I think I figured out all the billing, LOL. My brain my hurt from all the math, LOL. And yeah, when we got divorced, we had 4 people on our plan. We realized it would cost more to be solo, and then one of us have our DD than if we stayed together (plus my dad was on the plan then too). We added on our DS, and the my dad dropped and my mom added (when work stopped paying her phone when she retired). I've joked that my BF should just join our plan at this point, LOL. But at 40, he's on his parent's, LOL. TBH, every line works out to be like $25/line. So why wouldn't I keep everyone on it?
But looking at the billing sent me down the rabbit hole of upgrading, LOL. I can get $350 if I trade in DS's 8 (or the 7 we have just in a drawer). He's 13 (about to be 8th grade), and wants a new phone. However, he's a boy, and 13 and has broken quite a few screens, LOL. I have a 12 pro, his sister a 12, his dad an 11. So I'm thinking of upgrading his dad to a 13, giving him the 11. His dad will keep a phone forever (he had a 7 before the 11, and got that technically when the 12 was new, lol). The 11 is eligible to upgrade in 10 mos. So I could upgrade DS in HS to something nicer when hopefully he's less likely to break it. LOL. My mom has a XR which is giving $700 trade in. So I'm going to have her get a 13 for basically free while I'm at it, LOL. So then 2 phones on our plan will reset the upgrade clock to 3 years, and 3 phones on our plan can upgrade in 10 mos. I've been known in the past to upgrade phones and swap SIM cards, LOL. So it's nice to have options!
And in CC news, upgrading phones + the blackstone purchase should make me hit my SUB on the IHG Biz, LOL.