Worked for me today, my xb gold expires in 1 month.

When i followed the dashboard link it tried to get me to renew 1 month at £5.99, I had to go back and change the 1 month option to 12 months then click renew (actually i think it was called extend) and I got the £26.50 price.

As I have previously said on a similar thread whether you get offered it or not upon expiry is all down to chance. I had a conversation with a microsoft chat agent to confirm this.

I believe that this random selection that takes place refreshes periodically (daily or weekly I would imagine) and eventually you should get offered it, but the real question is how long are you willing to wait without Gold if you don't get a deal straight away?

Only offer I am getting is £1 for 1 month which, when you click to redeem says £5.99!

I get the "exclusive offer" page for £26.50 but when i click on extend it goes back to £39.99. Anyone else had this?

My dashboard on Xbox is offering the 'exclusive discount' but when I click through it takes me on to the usual renewal page and wants to charge me 39.99. I didn't have a payment method on my account before but I have just added my paypal details but it has made no difference. I previously renewed by a prepaid card but the offer is there so I don't understand why it is not working. Has anyone got any suggestions? Thanks

Full price £39.99 on my dashboard, PC, tablet and phone. Been trying all of them multiple times in the hope Microsoft offer me my first ever discount. Only about a week before my gold runs out.

Yes mine's prepaid too!

Full price on both of my kids' accounts, both through the dashboard and via the website.
Both accounts have a current pre-paid subscription.

Thank you for the clarification :smiley:

Thanks OP, I was just about to order at £36-ish on eBuyer

I'm on a pre paid code at the moment from the Game £25 offer a while back, I'm being offered 12 months for £26.50 when I log in.

Brilliant timing, just renewed twice:) (stacked up). Thanks! Heat added.

Full price here as well on everything I try.:disappointed:
Heat added though :stuck_out_tongue:

£39.99 for me too but it did offer me 1 month for £1.00 so did grab that!

Oh that could explain it...

Eurgh. Full price.

Same for me :S - Is it because my current live was a pre-paid code and not direct from Microsoft site? Was yours the same?

When I try to get to Join Xbox Live page and press Join Today I've got error saying the website couldn't be reached/loaded. When I use the link from other deal it comes up at £39.99. Cold

£39.99 for me!!gutted.

Definitely if your planning on having an Xbox and using it after September haha

Just keep an eye on here, there's been at least 1 live deal every week for the past month I think :laughing:

39.99 here :disappointed:

Not working for me, gutted as my Live ran out last week

£39.99 for me...I have an offer of 3 months for £8.99

I get the same :disappointed:

If coming from a pre-paid subscription code that's just about to end to this - you will lose X amount of days and it wont add on-top

£39.99 for me too! Gold doesn't expire for a few months but thankfully I got 12 months Gold from Game for £25 on Black Friday weekend.

Nah, just unlucky :disappointed:

Not just you, I can't either :disappointed:

​Same here. Just got one year now (thanks everyone for the help) , but need to decide whether I buy another year now or wait.

Who knows if I'll still be playing my Xbox then :laughing:

I checked mine before purchasing. 2015 I got it for £20, but 2016 was £30. Both from CDkeys.

I have a feeling they're pushing subscriptions here, hence the auto-renew and discounted first year. Obviously a subscription model doesn't work with Xbox credit.

You have to click on buy and get to the credit card page after logging in, then the price changes. Just make sure it changes before you click 'confirm', that's when the money goes out of your account.

Why does everyone get it for £26 except me! Still showing £39.99 for me :disappointed:

You can only stack 3 years I think so you're just above that (you'd be at 3 years and 3 months :stuck_out_tongue: )

Brilliant timing - my Live ran out yesterday - just came on here on the off chance before i went to CD Keys

just got 2 years the max gold they let you have

thanks

Me is now good to play online until 2019, well pleased, cheers OP...

Haven't had Live since xmas, used the link above, showed £39.99, logged in, changed to £26.50.

Direct link to the UK store page for Gold: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/p/xbox-live-gold/cfq7ttc0k5dj/000G
I was able to buy two years at the reduced price, so it did stack :smiley:

If you scroll down to the bottom left of the page and click on the link by the globe you should be able to change it to UK.

Xbox really do annoy me. Why is it we can't use our Xbox credit to buy this? One still can't even purchase 360 games with credit on the Xbox One

Doesn't seem to be working for me. I was seeing a discount on the US page but this seems to of now gone.

Thanks op. My subscription wasnr due to expire until July and it worked for me on mobile after a bit of fiddling about. It kept signing me out for some reason after a new page was opened but I got there in the end. brilliant price. Also hidable from the gf heat! :wink:

Got one year, just got to decide whether to get a second year of it, is a good price though might there be some even cheaper deals? I know £20 has happened in the past though not seen anything like that for a good few years....

​yeah exactly the same. had to use desktop. My live ran out a month ago, so i am glad this worked! Thanks OP.

This works for me my sub doesn't run out till 29th Oct, heated OP brilliant price

Thanks for this. Full price on mobile but tried desktop and it worked.

mine redirects to Russian language - anyone any ideas ?

All it means is that it will renew at the standard rate of £39.99 when your subscription runs out, basically buying this turns on auto renew but you can easily turn it back off again in your account. It shouldn't stop you buying another year at this price while the deal is still live.

