40% off 12 month gold subscription

The info should be in the email, perhaps in the fine print. But beware that there are a lot of deals like that that are fake. Look at the path of the link before you click on it to make sure you are not going to a phishing site. If you hover over the link,
look on the bottom left corner of your browser screen to see where it is actually taking you.

ATheoK - Keep in mind that they only need a gold subscription if they want to play online or download the free games with gold. You can also get subscriptions cheaper by purchasing prepaid gold cards. There are almost always deals online for 12 months of
gold for $30-$40.

Doesn't mean, that Microsoft is charging more than their one off, 12 or 14 month (12+2 Months) Gold Subscriptions..

RRP for 12 month Gold in New Zealand is $79.95. When I first joined Xbox Live was doing a console sale 12M Gold 40% off. This year when I went to renew my 12M Gold in February, JB had a 40% off Xbox Live Gold. It would be interesting to see 50% off. But
40% is good enough. Pay it and worry about it only once a year and you're all sorted.

And the cheapest place for an Xbox Live Gold 12 month subscription in the UK at the moment is £40 from AO,

£10 cheaper than anyone else including Microsoft.

Renewed mine yesterday.