LOL. Nope, not a Verizon employee. I'd actually rather there be a loophole, as it helps people out. I do, however actually know how it works, and have seen the results. So, feel free to try and insult me all you want, doesn't change a thing.
You can still always use a line that doesn't have the unlimited to upgrade, the swap and keep the unlimited. But once you renew the contract on the unlimited line, you lose eligibility for the unlimited, regardless of what line you swapped the upgrade to:
Line 1(Unlimited line) -> If you upgrade, you lose unlimited
Line 2-> Can upgrade, the swap phone to line 1. Line 2 contract renews, no effect on line 1 contract
is different than:
Line 2 - not eligible for upgrade, no unlimited anyway.
Line 1 (Unlimited) -> Use this line to upgrade line 2 phone. This renews the contract on this line And gives discounted phone to line 2. Device can be swapped back later.
Under Vzw's "new" terms, once you renew the line that has the unlimited, regardless of which line gets the phone that line has to update to the new data plans.
I'm simply trying to put real info out there so that people aren't trying to do the wrong thing and screwing themselves over.