Using Skype to Go when overseas

Can anyone else please tell me how best to use Skype to Go when overseas. I live and have my Skype account in the US, but travel to the UK frequently. When I was last in the UK, I tried to use Skype to Go, it worked fine, and the cost of the Skype calls were low, but I was hit for roaming charges by my carrier which were really high and I might just as well have dialed directly without using Skype.

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When I updated my subscription to skype the other day, I wanted to make sure it was running again so I called my own iphone using Skype. But when my iphone rang it displayed a totally different number that was calling: 661-748-0240; it didn't display my skype number.
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