My subscription ran out today and I was offered the deal via the dashboard for £26.50 compared to the normal retail price of £39.99.
Could be useful for those who are up for renewal. I'm not sure if the deal is for everyone, so I apologise.
Edit: don't forget to cancel the auto renewal afterwards from the same section on the dashboard.
Latest comments (51)
piecesofelle
18 Sep 17#51
Thank you so much OP! It didn't even occur to me to check on my account first.
My live expired 3 days ago and I just checked my account on the xbox website and there the deal price was!!
HOT HOT HOT
liamoconnell10
3 Sep 17#50
Where do you check this?
ItsFrazer
24 Aug 17#49
I have xbox live for free some reason it still tells me to buy gold but f that
wardenam
22 Aug 17#48
My Xbox live expired yesterday and i had seen the offer on the dash the day before, but only got it after mine had expired. Cheapest price i could find at the time, so its a good deal if you get the offier.
damianhiscocks
21 Aug 17#47
I tried to use this service direct from the dashboard on Xbox one yesterday. About an hour later after a long "chat" with Microsoft I succeeded. My issue was that I had paid with a prepaid card last year and due to that I couldn't use this offer until my service expired. It didn't tell me that though it just said my payment methods were refused and I needed to enter a new payment method. It was about 4 payment methods later that I had had enough and went online. Then after explaining the problem several times I managed to get my current service cancelled by MS and I was then able to extend using the £26.50. They send me a code for the month I had left on the old one - which presumably puts me in the same position should I ever want to use a dashboard deal again!!
This was sufficiently stressful to put me off in the future and hopefully if you are in the same boat you now have some idea about what's happening and this might help :thinking:
Deggers
19 Aug 17#35
Cold as its account specific. Complain on chat and they can't give you the offer - it's dictated by the "random" server who is offered it.
Chasloyal to Deggers
19 Aug 17#40
Self entitlement alert: I can't be bothered to snap up one of the 25 quid annual Gold subs regularly available from a whole host of retailers all year round and stack it on my current sub so I'll pipe up at some Wallachian CS agent on 2 bread rolls an hour because the robot didn't generate this offer to my account :grin:
Marzman to Chasloyal
19 Aug 17#42
I've been looking =) Not seen an offer for ages, seems like the last 12 months ~£25 offer posted on here was back in March.
Chasloyal to Marzman
19 Aug 17#43
Really? :unamused:
Well funnily enough I got 15 months from Game for 27 quid off here on May the 22nd
Marzman to Chasloyal
20 Aug 17#45
Can't find that one, my point was that the offers seem to have dried up, been looking for the past month or so
Chasloyal to Marzman
21 Aug 17#46
I hate to be a smarty pants, because nobody likes a smarty pants, but I think it's worth me putting it out there that this is the reason you should always be looking, even when you got many months left on your subscription.
Snap up anything at great prices whenever they surface and stack them, it's really very simple.
That's why I got more way more than 18 months on both my Gold and EA Access :wink:
louthepoo
20 Aug 17#44
Mines expired and I haven't had a sniff of an offer, best I've been offered is the standard £39.99 a year or £5.99 a month!! No thanks
WDTV123
19 Aug 17#41
Heat my gold expires in 3 days and is showing to extend it for 26.50 for 12 months on the drop down box
mikebohan
19 Aug 17#39
does any one know, where else is cheap at the moment, as this offers not showing for me ether, cheers m
hmsq82
19 Aug 17#38
Mine was about to expire tomorrow, thanks OP, now just need to find the way to disable auto renewal. * Edit. Just did it on the xbox website instead and disabled auto renew.
torroxcampo
19 Aug 17#37
Mines been out for 3 months had 2 1pound a month offers I used but nothing for the last 3 months at all.. thinking about selling my Xbox tbh
Mikey82
19 Aug 17#36
Thanks for this. Mine ran out earlier this week.
