suspending service while keep the phone number

[emliu]

Hi, I will be out of the country for half a year next month. My current plan will stop on Dec 5th.

I am wondering if there is a min pay that I can keep my phone number when I come back?

[emliu]

so you mean the below steps?

1. Dec 5th to Mar 5th: account inactive

2. Mar 6th, I pay $20 for 30 days.

3. Apr 6th to Jun 6, account inactive

4. Jun 7th, reactive. So I can keep my phone number.

btw, how can I inactive my account?

[Luddite]

I like my extensive extended absence post. 

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Paying-for-your-service/Extended-Absence/m-p/142735#M...

Alliteration also pleases me. 

[wetcoaster]

All good!

I personally would set a reminder in my calendar on "day 88 from now" and let the system do the math. 😉

[will13am]

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@wetcoaster wrote:

@will13am

I just wouldn't leave the activation of the "place holder plan" and set up of the new plan next spring to the very last day... Unless, of course, we have an absolutely flawlessly working solid back end system by then... (*irony off*)

@emliu

Just reinforcing @will13am's point that you will loose access to any grandfathered plan if you are going the 30day text plan route. If you have an amazing promo deal that you want to keep you can still let it go into suspension, say for 88days (turn auto pay off and remove credit card info) but you would need to renew that existing plan on March 4, 2018 (or so) in order to keep it.

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D'oh, did I mis-count by an entire month? 

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Nearly full month of December plus January and February brings me to early March?

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Well, my arithmetic failed me again.  The concept is right anyway.

[wetcoaster]

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@will13am wrote:

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@wetcoaster wrote:

@will13am

I just wouldn't leave the activation of the "place holder plan" and set up of the new plan next spring to the very last day... Unless, of course, we have an absolutely flawlessly working solid back end system by then... (*irony off*)

@emliu

Just reinforcing @will13am's point that you will loose access to any grandfathered plan if you are going the 30day text plan route. If you have an amazing promo deal that you want to keep you can still let it go into suspension, say for 88days (turn auto pay off and remove credit card info) but you would need to renew that existing plan on March 4, 2018 (or so) in order to keep it.

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D'oh, did I mis-count by an entire month? 

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Nearly full month of December plus January and February brings me to early March?

[will13am]

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@wetcoaster wrote:

@will13am

I just wouldn't leave the activation of the "place holder plan" and set up of the new plan next spring to the very last day... Unless, of course, we have an absolutely flawlessly working solid back end system by then... (*irony off*)

@emliu

Just reinforcing @will13am's point that you will loose access to any grandfathered plan if you are going the 30day text plan route. If you have an amazing promo deal that you want to keep you can still let it go into suspension, say for 88days (turn auto pay off and remove credit card info) but you would need to renew that existing plan on March 4, 2018 (or so) in order to keep it.

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D'oh, did I mis-count by an entire month? 

[wetcoaster]

@will13am

I just wouldn't leave the activation of the "place holder plan" and set up of the new plan next spring to the very last day... Unless, of course, we have an absolutely flawlessly working solid back end system by then... (*irony off*)

@emliu

Just reinforcing @will13am's point that you will loose access to any grandfathered plan if you are going the 30day text plan route. If you have an amazing promo deal that you want to keep you can still let it go into suspension, say for 88days (turn auto pay off and remove credit card info) but you would need to renew that existing plan on March 4, 2018 (or so) in order to keep it.

[will13am · Accepted solution]

A suspended account needs to be reactived within 90 days otherwise it disappears in the system.  So, that covers half of the required duration.  An option would be to then do a plan change to something with minimum cost for 30 days (30 days, no talk, no data, international text at $20) and thus enable another 90 day suspension period.  Recognize that plan changes means the original plan may become unavailable for selection later. 

So the timeline would be:

Account goes into suspension on December 5, 2017

Top up required by February 4, 2018 on a minimum cost 30 day plan

Account goes into suspension March 7, 2018

Next top up required by June 4, 2018.

I hope my arithemetic is accurate here.