Trying to confirm wifi overseas while in airplane mode

I'll be traveling to UK and India in the next few weeks and I want to confirm that there aren't any gotcha's when you use wifi while in airplane mode. I tested it at home and it works fine. I assume that there aren't any charges for accessing the Internet, but not using any cellular networking.

You can't use wifi while in airplane mode, all RF is disabled. Did you mean Data Roaming? If so you'll only be charged by your operator for calls and texts but will not be able to access the internet or use Visual Voicemail while Data Roaming is disabled.
Wifi access and costs depend on local providers.
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