Instructions right from this article. Works great. I just signed up for 2 years for <$120 by buying 2 XBOX Live 12-Month Gold Memberships at costco.
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Step 1
Decide how long you want Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. To make the most of the deal, get as close to three years of Xbox Live Gold (or Xbox Live Gold + standard Xbox Game Pass) as possible, which is the maximum amount of time you can prepay.
Add months to an Xbox Live Gold subscription using digital subscription codes purchased from Microsoft or another retailer (Amazon, Newegg, Target, etc.). Costco is the best for members who need a 12-month Xbox Live Gold code. Increase the time on Xbox Live Gold, not standard Xbox Game Pass—Xbox Live Gold is the cheaper option.Add time in the largest increments possible—a 12-month code for Gold works out much cheaper per month than the one-month, three-month, and six-month varieties. When purchasing codes, always remember that Microsoft's servers won't let you redeem a code for a duration that exceeds the 36-month cap. (Example: You're at 34 months, but attempt to redeem a three-month code. The servers will not let you activate it.) Short multi-day trial codes for Xbox Live Gold won't work for this promotion, like those for three days or two weeks.
Step 2
Activate your Xbox Live Gold codes. Again, as your final reminder, if you have three 1-year subscription codes for Xbox Live, do not agree to recurring billing in order to redeem your final code.
If you are using a patchwork of different codes, triple-check your math to be sure you know how many times (if any) you need to agree to recurring billing.
Step 3
Activate the $1 Xbox Game Pass Ultimate trial. (You can also do so via the Store on an Xbox console.)
You will have two screens to pass through. The first, shown at right, explains how the conversion works if you already have an active Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass subscription. (Which you should, if you followed Step 2's instructions.)
The second that follows will ask for billing information, in order to process the $1 charge for the one-month Game Pass Ultimate trial.
You should now see "Xbox Game Pass Ultimate" listed under Services and Subscriptions on your Microsoft account page. By default, your Game Pass Ultimate subscription will be set to recurring billing. We suggest you turn this off, lest you be taken by surprise when your subscription expires (especially if that's three years from now). You can do so by clicking on "Manage" just to the right of the billing information.
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This time around, since I was an existing member, I had to pay like $13, I think, for the conversion. Still came out to around $72 for 3yrs.
The 3mth XBL codes are a nuisance to redeem for conversion but are key for heavily discounted UGP
This time around, since I was an existing member, I had to pay like $13, I think, for the conversion. Still came out to around $72 for 3yrs.
The 3mth XBL codes are a nuisance to redeem for conversion but are key for heavily discounted UGP
Or will this even work for us since we already used the ultimate upgrade back on our previous gen Xbox?
This time around, since I was an existing member, I had to pay like $13, I think, for the conversion. Still came out to around $72 for 3yrs.
The 3mth XBL codes are a nuisance to redeem for conversion but are key for heavily discounted UGP
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Just wait for the 3mths codes to go back down in price. Most likely after the holiday season.
Once they do, buy 3 at a time and redeem them on the Microsoft website. Each time you redeem a code, it should automatically sign you up for renewal. This gives you an extra month each time. So in total, you will only need 9 codes for a total of 36mths. Then you can convert to UGP for $1 if new member or like $12, don't remember, if your membership expired.
Pretty sure prices will go down once again after holidays. Just keep an eye on 3mth and 12mth prices