Mathew.Wootton
19 Aug 17#34
I got this yesterday, clicking on the Xbox gold tab it was £39.99 but there was another tab on the left menu saying 'dont let gold expire' and there it was £26.50. showed at 1month renewal with a menu arrow, changed month to 12 month and it was £26.50 (I actually got charged £26.66, £22.22 + £4.44 tax)
madeofbraille
19 Aug 17#33
Go on Microsoft chat, complain about something non account specific but worthy of complaint, they'll give you a code for a free month. I do this every 3 months. I basically get 3 months free a year.
Marzman
18 Aug 17#32
I got a month for £2, all the other options were full price
WeskerLives
18 Aug 17#31
My 12 month subscription just ran out last week and the only offer it's giving me is £2 for a one off month. The 12 month subscription is still priced at £39.99 for me.
brendinho
18 Aug 17#30
excellent!! cheers!!
J88NYr
18 Aug 17#29
Just a head up, you don't have to let your Gold run out to get this, as long as you don't renew with a 12 months it seems to offer it to you just as it runs out. I was due to run out last month, but during Prime Day I bough the 3 months XBL with £10 credit, and then a couple weeks later this deal popped up on my dash board. :grin:
NotoriousPhilZ
18 Aug 17#28
Been out for a month or two now best ive been offered is £1 for one month. Been waiting for a year offer but nothing.
smudgelabsmate
18 Aug 17#27
Nope, not here's either BUT... BUT... I was offered a whole month for just £5.99!!! Yeah, thanks for the loyalty benefits for the last 8 or so years.. :neutral_face: . Voted hot regardless as that is a great price if you are offered it.
Zmurkz
18 Aug 17#26
Darn, my gold has been up for a week or so but no deal offer for me. Still, heat added. If your account qualifies it's a great price.
moley
18 Aug 17#25
Heat added btw
spinks
1 Aug 17#2
Repeatedly posted for those out of xbox gold cover. Very account specific I’m afraid and not a deal for all.
propyl21 to spinks
1 Aug 17#4
Fair enough, can't argue with that. was hoping others could benefit from it too
spinks to propyl21
1 Aug 17#1
Good information for those that benefit. But well known not for all. I like to buy at this ball park figure and stack years. My OCD can’t handle the risk of waiting to expire to save a couple quid. :joy:
blundy_5 to spinks
1 Aug 17#8
Not a deal for all but has been highlighted in the description. Heat :grin:
Spinksickles to spinks
2 Aug 17#10
We seem to share the same surname, friend.
spinks to Spinksickles
2 Aug 17#11
If it were my name we would. It’s just a made up name for me from an amalgamation of a few things. But good luck to you! :raised_hand:
moley to spinks
18 Aug 17#24
Also a legendary Aston villa goalkeeper
BostonTerrier
18 Aug 17#23
SMOKING HOT!! :imp:
Dekard97
18 Aug 17#22
Where's my loyalty bonus for never running out?? Huh? Where is it Microsoft? Pffft :kissing_heart:
Manbatius
16 Aug 17#21
Mines ran out, not paying £40 they want on dash. I'll be fine until the pre 2018 demo is out.
cas398
11 Aug 17#20
Mine runs out on the 28th and I got the offer just there :thumbsup:
trd
4 Aug 17#19
IM GLAD THE OP POSTED THIS, IF ONLY TO MAKE ME REALISE WHAT C.N[U]T.S XBOX LIVE HAVE BECOME. GOLD RAN OUT ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO, STILL NO RENEWAL DISCOUNT. SINCE I BOUGHT XB1 CONSOLE I CREATED A NEW GAMERTAG EXPECTING THE 1 MONTH FREE TRIAL THAT X360 CONSOLE GAVE FOR FIRST 3 GAMERTAGS PER CONSOLE... NOPE NOTHING.
OH AND FOR LAST 7 YEARS IVE NEVER PAID OVER £24-27 FOR 1YR GOLD... NOW MS HAVE TIGHTENED THE NOOSE LOL ALL PREPAID SELLERS ARE £35+ WTF!!
