IMessages being sent as SMS with Send as SMS turned off

I had an unhappy experience with iMessage. I had about a 1 1/2 hour period on 4/9 where my iMessages were being sent as SMS texts. I have Send as SMS set to Off and I have never had this happen before. I don't remember the iMessages screen changing to indicate it was sending as SMS.
Overall very strange since there should be no way that the messages were sent as SMS with Send as SMS turned off. This is a problem because I do not have a messaging plan since I don't use SMS so if it switches to SMS and I don't know it the charges could rack up. The hour and a half cost me $8 in SMS charges as it is.
If having Send as SMS set to off does not insure that messages are not sent as SMS texts then what will?

Yes, they were listed as SMS messages on my bill. I was texting all day with one person but it was only this 1 1/2 hour period that was changed to SMS. Nothing before or after that and it's never happened before to me. All very strange. The problem is that if this happened for a longer period it would get very costly and I would not notice it untill I got the bill.
I'm getting my gf to add her email address to her messages account and I will be messaging that from now on. Hopefully iMessage can't turn that into an SMS.
It would be great if there were some way to actually prevent iMessage from sending SMS, but the Send as SMS setting obviously does not work. The only other thing I can think is that it was sending the texts as MMS messages. There is not much if any documentation on the relationship between MMS, SMS, and iMesssage.

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Thanks for the question. Since the issue is isolated to a few contacts, have you confirmed that these contacts are indeed using iMessage (is it enabled on their iPhone?). If so, see this article:
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
If you still can't send or receive iMessages
1. Ensure that iMessage is turned on in Settings > Messages.
2. To send and receive iMessages, your device must have a valid cellular or Wi-Fi data connection.
- iPhone: Troubleshooting Cellular data
- iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
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Hi,
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Thanks for the response. That makes sense.
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