MarinaBob60,

I have the same plan as you. A couple of years back when my contract was
almost up VZW had a 100 bonus minute promotion on the second line, of
which I took advantantage, thereby increasing my total usable minutes to
500. It's possible they may offer it again some time.

Bruce

marinabob60@yahoo.com wrote in news:1162094968.970832.178910
@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

> I have the family plan paying $59 for two numbers and 400 minutes. My
> three year old phone just broke, so now I am shopping not only for a
> new phone but maybe a new provider also. For the same price we can get
> 550 minutes with rollover with Cingular. Can you negotiate with
> Verizon to get more minutes? I though I was told by someone that you
> can, but when I tried it in a store tonight, they said "NO." I don't
> really feel like paying another $10 plus taxes to go to 700 minutes. I
> figure if I can get another 100 minutes for the same price I would stay
> with Verizon. I live in the L.A. area.
>