We too have had a Tracfone for over a dozen years, and while we could buy date for our phone, we never did. However, our daughter & SIL upgraded when he got a new iPhone for work, and we inherited an iPhone and we considered getting 2 separate plans, which would require switching SIM cards, to which DW objected, so we went with a relatively new Bell Mobility plan which give us unlimited phone and texting, and 3 gigs of data. I am told that since Bell introduced the plan, competitors have come out with similar plan. It is slightly more expensive than the 2 separate plans at $100 CDN monthly, but not break the bank and you never run into a problem when travelling along the border since it doesn't matter which tower the phone picks up. Oh, and since it was an unlocked phone, the plan is monthly if we are not happy or a better plan comes along.
Ed