[JohnJSal]

Hi all. Just want to check if my understanding is correct, so here are some questions. First, a couple of things to know:

A. My current contract expires 7-19-10, but according to Sprint I am eligible for the full upgrade pricing on 5-1-10 (which makes sense because I believe you get it at the start of your 22nd month).

B. This December I will have been with Sprint 10 years, so I become a Premier customer.

Now the questions:

1. If I buy a new phone on 5-1-10 and get the full upgrade pricing by signing a two-year contract, and then 5-1-11 rolls around (meaning I'll have had that phone for one year), am I eligible for the full upgrade pricing again even though I have a year left on the contract? Does it matter that I haven't been Premier member for a full year?

2. If I buy a new phone with upgrade pricing/2-year contract on 5-1-11, does this new 2-year contract replace the current one (which would still have a year left) or do they get added together?

Ultimately I'm just wondering if the yearly upgrade is independent of the 2-year contracts you have to sign in order to get the full upgrade pricing in the first place, and if I have to be a Premier member for a year before I get the benefits.

Thanks!

[Burg727]

Ok so well take it from the top. It doesnt take hitting a ten year mark or anything to be a premier customer. So I gather that you've probably been a premier customer much longer than you think. As for your first question yes, as a premier customer you get your full upgrade price after only a year in to the 2 year contract. Second, if you buy the new phone after the first year and sign the new 2 year contract it is just that, a new 2 year contract. They do not combine for 3 years or anything like that. So your good to go on the upgrade now if you want and then can do it again every year there after.

[GrandWorks]

It does depend on 10 years. Assuming the OP isn't on one of the automatic-premier plans, he/she will not become premier until the ten year anniversary. That said, go ahead and upgrade on may 1st. May 1st 2011 you will be eligible again.

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[JohnJSal]

Thanks guys. And yeah, I already looked into it and the only other way to be Premier is to have a plan of (I believe) $69.99 or more. My plan is $40 with a $30 Blackberry add-on package, so that doesn't count. But I like the flexibility of having the voice plan separate from data/text anyway.