{
  "id": 586287,
  "title": "I went on a five-week trip to Thailand - and came home to a £160,000 phone bill: SALLY SORTS IT reveals how YOU can avoid the same nasty shock after a holiday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/i-went-on-a-five-week-trip-to-thailand-and-came-home-to-a-160-000",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-11T15:59:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-16044645/trip-Thailand-phone-bill-SALLY-SORTS-shock-holiday.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In early July, after returning from a holiday to Thailand, I was horrified to discover a bill from O2 for £159,230.06 for use of my mobile phone while there. I have spent hours trying to resolve this with O2.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}