Anyone having trouble would advise using Edge as I find the Xbox / Microsoft sites perform very poorly on Chrome, often just displaying a grey box or timing out when I try to purchase something, not sure whether it's my set up, or being Microsoft they deliberately make it awkward to use on non-Microsoft browsers....

Worked for ex make sure you login again when you see the price at 39.99. I was logged into Xbox.com and the purchase was redirected to Microsoft store. I thought I was still logged in but I wasn't!

I also get redirects to the US store, even though the Join Live is set for UK. So annoying. And then setting the store to UK, takes it to top level.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-GB/store/p/xbox-live-gold/cfq7ttc0k5dj is the direct link

Just buy it again i just did im sorted till 2019 Thanks OP!!!!

hmmm.. works for me but I have Gold until September 2018... do I buy some more now or not?

:man:

Thanks for the info OP. Voted Hot.

I managed to get one purchase in. For some reason I couldn't stack a second purchase on even though my subscription runs out in June 2019.

It says it's going to charge me 26.50 for first year and then 39.99 after that. Is this correct? How would I buy two years worth now in that case?
I currently have a 3 month live until end of June. Thanks for the help in advance - new to xbox.

I thought this was gonna be another account specific deal but worked for me using desktop site. Like others have said, it's stackable so got two years for £53 which was great timing as my sub was up at the end of march. Thanks for posting OP

Mine doesn't run out till October 18 and I've been offered it.

bought it twice here and now have 2 years expire date

it worked for me as well... question has anyone tried to buy it twice? I've bought it but it still shows as 26.50 for xbox gold.

Worked for me through the website also, and I had a couple of months to go. Much heat, thanks

£26.50 on the front page, stacked quite nicely so my subscription now expires November 2018. However it also charged me £26.66. That was a payment by credit card in GBP, so not sure where the extra money comes from.

Whilst I do agree, this particular one seems to work for most people, so give it a go. But yes, as with most things the offers are set up for new business not to retain business. Car insurance is another one, I've yet to stay with an insurer for two years in a row purely because they're never competitive on renewal.

Cool, mine ran out in Feb, logged into the site and the deal was there waiting!

I've just got an Xbox One for my 6 year-old who loves Minecraft. Can anyone advise me if I should be buying xbox live for it?

Mine doesn't run out till 02/2018 and it's showing up as £26.50 for me as well. Once I signed in I saw the prices after selecting 12 months from the drop down list.

Xbox Live > Join Xbox Live Gold > Select 12 months

Edit: This is via the desktop by visiting Xbox.com

Sorry but these dashboard Xbox Live deals really annoy me as they are so targeted and seem dependant upon your membership being extremely close to expired so only the disorganised (or those not bothered about having Gold) benefit. The existing loyal customers that like to keep their membership topped up get shafted with full price.

Wish if they wanted to do a promotion on gold membership they would just give it to everyone regardless of the amount left on their sub.

Like most of these heavily targeted deals, nice if you can get it, but the problem is most can't....

Thanks! went on the xbox website and i got the deal

Took me awhile to find it. Finally did and it's £26.50, now do I buy it haha!

I did indeed pay via PayPal, but no additional tax or charges were mentioned :smiley: it's only 32p as I stacked them...can't even get a Freddo for that anymore so no big loss

Managed to do it on desktop, although they charged me £26.66! Robbing me of 16p....how dare them :wink:

I keep getting redirected to the US site and it shows $39, any way to stay in the UK site?

I've got Gold until 8th February 2018 and I can still get the offer. Not that I really need it.

£39.99 for me :disappointed:

Good deal if you can get it.

My live ran out last month, had the option of 1 month for £1, waited in the hope that I would get this offer, but it has just reverted to the standard price. Have enough games I need to finish to keep me going though...

Log in to the UK page, click Join Live, comes up in $, change page to UK....keeps repeating! Damn you Microsoft! Maybe their mobile page is broken

Nice there for me at last with 3 days gold remaining.

yep can confirm its "stackable" :smiley:

following instructions in comments this just worked for me too. my live expired 4 days ago and been checking my dashboard daily for 2 weeks and nothing showing there. hot hot hot!

I was just able to stack this twice as well for anyone that wants to buy a couple of years worth!

I clicked Xbox Live from the main tabs and then Join Xbox live and followed the pages through to extend my sub and the deal was there ready!

worked for me.... showed £39.99 then went to Deals and the new price appeared ...happy 4 days left on a two week code :smiley:

Mine due on 26th, been gold for 12 years and also in the alpha Xbox beta program. And still 39.99. ****.

​Hey, what do I do once I follow the link?

looked under 12 months Gold on the website, £26.50, excellent thanks!

Just checked and I've been offered it as well! Mine runs out in September so not sure whether to grab this price now and add on 12 months haha

hot, not as hot as a year for free, but i would have pounced on this if i didnt get that argos/trade in at game deal a few days ago, this should help quite a few people to renew their membership for a fair price though if it works!

Just managed to do it online myself following your link! First time I've ever been eligible which is nice. Shame you can't stack them lol

EDIT: I was actually able to stack this twice so there's years worth if you want them!