I am with Verizon. I can switch phones on one of my numbers at will on their Web site. I go back to old phones for things like that and then switch back to my new phone.
Of course, it can be hard to read those tiny MEIDs. I have a magnifying glass for that.
The Cricket store here doesn’t open until 10:00 and I have to shop/do errands so that I can be home before 10:00, as my stamnia flags long about then. But I will see if I can find someone to take me, so at least I won’t have to wait for the bus and get home at noon...the buses only leave once an hour.
The ONLY thing I don’t like about Cricket is trying to find a real person to talk to at the “call center.”