Are prepaid gold membership cards country locked?

Basilusk · Mar 30, 2014

I have been i Germany in 2 weeks and right before I left I noticed that my gold membership was almost out. So when I was i Germany I bought a prepaid membership. When i got back i tried to redemming it but it dosn't want to redeem. So my question is: Are
prepaid cards country locked? This is kinda pissing me off because I spent 50 euros on it and my money situation isn't the best at the time. Sorry for the english btw.

:)

xboxfelix · Mar 30, 2014

How to Renew your Xbox LIVE Gold Membership

Overview of Xbox LIVE Renewal

When your current Xbox LIVE Gold Membership is about to run out, you will get a renewal message on your screen.

Month-to-month membership- Notification comes 15 days in advance

3 or 12 month membership- Notification comes 30 days in advance

Xbox LIVE membership can be renewed using a credit card, a debit card, or a Prepaid Gold Membership Card.

If your automatic membership renewal (auto renewal) is set to off, you can purchase a new subscription or use a prepaid membership card to renew your Xbox LIVE Gold Membership.

Renew with a payment option by purchasing a new membership:

Steps to Follow

1) Use your Xbox LIVE gamertag to sign in.

2) Under Settings, select Account.

3) Proceed to Your Memberships, and select the membership that you currently have (for example Xbox LIVE Gold)

4) Select Modify Membership and you will be presented with a list of renewal options. If you are on an Xbox LIVE Free Membership, you can choose to upgrade to Gold Membership.

5) Select a membership option, then Confirm Purchase.

Once you have confirmed your purchase, the following will happen:

The payment option you are using will be charged immediately.

The time subscription plan you have just purchased will be added to your remaining subscription time.

Your Xbox LIVE Gold Membership will be activated and auto renewal turned on.

Take note:

If you use a credit card as your payment option, you cannot remove it on file until your current membership expires.

There is a procedure you can follow to add or change your Xbox LIVE payment option.

Renew with a prepaid membership card

It is possible to renew your Xbox LIVE membership using a Prepaid Microsoft Gold Membership Card. This card is available at retail locations.

If you choose to redeem a prepaid Xbox LIVE membership code, you will be added time to your existing Xbox LIVE membership, while your renewal settings will remain unchanged.

How to turn on auto renewal (for existing membership):

If you are already on Xbox LIVE Gold of Family Pack membership and you want to turn on auto renewal without purchasing new membership, you should contact Xbox Support.

How to Troubleshoot Xbox LIVE renewal:

If there are issues with your Xbox LIVE account, you might receive the following messages. The solutions are provided below:

Error: Your credit card has been declined several times by our billing service.

This means that your credit card has expired, or the information on it has been changed. To solve this problem, there is a procedure you can follow to change payment option for Xbox LIVE membership.

Error: 8015d080

In case you receive this error message, you need to contact Xbox Support.

schmoofz · Mar 30, 2014

Can I redeem an Xbox LIVE Gold membership prepaid card in another country?

I recently bought an Xbox LIVE Gold membership prepaid card for a friend in another country (Malaysia, to be exact), and I bought the card in New Zealand.

Will the code/card work for him?

Thanks.

ngocphi · Mar 30, 2014

Most codes are region locked this is usually why it is suggested you buy a code from your actual region

ngocphi

Most codes are region locked this is usually why it is suggested you buy a code from your actual region

DangerousBard

You can't buy gold membership with prepaid cards. To purchase gold membership you should have a valid method of payment included in your account or you can buy a prepaid gold membership card.

onyxishere

Sorry but Latvia is not an official Live supported country.

www.xbox.com/.../Countries

Also, Gold membership cards are region locked which means that your account must be set to the same region as the membership was purchased for.

HassanB

Hello,

Microsoft Points are region specific locked. Microsoft Gold Subscriptions have a 50/50 chance of being region locked, I say this simply because before Microsoft had no region locks on their gold subscription cards and memberships, however more recently they
have changed this and all recent prepaid cards have become region specific.

It's best to register an account in your own countries region so you don't encounter these types of issues. This would of course mean that the content that you have on your current gamertag would not be transferable and you'd be starting from scratch.

Auswulf

Prepaid Gold membership codes should be multiregional but prepaid cash and points are region locked. If she has a US credit card attached to her account it shouldn't be a problem buying membership and adding money to her account if it is an American account.
Interesting how she can spoof her internet connection to think it is an American connection as it shouldn't be possible to access region locked apps.

Are prepaid gold membership cards country locked?