Turning off cell

im travelling overseas and don't want to incur any roaming or cell charges. I wil have access to wifi at my hotel but I can't figure out how to turn the cell off and only use wifi for email. How do I know the phone isn't accessing the cell vs wifi?

I, too, am about to travel abroad. Talking with AT&T customer service to the 2nd level of supervisor, they maintained that EVEN with airplane mode on, they know where your phone is, and will charge you international roaming rates if any call comes in and goes to voicemail. They claimed that they cannot turn off voicemail, and that unless you buy their international data plan, you're at risk of high charges.
I just talked with Apple Tech, and they double checked and say that, in airplane mode, the cell radio is OFF. Completely off. If that's true, then AT&T cannot know where the iPhone is, and would just record 'visual voicemail' as if you were at home (last place it saw the phone).
If you then turn on WiFi at Starbucks abroad, you should be able to retrieve voicemail at no charge. Plus, I can use the iPhone as an iTouch so I can watch videos, podcasts, etc. while traveling. I have no need of international data/phone calling other than WiFi based.
Anyone know for a fact if this is true? I'm about to test it, and would rather not come home to a big bill. I think AT&T is not being very nice about this subject.

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