Verizon Plan Transition - Need Help!

[Tim in Hollywood]

Hi all,

Hoping you can help me figure out how to get the most out of where we want to go with Verizon...

1. We currently have Nationwide Talk+Text 1400. All out of contract.
a. 2 lines smart phone with UDP
b. 1 line smart phone 2GB/mo
c. 2 lines basic phone

2. Want to go to this:
a. 5 smart phone lines on Verizon Plan XL (12GB/mo + 10GB/month for life via the current promo).
b. 2 lines UDP - with new phone numbers (either keep them or sell them to a UDP buyer).
Will have 7 total lines after this transaction.

The five phone numbers have been used for 20+ years for business, so absolutely must keep them.

Would like to maximize our rebates, credits, etc ($300 trade-in, $100 new phone).

We already have smart phones that will will use for all lines. Any new phones received during the transaction will likely be sold via eBay or Craigslist.

Should I create an entirely new account (Verizon Plan XL with 5 lines), then transfer the non-UDP lines? What's the best way to do this?

Can I then do the Google Voice trick to get the existing UDP phone numbers ported to the Verizon Plan XL (Nationwide T&T 1400 > Google Voice > Verizon Plan XL)? Then get new random numbers for the UDP lines?

Any better way to maximize / process this?

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer! It will be greatly appreciated.

-Tim

 

[Mooncatt]

Wow, this is more than I can help figure out, but here's something else to consider. Someone else posted about using the promo code "upgrade" when upgrading to a Droid Mini for $100 off. I tried it on the Note 5 and got another $100 off in addition to their advertised instant $100 off sale, for $200 total savings. So take that into consideration for any lines you plan to use an upgrade on.

 

[dpham00]

Can you afford to switch to tmobile temporarily (a month or two) or do you want to stay with Verizon always?

 

[SandersJC1964]

The only way would be to have the 5 lines on a separate account. You can't have UDP and the VZ plan on the same account. If you transferred the 2 udp lines afterward, they'd become part of the VZ plan bucket and udp would be gone.

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[Tim in Hollywood]

Can you afford to switch to tmobile temporarily (a month or two) or do you want to stay with Verizon always?

No. Must be on VZW. The new plan must be VZW, because the only way this works for us, data-wise, is to have the +2GB/mo per line = +10GB/month overall.

 

[Tim in Hollywood]

The only way would be to have the 5 lines on a separate account. You can't have UDP and the VZ plan on the same account. If you transferred the 2 udp lines afterward, they'd become part of the VZ plan bucket and udp would be gone.

Agreed. The 2 UDP lines cannot possibly be on the new Verizon Plan XL. Just need to know how to most effectively make the transition (to maximize rebates, discounts, etc).

For rebate/promo purposes, should I create an entirely new plan (Verizon Plan XL) for the all 5 lines, then transfer the 3 non-UDP...or should I just directly switch the 3 non-UDP lines to a new Verizon Plan XL?

 

[Tim in Hollywood]

Will this work?

1. Get a new smart phone for each of the 5 current lines at $100 off (each).

2. Sign up for an entirely new Verizon Plan XL with 5 lines (getting the $300 old smart phone trade-in credit + $100 phone discount *for each line*). Get 5 more new smart phones for new line activation. Will send in some old cheapo smart phones that qualify for the trade-in credit.

3. Move the 3 non-UDP phone numbers to the Verizon Plan XL, cancel those 3 non-UDP lines. Pay off DPP for each.

4. Google Voice trick to keep the numbers for the two UDP lines. Then port those numbers from Google Voice to the new Verizon Plan XL plan.

If this is correct, it would net me 10 new smart phones (probably Droid Mini at $8 each). $300 account credit x5.

At the end, all existing numbers would be on the new Verizon Plan XL with 22GB/mo shared data (12GB + 2GB x5 from the current +2GB promo). We would have two UDP lines on a separate plan that could be sold or used otherwise.

Any flaws with my strategy? Any way to improve it?

Thank you for your help with this! It's difficult to have certainty, because every VZW rep says something different. Tough to know the real scoop.

-Tim

 

[dpham00]

Anything involving the reps is a risk. Personally I wouldn't port the unlimited data lines off the plan. You could do it but a rep could also mess it up.