Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for selecting a public land mobile network (PLMN) based on route information. A method that may be performed by a wireless node includes camping on a first cellular network on a first frequency band of one or more first frequency bands associated with a first mobile country code (MCC) of a planned route of the wireless node; detecting a condition with the first cellular network after the camping on the first cellular network; and searching, after detecting the condition, for service on the one or more first frequency bands and one or more second frequency bands associated with a second MCC, wherein the one or more second frequency bands are selected based on the first MCC and the planned route.