Opinions Needed: Converting from a Tmobile Family Plan to Individual Plan

[The_Pancake_Man]

I currently have a T-Mobile Family Plan with the BB Web & Msg 400 for $24.99 extra. We are dismantling the family plan once the contact is up however my phone upgrade eligibility comes due before my contact period is up.

Would I be better off upgrading my phone when my upgrade period is available under my Family Plan then converting my account to an individual account?

or

Setting up an individual account then getting a phone upgrade?

Would T-Moble honor my BB Web & Msg 400 plan on a new individual account in my name?

[NorrisCell]

Originally Posted by The_Pancake_Man

I currently have a T-Mobile Family Plan with the BB Web & Msg 400 for $24.99 extra. We are dismantling the family plan once the contact is up however my phone upgrade eligibility comes due before my contact period is up.

Would I be better off upgrading my phone when my upgrade period is available under my Family Plan then converting my account to an individual account?

or

Setting up an individual account then getting a phone upgrade?

Would T-Moble honor my BB Web & Msg 400 plan on a new individual account in my name?

You can do the upgrade whenever you like, as it will not make a difference. The contract on the other family lines does not change during the upgrade of your line as long as the family rate plan is not changed.

Will T-Mobile honor that rate? The short answer is "probably not", for two main reasons. That rate applies to grandfathered plans only, and once you go to an individual plan, you will have to go on one of the new rate plans. Secondly, if you upgrade to a new smartphone, your web plan will probably need to be switched to a "required" version of the data plan, and I don't believe there is a required version of the web/400.

With that said, if you do the upgrade before the family plan is split up, there is a chance that whatever required data package you end up on will be overlooked by the rep who eventually switches you to an individual line, assuming the computer does not detect the error. If this happens, take it as a bonus, because it is not supposed to happen this way

[screenpod]

I recently did something similar where my BB plan was $34. Converting to an individual plan upped that rate to $40. Kind of silly because now I'm paying more for my individual plan with less minutes than I was with the family plan. Live and learn I guess.