Costs

The inReach Mini 2 won't send track points if you disable Auto Tracking and do not manually start Tracking. So in that case you won't be charged for tracking points.

The TracBack feature can be used even is tracking is not started and thus without sending track points, see Using TracBack on the inReach Mini 2 for more info.

Location pings are messages that include your location that you send from the device, so if you don't send these messages it won't count against your plan.

Thank u very helpful 

Tracking costs on the safety plan are still pretty cheap, if you go out on an all day event and use tracking it’s just like buying a parking pass for the day in a big city. Now if you’re going a few times a week then maybe a different plan would be better.

I appreciate the answers here however, I would like to make a few corrections. Auto tracking is not what will keep you from being charged it is by turning OFF the send interval settings. 

With the TracBack feature if no tracking has been started it is important to note that it would only tracback the last 24 hours of data. 

Location pings are not what is included with messages. Location pings are requests made directly from the explore account or from the MapShare page.I have included more information on this in my other post! 

Thanks for pointing out the inaccuracies, I’m trying to help and learn at the same time