PAC to New person and Details
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cobra kid

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258 months

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We currently have a phone contract for our daughter that we pay for and is in our name. It's at the end now and we are going to drop to a 30 day sim only jobby.

What's the most painless way of getting the number transferred and also the name and details of the account holder to be her? Essentially, nothing to do with us anymore.

Ham_and_Jam

3,191 posts

115 months

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cobra kid said:
We currently have a phone contract for our daughter that we pay for and is in our name. It's at the end now and we are going to drop to a 30 day sim only jobby.

What's the most painless way of getting the number transferred and also the name and details of the account holder to be her? Essentially, nothing to do with us anymore.
It’s called a ’transfer of ownership’.

You need to call your incumbent provider and explain what you want to do. It can’t be done on-line as far as I know.

camel_landy

5,280 posts

201 months

Wednesday
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In the times I've transferred a number, I can't recall the new provider ever needing the account holder details of old to correlate with new... So...

  • Set up the new account in her name, it'll be on a new number until the transfer happens.
  • Get the PAC from the current vendor.
  • With the PAC, follow the new vendor's process for getting the number transferred across.
TBH - It'll probably still work even if the new account is with the same airtime provider.

HTH

M

Ham_and_Jam

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camel_landy said:
In the times I've transferred a number, I can't recall the new provider ever needing the account holder details of old to correlate with new... So...

  • Set up the new account in her name, it'll be on a new number until the transfer happens.
  • Get the PAC from the current vendor.
  • With the PAC, follow the new vendor's process for getting the number transferred across.
TBH - It'll probably still work even if the new account is with the same airtime provider.

HTH

M
That wont work when the transfer is to a different account holder. The incumbent and new provider will check the details without your involvement. No match, no transfer.

As stated you need to contact the incumbent provider.

Road2Ruin

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234 months

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Ham_and_Jam said:
camel_landy said:
In the times I've transferred a number, I can't recall the new provider ever needing the account holder details of old to correlate with new... So...

  • Set up the new account in her name, it'll be on a new number until the transfer happens.
  • Get the PAC from the current vendor.
  • With the PAC, follow the new vendor's process for getting the number transferred across.
TBH - It'll probably still work even if the new account is with the same airtime provider.

HTH

M
That wont work when the transfer is to a different account holder. The incumbent and new provider will check the details without your involvement. No match, no transfer.

As stated you need to contact the incumbent provider.
It worked for me when I transfered my wife's phone number. I didn't speak to anyone. Got a new sim card with new supplier, asked for the PAC code by text. Sent it to new supplier and transferred in 48 hours.

camel_landy

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Road2Ruin said:
It worked for me when I transfered my wife's phone number. I didn't speak to anyone. Got a new sim card with new supplier, asked for the PAC code by text. Sent it to new supplier and transferred in 48 hours.
FWIW - It worked for me too when I transferred my partner's number, from her account, to a family account in my name. Everything was different... Names on accounts, addresses and airtime provider.

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Ham_and_Jam

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camel_landy said:
FWIW - It worked for me too when I transferred my partner's number, from her account, to a family account in my name. Everything was different... Names on accounts, addresses and airtime provider.

M
Fair enough, it shouldn’t work but maybe they’ve relaxed the rules, or some not checking.

It’ll either work or it won’t, so always worth going the easy route first smile