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Help Paying for a Group Line and other Questions

fdbryant3

Android Expert
May 10, 2011
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Okay so I signed up my wife and I for Cricket a couple of months ago as a group account. I now want to add a couple of friends to the group account and have a some questions perhaps someone could answer (I probably should just ask Cricket but this might be easier or at least will let me organize my thoughts)

1) So for the sake of argument there are 3 people sharing a group line. My friend, myself, and my wife. We are all on the basic plan which works out to $30 a month apiece and $90 total. Can we set it up so my friend can log in make his $30 payment monthly payment during the month on one credit card and I make our payment on another credit card?

If yes, can we set it up so that the balance can be an auto-pay charge (ie my friend pays his $30 and the autopay of the balance goes to my CC)?

2) Would we need to share a log in and password - or since they use the phone number can each person have their own unique log in and password to the account?

3) Can I get the referral bonus for adding someone to my group line?

4) Can my friend get the $100 bonus for coming over from MetroPCS?

That is all I can think of for right now - please feel free if you have any useful ideas to share here. Thanks.
 
1. Not possible, any money paid will be applied to the balance owed on the account.
2. You will have to share log-in credentials, as a family plan is controlled with one phone number designated as the main line.
3. No, referrals only count to new lines that are created.
4. I believe the promotion is valid until the end of the year, so yes. It would be best to call your local dealer to confirm that the offer is still available.
A tip, if the friend switching from MetroPCS wants a phone offered by Cricket, it would be best to buy it when porting his number, as rebates for phones usually are given for new line.
 
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