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Starts Sunday, May 19 and goes through Saturday, May 25. Not live yet. Email delivery, not physical cards.
Prices will be $11.89 or $11.90 for the 1-month codes (normal price $16.99) depending on how Target rounds the last cent, which is currently beaten by
this Slickdeal. The 3-month codes will be $34.99 or $35 (normal price $49.99), which beats
this frontpage Slickdeal.
https://www.target.com/p/xbox-gam...A-90450418
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Note that if you do not currently have GamePass Ultimate, the GamePass Core to GamePass Ultimate conversion trick (step-by-step instructions here, with some additional context here) will still beat this pricing even with 12-month Core codes purchased at full price, as the trick will get you 24 months of GamePass Ultimate for $179.97, or about $7.50 a month.
Also note that the usual trick of using a VPN to redeem cheaper international GamePass codes is significantly less lucrative now, per this article from Eurogamer. [eurogamer.net]
If not, then I might have to bulk load another 12 months via these codes.
Note: I just followed your link and the last person mentioned that you can start over after your sub expired. Nice.
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
IMPORTANT: First of all you CANNOT have any game pass Core/ultimate time left on your account to get year 3 i.e all fully expired.
Step 1 purchase the 3x 12 Month India Game Pass Codes from Eneba.
I'm not trying to plug any seller on Eneba, but simply go to Eneba.com and search "12 months india game pass" as of writing this it is now @27.50 (I bought Best-Pick just saying what I bought not a plug.)
During Purchase it warns you that it is not for US Region and only India Region, it will also give you this warning when you go to view the code. I accepted the risk.
Step 2. I was on my PC (NOT MY XBOX), I changed my VPN to an India Region. Very important to verify you are actually on an India VPN. I always go to whatismyip website and confirm it says india.
I've had many situations where the VPN will say I'm connected to a particular country and yet WhatsMyIP says different. So I would disconnect VPN and reconnect until confirmed I'm on an indian server.
Step 3. Now that I'm on India VPN connection. Simply goto redeem.microsoft.com on your browser. Login into your xbox account. You will likely get a security challenge as you're now logging in from another country. I had to confirm an email link that microsoft emailed me, if you login twice it will force you to add your us phone number where it will text you (happened to me on my second login attempt).
Step 4: Paste in the 25-character India Gamepass code. There is 3 year limit so if you have even 1 day left on your xbox live/gamepass it won't let you redeem the 3rd year as that will take you over 3 years. Hence the warning at the top.
Step 5: Once you have redeemed all 3 years of Gamepass core. You don't need to buy another month or anything. All you have to do is switch back to the US connection (NO VPN) go back on your PC/Xbox and try to access an Ultimate Game i.e ROBLOX and you will told that you need ULTIMATE and there will be a link to upgrade to ULTIMATE. Once you click to upgrade to ULTIMATE you will get the 2 for 3 conversion warning. Accept and you are now on ULTIMATE for 2 years.
I didn't want to post this on FP, well because we all know the SD-Effect (Some newbie will call XBOX support and try to ask them how to redeem India codes and well you know the rest...)
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If not, then I might have to bulk load another 12 months via these codes.
Note: I just followed your link and the last person mentioned that you can start over after your sub expired. Nice.
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
I consoled linked with a friend, I used to get access to online without having to pay for it but one day I decided on the ultimate for the PC side of it. Now I need it but I'm worried that this won't see me as I don't have it because my friend does that I link with. Seems like a real gamble unfortunately, The $1 offer shows on the Xbox for the month but for instance I can't get that
I was able to get 25 months (2 years plus one month) of Xbox game pass ultimate for $91 total.
I started with an account with an expired subscription. (No current subscription to game pass ultimate)
I downloaded (on my phone) express vpn app and signed up for the one week free trial. I changed my location to India VPN.
I went to G2A website and purchased 3 x 12 month Xbox game pass core (India) codes, totaling $89
I logged into my Microsoft account on redeem.microsoft.com while on the India VPN and redeemed all codes for 3 years of game pass core. I now had a game pass core subscription with an expiration date of May 12 2027.
I then switched off VPN and refreshed my Microsoft account. It said my game pass ultimate subscription was expired and that I could get a 14 day trial for $1. I got the 14 day trial after which it said my current core subscription will be converted to ultimate with an expiration date of May 30 2026. Click ok. Boom I had game pass ultimate expiring May 30 2026. I then went and turned off recurring billing.
Don't forget to cancel the express vpn subscription also.
Thanks for all the tips. Hope this helps. If you don't have the 1 week trial for $1 offer, then just buy a month of game pass ultimate directly from Xbox store or buy a 1 month code from G2A or Eneba or wherever you like and redeem it, which shall convert your core to ultimate with a 3:2 ratio automatically.
That has always been extremely ymmv and lately I am not seeing user reports of success.
Also that has historically worked on any prepaid codes, so it would include this one, just need to be sure recurring billing is off to start. But I think chances are slim these days.
I pretty much have been getting 1 year of Gamepass for like $36 from them for years and never had any issues.
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If not, then I might have to bulk load another 12 months via these codes.
Note: I just followed your link and the last person mentioned that you can start over after your sub expired. Nice.
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
EDIT: I clicked the turn off recurring billing and it says "Goodbye for Now!" but shows my subscription will end 2 years from today. Thanks for the instructions.
Edit: It looks like the 3:2 is only for expired or new upgrades, not existing subscribers.
https://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/...one-pc-usa
Bought 3 and they worked fine.
Also that has historically worked on any prepaid codes, so it would include this one, just need to be sure recurring billing is off to start. But I think chances are slim these days.
I bought a single month code to try.. and no free month this time. Oh well. Just really wanted to play Hellblade 2 anyways. I rarely play my series X, most of my gaming is on PS5
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If not, then I might have to bulk load another 12 months via these codes.
Note: I just followed your link and the last person mentioned that you can start over after your sub expired. Nice.
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