put typical pilgrim roaming spend at RM89 to RM180 a month. Saudi Arabia is also one of the 13 countries in its E-Roaming on the RM50 Epik+ 50 prepaid plan. CelcomDigi's RM100 pass lands inside Tune Talk's spend range, and unlike a plan perk, it can be bought by people who are not already CelcomDigi customers.
Keep the 100GB for the moments that matter
CelcomDigi's FAQ suggests turning off voicemail, background app refresh and automatic iCloud backup before the trip. A phone that starts uploading its photo library on arrival can eat into the high-speed allowance quickly, and after 100GB the speed drops to 1Mbps.
The pass is a fixed RM100 for 15 days and is booked in one step before departure, so a pilgrim can land already connected rather than queueing at a SIM counter in the airport.
