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12-Month Xbox Game Pass Core Membership Expired

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Newegg has 12-Month Xbox Game Pass Core Membership (Email Delivery) on sale for $48.99 when you apply promo code SSDQAA48 at checkout.

Thanks to Community Member _Dutch_ for finding this deal.

Features:
  • 12 Month Game Pass Core will automatically convert to Xbox 4 months of Ultimate Game Pass
  • Play together with online console multiplayer
  • Get member deals and discounts up to 50% off select games with Game Pass promotions
  • Product is limited to US region activation/installation only, and is not eligible for Puerto Rico

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  • Offer valid today 3/13 only.
  • This deal matches a previous frontpage deal.
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Deal expires at the end of today, March 13, 2024. Limit 3 per customer. Requires use of the promo code SSDQAA48 in order to get the $11 discount per code.

This isn't as good as some of the past sales on gray-market sites like Eneba and CDKeys, but these codes are firsthand and therefore much safer to stockpile and hold onto. Note that Newegg does not charge sales tax on these codes.

https://www.newegg.com/microsoft/...6888351003
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Redeeming a GamePass Core code when you already have an active GamePass Ultimate subscription will convert the time on the card into GPU at a rate of 3:1, meaning that a one-year Core code will turn into an extra four months of Ultimate. Redeeming a GamePass Core code without an active GamePass Ultimate subscription, then converting to GamePass Ultimate will give you a better conversion rate of 3:2, meaning that you'll get eight months of Ultimate.

You can have up to 36 months of GamePass Core, or three one-year codes, banked at a time. The browser page to join GamePass Ultimate can be found here [xbox.com]. If this is your first time converting to GPU, the conversion cost is $1, although some returning customers have reported getting the $1 rate as well.

The standard monthly cost of Ultimate is $16.99 plus tax; buying three Core codes from this deal and then converting to Ultimate will give you two years for $147.97, which is a minimum discount of $259.79 or 63% from the monthly rate.
1. Make sure you don't have any game pass ultimate time on your account (either it is expired, or you have never had game pass ultimate before)
2. Buy the (3) 12-month Game Pass Core codes from Newegg
3. Redeem all three codes (you will now have Game Pass Core until 2027)
4. Buy a non-stackable 1-month Game Pass Ultimate code (I used Eneba and it was around $2.50)
5. Redeem the 1-month code and it will convert your 3 years Game Pass Core to 2 years (+ 1 month for the Ultimate code) Game Pass Ultimate
Just to be clear. Do not do this if you already have Ultimate. I misunderstood. I just ended up paying $49 for 4 months of Ultimate (after the conversion), so $12.25/mo, which was a terrible deal for me.

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Redeeming a GamePass Core code when you already have an active GamePass Ultimate subscription will convert the time on the card into GPU at a rate of 3:1, meaning that a one-year Core code will turn into an extra four months of Ultimate. Redeeming a GamePass Core code without an active GamePass Ultimate subscription, then converting to GamePass Ultimate will give you a better conversion rate of 3:2, meaning that you'll get eight months of Ultimate.

You can have up to 36 months of GamePass Core, or three one-year codes, banked at a time. The browser page to join GamePass Ultimate can be found here [xbox.com]. If this is your first time converting to GPU, the conversion cost is $1, although some returning customers have reported getting the $1 rate as well.

The standard monthly cost of Ultimate is $16.99 plus tax; buying three Core codes from this deal and then converting to Ultimate will give you two years for $147.97, which is a minimum discount of $259.79 or 63% from the monthly rate.
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03-13-2024 at 06:34 AM.
03-13-2024 at 06:34 AM.
I bought 2 Xbox Series X in the past 3 months. It may be time to finally get Game Pass. This seems like a decent discount.
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03-13-2024 at 06:38 AM.
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What is the difference between Game pass core, console, and ultimate? I currently have the console Game pass.
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03-13-2024 at 06:41 AM.
03-13-2024 at 06:41 AM.
Quote from david61983 :
What is the difference between Game pass core, console, and ultimate? I currently have the console Game pass.

Core is the basic for online a gaming and you will get a few games monthly to play. Game pass don't have Online subscription but you will have all the games. Ultimate is everything PC Pass xCloud, online subscription. consoles Game pass.
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03-13-2024 at 06:44 AM.
03-13-2024 at 06:44 AM.
Wishing those cheaper 3m core codes would come back - they have been 50-100% more expensive the last few months vs most of last year
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03-13-2024 at 06:45 AM.
03-13-2024 at 06:45 AM.
I've been going month-to-month for a few months now waiting on a decent deal, thinking about grabbing three of these to lock down 2 years after conversion. A little over $6/month seems like a pretty good deal to me.
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03-13-2024 at 06:53 AM.
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I'm getting a series X for my son before he goes off to college this summer, will they still be useable in the fall?
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03-13-2024 at 07:04 AM.
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Just a tip if people want to save a few bucks on the "converting to ultimate" part. Added 3 years of Core to my account first and then used a non-stackable 1-month ultimate code from eneba (around $2.50) to convert to the 2 years of ultimate.
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Just to be clear. Do not do this if you already have Ultimate. I misunderstood. I just ended up paying $49 for 4 months of Ultimate (after the conversion), so $12.25/mo, which was a terrible deal for me.
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03-13-2024 at 07:21 AM.
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Can this coade be bought no and used lets say next month when my Ultimate expires? Or does the code need to be used today?
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Quote from GrifCannon :
Just a tip if people want to save a few bucks on the "converting to ultimate" part. Added 3 years of Core to my account first and then used a non-stackable 1-month ultimate code from eneba (around $2.50) to convert to the 2 years of ultimate.

Could you please explain this step by step. Thanks!
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Just to be clear. Do no do this if you already have Ultimate. I misunderstood. I just ended up paying $49 for 4 months of Ultimate, so $12.25/mo, which was a terrible deal for me.
whew..thanks. so whats the good way. wait til ultimate expires and then do the 150$ and upgrade?
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Quote from Jony_rider77 :
Could you please explain this step by step. Thanks!
1. Make sure you don't have any game pass ultimate time on your account (either it is expired, or you have never had game pass ultimate before)
2. Buy the (3) 12-month Game Pass Core codes from Newegg
3. Redeem all three codes (you will now have Game Pass Core until 2027)
4. Buy a non-stackable 1-month Game Pass Ultimate code (I used Eneba and it was around $2.50)
5. Redeem the 1-month code and it will convert your 3 years Game Pass Core to 2 years (+ 1 month for the Ultimate code) Game Pass Ultimate
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