[chris1683]

If you are a premier customer you should be eligible for an upgrade every 12 months I believe. When I upgraded, I was still not able to on my primary account due to buying the Touch Pro 2 in September of 2009. What I did though (thanks to a tip from this site) was upgraded the line on my Air Rave account. Since the Air Rave uses a separate line of service, it is also elibigle to be upgraded which is how I got my EVO for 199.99 instead of 599.99 (at Best Buy).

Also I recommend calling Sprint and asking about your anytime chargeable minutes usage patterns as I realized I could drop down to the lower everything plan (69.99) and still have plenty of minutes leftover since I primarily call cell phones.

If you are a government employee, army, police officer, emt, fire fighter, etc. go to a Sprint Store and ask them for the discount code for your profession. Call Sprint and have them apply it to your account and you could also save some cash. I get 20% off every month and also had them waive the Air Rave 4.99/month recurring charge for life. I explained that my home is a dead zone and that I would like to stay with Sprint however since the air rave uses MY home router to gain access I felt that I should not have to pay an additional 4.99/month and they waived it. It's worth a shot but remember that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar!