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[XB1, PC] 1 Month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate $1 (Stacks onto Current Subscription) @ Microsoft Store

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Greetings everyone, I just noticed this over at Chollometro and it seems to be available to everyone now (not just Insiders) as per this post.

However, it seems like if you have an active subscription of Xbox Live Gold, activating this deal will give you an extra month on your subscription, plus it will give you the Xbox Game Pass up until that date according to commenters in Chollometro.

The purchase of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate automatically upgrades your Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass memberships.

From what I can tell so far, if you want to take up this offer it might be worthwhile extending your Xbox Live / Xbox Game Pass membership before taking up the offer. As the conversion after taking up this offer seems to be worse than before taking up the offer.

You can recharge up to a maximum of 36 months.


Get all the benefits of Xbox Live Gold, plus over 100 high-quality console and PC games for one low monthly price. With games added all the time, there’s always something new to play. With a huge variety of games from every genre, there’s something for everyone. Enjoy exclusive member deals and discounts. Play together with friends on the most advanced multiplayer network and discover your next favourite game.

Use your active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate plan membership to play games on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. The Ultimate plan includes the Xbox Game Pass Console Games plan, the Xbox Game Pass PC Games plan (Xbox Game Pass PC Games plan not available in South Korea and Turkey) and Xbox Live Gold.

Note: Purchase of the Ultimate plan automatically upgrades your existing Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass membership(s) to Ultimate at a conversion ratio each based on days remaining. Learn how this works at www.xbox.com/gamepass. Future code redemptions are also subject to a conversion ratio. Conversion ratio subject to change. All conversions to Ultimate are final: Once converted, you cannot re-convert your Ultimate membership back to a previous membership. Maximum 36 months of redeemed Ultimate per account at a time, including any converted time from Xbox Live Gold and/or Xbox Game Pass (for PC or console).


20 New Titles have also been released for the Xbox Game Pass:

Astroneer
Battle Chasers
Bridge Builder
Everspace
Guacamelee 2
Hollow Knight: Voidheart
Lichtspeer
Metal Slug
Momodora
Moonlighter
Subway Exodus
Neon Chrome
Old Man's Journey
Riverbond
Shadow Tactics
Shenmue I & II
Silence
Smoke and Sacrifice
Steamworld Dig 2
Supermarket shriek
Wizard of Legend
Sunset Overdrive (PC)


As always, enjoy!

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  • +1

    ^^ Also looking for a cheaper alternative. Also does anyone know when this conversion promotion will finish?

  • +2

    If I have 4 months of XBL Gold, 2 months of Xbox Gamepass, and then buy the $1 PC 1month Gamepass, and then the $1 Ultimate 1month Gamepass will that convert to 4+2+1+1=8 months Ultimate? Or does the PC GamePass not count?

  • Hi, would anyone know if I take up this offer would the ability to game share with my 10 year old son still work? the ability to share games and live gold with him is brilliant and I don't want to lose this feature, thank you.

  • Thanks OP! Ended up getting 2 x 12 months Gold Pass . With the bonus months, it means it cost me 155 for 27 months of Ultimate plus 9 months of Gamepass added onto my existing Gold subscription.

  • +1

    Just read this on a review of the E3 event:

    Game Pass Ultimate subscribers get access to the PC pass at no extra cost.

    Might be useful to know for some.

    Edit: source https://press-start.com.au/events/e3-2019/2019/06/10/all-of-…

  • Ultimate until 06/2022. ez bois

  • The eBay guy is back again with 12 months of game pass for 30 pounds

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/hacenuk2015

    • All gone again

    • Wow, 50 sold in 25 minutes… he is making a killing!
      I don't think those who jacked their prices- and sold a few- will be making as much!

      ….. Having said that, I have a sense that tomorrow all major shops in Australia will be dumping their stock for 70% off or less :)

  • With the 36 month limit, is this just for the price matching?

    I am at E3 and am lucky enough to have received a 12 month ultimate code.

    I've currently got 1.5 yrs game pass.

    Should I buy 1.5 years gold, buy this $1 deal, then redeem my free code for a total of 4 years? Or will it block me from redeeming my code because it's past the 3 year limit?

    EDIT: my free code email in fine print says 36 months is the largest amount of time possible. I'll buy 6 months gold, then redeem my code

  • +1

    I grabbed 2 years worth and cannot redeem it, I was told they are region locked (Which seems untrue) but even when I change to UK, I still get a region mismatch error. For those who struggled to redeem theirs originally, how did you end up getting them to work?

    • I couldn't redeem the codes (region mismatch error) via browser but the codes worked fine using the xbox iOS app >> microsoft store. Microsoft chat were useless so I still don't know why the normal website is processing things differently

    • when redeeming mine my email adress had a country next to it, it said "(united states)" i needed to change this to australia to get it to work.

      • Did you work out how to change it? Microsoft chat couldn't help me.

        • Go to this link and click "Edit country/region".

          • @big bill broonzy: Thanks but I'd already done that without success. Remains a mystery.

            • @Annan: strange, i tried an incognito window when i did it, which might have helped? is it saying australia now at least?

              • @big bill broonzy: Region has changed to Australia but not the country next to the email address. At least I don't plan on redeeming any more codes for a while

  • Feckin' spewin' that I didn't stock up a year or two of Gold before activating this deal.

    I'm signed up to the end of February with Ultimate now, but I would have bought my way to the full 36 months allowed happily. Hopefully there's some great deals like this when the Xbox 2 comes out.

  • For anyone still looking for a kind of discount, I found the auto-renew bonus is still kind of a thing if redeeming a code. I just bought a 1 month code for XBL Gold on the official MS site for $10.95, made sure my auto-renew was disabled then enabled it again when redeeming that code for a 14-day bonus.

    Should be repeatable, but I haven't tested it yet.

  • +1

    Picked up a 12 month from here for $70
    https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/1-buy-xbox-live-gold-12-mo…

    was instantly delivered

    • $67 from cdkeys

      • $74 from CD Keys, the $67 is for Brazil only and wont redeem for an aussie account.

        • I literally bought from CDKeys 3 days ago for $68 (thought it was $67). The Brazil code was going for $48

          Didn't realise it went up.

        • Brazil worked for me fine in September. I paid 35 for a year of Gold and it worked no problems, didn't even swap regions. Did they change it after then or was it always like this?

          • @TheDukeOfNukem: I read that you need to swap regions (Which I couldn't be bothered to do. I failed at being a true OzB'er)

        • Just bought the Brazil code for $67 aud and used a VPN to redeem from the Xbox App. Worked

    • Used this one myself without any issues

  • Thank you fine folk! Seeya next year Scarlett with Halo Infinite on Game Pass day 1 (it better be!!!!) and well into the new generation (june 2022!)

    • it better be!!!!

      I’m pretty certain it will be.
      Honestly, having a year of Gamepass Ultimate when the new console comes out will make it really tempting to upgrade day one.

      • 100% agree. It honestly makes buying the console a very good option considering you will get Halo on launch without outlaying extra $$$ apart from the ongoing Ultimate sub.

  • +1

    Confirmed as working as of half an hour ago.

    Just converted 36 months of gold to ultimate. Not bad for $150 USD

    Only problem I have another 6 moths code that I won't be using.

    Would anyone like to purchase 6 months gold from me before converting to ultimate?

  • Got few of the 6 months Game pass took me to 3/2022 :)

    • Where did you buy those from

  • I've read differing opinions in the three pages of comments here so thought I would ask the question - what will I lose if I cancel ultimate now, stock up on gamepass codes for cheap and then convert it back to Ultimate? My current Ultimate subscription expires in 12 months so June of next year as I had 12 months of Gamepass before converting it over to Ultimate. So if I cancel Ultimate now, will I lose my 12 months of Gamepass subscription as well?

    • My understanding is yes, you'll essentially lose everything you currently have if you cancel it.

      • Really? Even though I had 12 months of regular gamepass before converting it to Ultimate, I effectively forfeit my 12 months of regular gamepass as well?

        • Seems to be that way… Not trying it for you though as I've got ultimate until May 2022 lol

          • @NoDowt: That's a shame. I'll hold off on cancelling then and hope Microsoft have a 50% off GamePass Ultimate subscription sale at some point in the near future

  • I can vouch for https://www.electronicfirst.com/cheap-xbox-live-codes/12-mon…

    Bought 2 12 month subscriptions and added them successfully.
    Instant email delivery too :)

  • +9

    PS> There is a sale at BIG W for 12 month Live for $63.96 in 9 days but who knows how long this Game Pass Ultimate conversion will last at 1:1 month conversion ratio.
    I personally wouldn't want to take that chance for a $16 saving.

    PS. I managed to get 4 months for free by doing the following.
    Step 1: Ensure recurring billing is turned off in my Xbox Account for my Live subscription
    Step 2: Purchase a 12 month sub from https://www.electronicfirst.com/cheap-xbox-live-codes/12-mon…
    Step 3: Redeem 12 month code, Screen prompted me to turn on recurring billing for an additional 1 month free
    Step 4: Cancelled recurring billing again
    Step 5: Purchase another 12 month sub
    Step 6: Redeem subscription, Prompted me to again turn on recurring billing for 1 month free added ontop.
    Step 7: Cancel recurring billing again
    Step 8: Redeem Ultimate Game Pass For PC - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/462529
    Step 9: Redeem Ultimate Game Pass For Xbox - https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/xbox-game-pass#join

    Doing step 9 will convert any of your remaining Live & Gamepass months into Ultimate Game Pass months at a 1:1 conversion rate so you don't lose out, You actually save $$$.

    To break it down you spend $71.99 x 2 = $143.98
    With this you get 28 months of Gamepass Ultimate (GOLD Live Access, Gamepass Xbox & PC)
    RRP: $15.95 x 28 months = $446.60
    Saving of $302.62 :)

    I received 4 free months of Ultimate Game Pass by doing the above + 24 months of Ultimate Game Pass For Xbox & PC.

    • What region did the code arrive for?

      • When I redeemed it was USD but worked all the same.

    • Tried this. Did first code on Xbox said nothing afterwards. Tried second code on xbox website on my phone. Said nothing aswell. My re occuring billing was turned off. Wonder what I did wrong?

  • Any chance that this won't finish before the upcoming Big W sale?…

    • +1

      If combined with wish gift cards could get 28 months for $121.52 or $4.34p/m

      • I've never had any luck buying other cards from BigW with wish cards lately, even when in with a bunch of other shopping I've been made put it through as separate transaction.

        JB & EB do it fine though… I've even bought EB cards with EB Cards lol

    • +1

      You run that risk if by waiting for the sale Microsoft may suspend this current conversion promotion.
      As much as I'd love to save $$$, The pros of doing it now outweighed the possible risk of the promotion not lasting till then.

      https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/xbox-game-pass#faq

      To give you an idea, if you waited till the Big W sale and this promotion is no longer running. You get the following conversion which is a massive drop in value and something I personally wouldn't take up;

      1 month of Gold
      20 days of Ultimate

      3 months of Gold
      50 days of Ultimate (1+ month)

      6 months of Gold
      79 days of Ultimate (2+ months)

      12 months of Gold
      4 months of Ultimate

      24 months of Gold
      8 months of Ultimate

    • I read somewhere that the conversion deal ends at the end of E3 (which is today)

    • +1

      I contacted Xbox Support about when this promotion is going to end.
      This is how it went:

      Me: "I have a question about the $1 promotion that is currently going on for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. When is this promotion ending?"

      Support: "This promotion is a one time promotion for all the customers. So as long as you've never benifited from this promotion, you'll always be eligible to get it :)"

      Me: "So I can get it for $1 at any time? Like if I join it next month (for example), I will still get it for $1?"

      Support: "Yes of course."

  • +1

    I might advise against instant-gaming.com.
    I had to provide documentation for verification and despite it being as they needed it, they have marked order as pending refund.
    Wonder how long that is going to take.
    Guess I am better off buying from cdkeys or Microsoft itself.

    • +1

      That sucks, they flagged my second order for needing id, but I covered everything except my name and photo and they accepted it.

      Maybe jump in their support, they answered in a couple of minutes.

      • Also ordered from cjs, but that is pending now.

        Alot of work to save $30

      • Same for me,
        1st purchase instantly displayed the code.
        2nd purchase went to pending verification (after CC was taken), I sent an obscured photo of license (only showing my name) - 2hr later it was confirmed and I've applied code successfully.

        I was dubious - but saved $17 compared to using MS or JB.

        • Well, comments here gave me some confidence. I have attempted another purchase and that too went to verification, have sent them the documents again, fingers crossed.

          Update: They cancelled again, Guess it's not my day!

          • @wordsmith: did you contact them?
            photo of the ID shows the site banner in the background?

  • +1

    Thanks Op.
    I stacked up to 36.5 months (35.5 in Gold + 1 with Game Pass Ultimate). MS converted 36 months on the dot FWIW (10/06/2022).

  • +1

    Got 12 months live + 1 extra month before converting to Ultimate. Didn't buy too many years, who knows what happen 2 years down the road.

  • Had gold until April 2021. Regretting not taking up that extra year. Probably keep an eye out for 12 months of game pass cheap to add to it (which may be difficult to find); assuming it converts to ~8months of ultimate ($60/8 = $7.50/month).

  • Thanks! Grabbed a 12 months xbox gold subscription off cdkeys (probably should have waited for the BigW sale for $60 in 9 days, I doubt they'll cut the deal before then but I'm not feeling particularly risky today). They gave me the old "subscribe for recurring and get an extra month" so I did that and got 13 months of gold. Then I thought I could do the cheeky extra month with getting a game pass subscription as well, so I got 3 months of the game pass off cdkeys as well. Didn't end up working, probably since I already had another month left of game pass on my account.

    All in all, I'm covered until the 24th of December 2020 for $109.38 (not accounting for what I paid previously to have the 1 month game pass time I had already, I believe I got a good 6 month deal, can't remember exactly though). Could have been $94.88 if I waited for the BigW deal. Either way extremely happy as I had just picked up the game pass PC for $1 deal yesterday as I have been itching to play the new metro exodus (great game so far). So having both my PC and xbox covered with game pass and gold until Christmas (eve) of next year is awesome!

  • Question is how long this deal lasts as Microsoft are losing plenty here. I have 12mths Gold plus 2 months gamepass. Thinking I'll just convert that

    • +2

      They’re not losing anything, it’s cheap marketing and guaranteed Xbox customers locked in for up to 36 months it’s a super smart move by them.

  • I have a feeling it may end when E3 does, but the end date isn't listed anywhere.

  • Is there anyone who cancelled / forfreited their current ultimate? Could they please confirm when they went back for ultimate what was the charge shown? I am not able to see the $1 charge, instead it says $15.95 per month starting today

    • I cancelled and it was $1 again the second time.

  • +2

    Just bought the Brazil gold 1 year code from CDkeys for $67.

    Used TunnelBear to VPN to Brazil.

    Redeemed from the Xbox App on Android.

    Worked fine.

    Gonna convert now.

    Thanks OP

  • I have been on the monthly xbox live subscription direct debiting me each month, I just redeemed all my Microsoft Rewards points to activate 2 months of gamepass and then went over to cdkeys.com and bought 2x 1yr xbox live cards.

    Activated the two gamepass codes from Microsoft Rewards without issue and enabled auto renewal for a bonus so I currently have on my account 1 month of Xbox Live & 3 months of gamepass.

    Trying to activate the 2 codes I bought from cdkeys results in this message:

    Change your Microsoft Store region
    You currently have a subscription from a different region. If it still doesn't work, please contact customer support.
    Change your Microsoft Store region You currently have a subscription from a different region. If it still doesn't work, please contact customer support.
    PUR-ConversionBlockedCurrencyCountryMismatch

    The codes I bought are "global" codes so I'm not sure why the country is not matching.

    My current XBOX Live expires on June 17th and I have disabled automatic renewal for it, will this deal still be available in a week?

    • You might want to try using the xbox app on android or iOS.

  • Already converted to Ultimate this onthebeta and it extended me until Jan 2020. Should I have loaded up on a 12 month gold recharge first? And is it too late to do that now.

  • Has anyone found anymore gamepass 14 day codes for sale?

    • I reckon cdkeys has the 1 month pass for about 1.69

      • it's a trial i believe so won't work on existing accounts.

        • I had a gamepass, which I cancelled, was able to buy this 1 month option and apply to my account.

          In the game pass app, my status was inactive though.

  • Anyone know how long this deal is going for??

  • I can't extend my gold past 07/11/2021, when I try and add another 12 months it just says I've reached the limit?

    • "The 'stacking' of Xbox Live subscriptions is no longer allowed by Microsoft. Users will receive an error when attempting to add more than one subscription card at a time." - This message was on my receipt from CD Keys. Did this just happen?

      • That message was on mine too but I redeemed two 12 month codes from cdkeys directly on the windows 10 store app and it happily stacked them.

        Turn off automatic renewal, activate 12mo card and receive 13 months for activating auto renewal.

        Turn off automatic renewal again, activate second code, receive 13 months for activating auto renewal.

        Turn off auto renewal again and you've got 26 months on your account. Activate game pass ultimate 1 month for $1 and activate auto renewal to receive an extra month. 28 months total. Cancel auto renewal.

        • I think what happened with me is I have 29 months and I was trying to add another 12 which would put me over the 36 month cap. That's why it wasn't letting me add a third 12 month code.

  • Anyone else having issues subscribing? I keep getting a "use different way of paying" error and even microsoft support are unable to help as they believe its due to high number of subscribers and advised to keep trying…
    Anyone knows a work around?

    • Is that via paypal? I had delays ordering subs from pretty much every vendor.
      Must be a lot of credit card churn.

      • Tried all. Paypal, debit card, credit card. None work for me.

  • I have a few 3 month subs for $25 if anyone is keen
    Had a couple of orders suspended, while I did try and cancel them, they cleared them and sent me the keys.

    I am registered up to 22/04/2022 now, and dont see the value is burning a 3 month key for 50days (doesn't work out great value)
    Happy to paypal for peace of mind. Otherwise might just churn them, just don't want to keep them for years as I don't know if they will re-issue them at some point.

    • Pretty steep

      • Couldn't find them any cheaper. only useful if like me you already had several months and couldn't buy 36 months outright.
        Wanted to get as close as possible to max.

        • +1

          Will be $23.96 @ Big W in a couple of days

          And $24.29 @ CDKeys right now…

  • Thank you very much for this post OP! For those looking for a global Gold sub, I found that paying in GBP on Cdkeys.com using 28 degrees to be the most favourable at the moment. Brings the price down to approximately AUD 72.85. Checked cdkeys' price in SGD, USD, AUD, CAD, MYR, IDR, ARS, BRL, JPY, EUR and GBP.

    • +1

      On special @ Big W next week for around $63~ for 12 months

      • +1

        Who knows how long this deal will be around for.
        Not worth waiting.

      • +1

        What @theguyrules said, also confirmed with MS support chat that they have no idea how long this deal is running for. If you follow steps 1-9 by ZackyD above you get a couple of extra months free which softens the blow. If you have Gold and signed up for 3 months of Game Pass for $1, your total sub duration for Ultimate is the stacked duration of Gold + Pass! Amazing deal. As some of the other posters pointed out, this is likely to be an E3 deal.

  • Thanks guys. My Live and gamepass have been extended to Nov 1, 2020, all for $64 (cdkeys brazil using vpn). Great deal :D

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