Upgrade on a Different Plan

[fupresti]

Forgive me if this is a repeat question, I did not see something popup in a search.

My mother has an upgrade available on a family plan she shares with my dd, wife and brother. I have a AT&T phone through my employer. She has a flip phone and has no intentions on upgrading.

Can I order and iPhone 5 using her upgrade and then activate it on a different plan? I know I will have to go get a fresh SIM to make it work, but I have never done the activate on another plan before, only upgraded on one line and activate on another but on the same plan.

Thanks for any help.

 

[treehugginhippy]

wondering the same thing too...

 

[fupresti]

Bueller.....Bueller....

 

[Advil]

I'm doing the same exact thing with my dads upgrade. The consensus seems that you have to go into AT&T and get a new sim card that's assigned to your own number, pop that one in and then activate. You can't just get it and activate it on your own unfortunately.