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Dependent phone line.

Chassech
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

If I want to add a line for my child can I put it under my current account or do I have to make a separate account for their phone? Also if I have to make a separate account can I even do that with all the same information as my first account? Or will it say something like “there is already an account with that email/name/address” or whatever.

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RyanKeeping
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

PublicMobile (PM) doesn’t offer multiple lines on one account.

1. Make a gmail account for each child. This is fairly quick and easy

 

2. Use those gmail accounts to create public mobile accounts. MAKE SURE TO REFER EACH ACCOUNT TO THE OTHER! e.g. you get a monthly $1 discount from child A and child A gets monthly $1 discount from child B. 

 

3. Use the same credit card with autopay for all accounts. You’ll get a $2 autopay discount each month.

kelvarnsen
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

@ChuckYeah wrote:

If you use a gmail account, look up aliases. You add a suffix to the email address and it acts like a different address to PM, but the related message go to your original email address. It's really good if you are going to handle several accounts.

 

This one might be clearer. https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/12/10/create-gmail-email-alias/

 

https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-the-infinite-number-of-email-addresses-gmail-1609458192


There are several options with gmail. Gmail doesn't recognize the '.' in an address so one account could be youraddress@gmail.com and one could be your.address@gmail.com and emails to both end up in the same inbox.

 

Also check out the gmail settings since there are ways to check email from other accounts and have those emails imported into gmail.

 

Although really, PM communicates mostly through text message and I don't remember the last time I have gotten an email from them that wasn't a promotion. So setting up a dummy account that you never check would also work.

Triguy
Mayor / Maire

Unfortunely, PM does not offer family plans.  You would need to create a separate account as you can only have one phone#, account, email per sim.

ChuckYeah
Mayor / Maire

If you use a gmail account, look up aliases. You add a suffix to the email address and it acts like a different address to PM, but the related message go to your original email address. It's really good if you are going to handle several accounts.

 

This one might be clearer. https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/12/10/create-gmail-email-alias/

 

https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-the-infinite-number-of-email-addresses-gmail-1609458192

tsparkle21
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

Hi.

 

There is no concept of multiple lines in an account in PM, or shared plans. You will need a different E-mail to create another account, but it does not check duplicate credit cards so you can use the same one. 

 

I have 2 PM lines for my kids and I log into each account separately. I wish PM had a multi-account system, but it’s probably the best to have separate ones for when the kids take over the account.

Jb456
Mayor / Maire

Different email is required.

 

Don't forget to log into your self serve account and get your "referral" code so you can take advantage of the refer a friend program.

GR
Mayor / Maire

@Chassech  all you need is a different email address,  all the rest can be the same,  even the same credit card for autopay 

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