There are two main infrastructures - NA & ROW. NA stands for North America, but only covers the US & Canada (Mexico got left out - and there are some significant border issues there) & ROW stands for Rest Of the World. So being in Australia is basically the same as being in the UK so you will earn points without an issue. When you are in the US, the points are completely separate. If you log onto the website & look at your Dashboard you will see a option down at the bottom to look at either your "USA & Canada" or your "World" points.

PatrickHenry1958 wrote:Waze worked great in Australia - even down to the very nice Aussie voice - but when I got back to the US I lost all my points and was back to being a Baby Wazer. Bummer! In fact I'm pretty sure that I'm not even accumulating points now since my Scoreboard status always says "Still calculating your rank". I'm still going to use Waze but I'm a little discouraged about going out of my way to make new reports.

Are you still getting hazard reports & everything in the app? Your phone may not have automatically switched to the correct infrastructure. There is a way to force your device to switch.

The US is on a different server so I don't believe your points here will apply to London, additionally many have said they have lost their points entirely when using internationally. So, you might want to sign out of your permanent account and create a separate one for here in the US if points are a big concern for you.

Additionally, as far as getting a SIM, there are dozen of pre-paid services that offer month to month service for as little as $40 a month, I'd recommend www.cricketwireless.com as they use AT&T's network who is the 2nd in the nation behind Verizon wireless

Waze worked great in Australia - even down to the very nice Aussie voice - but when I got back to the US I lost all my points and was back to being a Baby Wazer. Bummer! In fact I'm pretty sure that I'm not even accumulating points now since my Scoreboard status always says "Still calculating your rank". I'm still going to use Waze but I'm a little discouraged about going out of my way to make new reports.