WORSE STILL THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NOW SH!TE, IT USED TO BE SMART FLUENT GUYS FROM ESTONIA, NOW YOU END UP TALKING TO SALTY ROMANIAN BAGS WHO HAVE NO INTEREST OR AUTHORITY TO ASSIST OR OFFER ANYTHING...
(SRY FOR CAPS MY KEYBOARD IS GLITCHING)
Proteus_3k
3 Aug 17#18
Downvoted. Account Specific. I'd prefer if the search results for xbox live subscription deals didn't get clogged up with people posting about account specific deals all the time.
JoeSpur
1 Aug 17#9
I got 3 months for £8.99 the other day. Heat added! :grin:
chewinchewie to JoeSpur
2 Aug 17#15
Where from may i ask? still available?
JoeSpur to chewinchewie
2 Aug 17#17
From the dashboard, all these deals are account specific based on unknown factors. Sadly it seems those who regularly stay Gold rarely get the good deals as they are more to intice us in. I used to get my codes from eBay but it's banned these days as they are mostly stolen, keygenned or fake
neoaisac
2 Aug 17#16
Cold. Account. Specific.
chrisdrew1985
2 Aug 17#14
Will check my 360 later, as I'm looking to get a one x and pick up where I left of from 360 l, ps4 is starting to get a bit to slimey with worse quality control and the price increase of psn to 49.99 can do one
A2tharon
2 Aug 17#13
mine ran out a few weeks ago, I check everyday but still no £26.50 for me :disappointed:
Wkm72
2 Aug 17#12
Thanks, I'll keep an eye out mine runs out at the end of the month.
speadfreek
1 Aug 17#7
Mine ran out yesterday.. 39.99 for me :joy: :joy:
manx21
1 Aug 17#6
Mine also expired today, I checked it and got it for £26.50, thanks!
rafe17
1 Aug 17#5
Mines up in two weeks and can't see any deal to extend so maybe it shows once your sub has expired? Will jump on it if it does though. Thanks OP.
kensal
1 Aug 17#3
No need to apologise...if there's a chance then hell yeah say it loud..good for you.
Opening post
Could be useful for those who are up for renewal. I'm not sure if the deal is for everyone, so I apologise.
Edit: don't forget to cancel the auto renewal afterwards from the same section on the dashboard.
Latest comments (51)
My live expired 3 days ago and I just checked my account on the xbox website and there the deal price was!!
HOT HOT HOT
Cheapest price i could find at the time, so its a good deal if you get the offier.
This was sufficiently stressful to put me off in the future and hopefully if you are in the same boat you now have some idea about what's happening and this might help :thinking:
Really? :unamused:
Well funnily enough I got 15 months from Game for 27 quid off here on May the 22nd
Snap up anything at great prices whenever they surface and stack them, it's really very simple.
That's why I got more way more than 18 months on both my Gold and EA Access :wink:
Mine was about to expire tomorrow, thanks OP, now just need to find the way to disable auto renewal. * Edit. Just did it on the xbox website instead and disabled auto renew.
I was due to run out last month, but during Prime Day I bough the 3 months XBL with £10 credit, and then a couple weeks later this deal popped up on my dash board. :grin:
OH AND FOR LAST 7 YEARS IVE NEVER PAID OVER £24-27 FOR 1YR GOLD... NOW MS HAVE TIGHTENED THE NOOSE LOL ALL PREPAID SELLERS ARE £35+ WTF!!
WORSE STILL THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NOW SH!TE, IT USED TO BE SMART FLUENT GUYS FROM ESTONIA, NOW YOU END UP TALKING TO SALTY ROMANIAN BAGS WHO HAVE NO INTEREST OR AUTHORITY TO ASSIST OR OFFER ANYTHING...
(SRY FOR CAPS MY KEYBOARD IS GLITCHING)