Are There Phone Plans Out There That You Only Have to Pay If You Use It?

I think you could ask different plan providers about the situation. We have a family plan and it is expensive but we have everything.

I think go phones are nuts. If they use the phone there is a charge for the day, then per minute, then for all kinds of other stuff. It can be $25 for just one use. My friend had one and she got stranded and had to use it. The fees and add on stuff really added up quickly. It was a page long bill just on that one situation.

I would try to find a different plan and keep her on yours. For $10 per month plus some extra too you know she has a back up plan if needed. Since she is working can she pay for it herself?

My sister has the Pay as You Go plan f=rom T-Mobile. She initially paid $100 for 1000 minutes and they last 1 year. Her phone was free (simple flip phone). After the year is up (and she used maybe 500 minutes mostly talking to me) she bought another segment of minutes to have them roll over. Here is a link:
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-as-you-go-plans
You can buy less minutes for less cost but then they expire sooner.
$10/month is close to as cheap as you can get.

Yes, pay as you go, just about every provider has this offer.
You may want to check this out by Tmobile http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-by-the-day-cell-ph...

We use AT&T pay-as-you-go plan for our kids. $25/3 months. It's 25 cents/minute, but my kids never go over the $25, plus the unused balance rolls over. That's about the cheapest we could find. So, it would seem, $100 is what you're going to pay/year.

Probably not. That would not be profitable for the carriers--and they are in business to make a profit! LOL
I would think that $10/month is worth it for the safety of her having it.
Is she low income? Maybe she could get a free plan that way.

I have a tracfone and you buy an airtime card which you add to the phone and you don't have to refill until you are empty mins. They do offer plans for that brand as well but you don't need to get one. Some of the phones you can even get free with the purchase of an airtime card.. Hope that helps.. The website is www.tracfone.com

We have a Virgin Mobile pay-as-you go plan that is $15 every 3 months if you have the minutes automatically topped up on your credit card. I think the cost of using the phone is 18 cents per minute. Minutes roll over. I'm not sure if this is available now--we got our phones a few years ago. But Virgin was the cheapest we could find at the time.