If I order iPhone 5s from apple with one number with upgrade can I activate with a different number?

Question

My family account has 3 phones, phone 1 does not have an upgrade available but phone 2 does.
Can I order an iphone 5s from apples website with the number for phone 2 to get the upgrade price and then when I receive the phone activate it with phone 1's number?
I asked a Verizon representative and he says I AM ABLE to do this BUT I have been looking at "activation" videos and none of them shows any area where you enter a number to activate the phone which leads me to believe the number for the phone is predetermined.  (I have never owned an iphone).
I would love a definitive answer from someone.

Answer 1

PhilC506 wrote:
Can I order an iphone 5s from apples website with the number for phone 2 to get the upgrade price and then when I receive the phone activate it with phone 1's number?
Yes, you can do this.  When the phone comes in, you'll need to activate it on line 2 to accept the Terms and Conditions, then you can move the phone to line 1.  You then would reactivate the old phone back on line 2.  Keep in mind that you may have a day's worth of pro-rated data on line 2 (I'd check via MyVerizon to double-check that the data plan did, indeed, drop off when you reactivated the basic phone).  Also keep in mind that now line 2 has a new two-year contract and if for some reason you decide to cancel the line before the contract period is over, the ETF will be based on the smartphone purchased, not on the basic phone that's on the line.  Insurance may or may not transfer (I've read that it will since both phones are on the same account, but I'm not positive about that).