XBOX Gamepass Ultimate conversion is back for £1

I had quite a lot of trouble with the Turkey gold keys. Wouldn't accept them via a VPN only, had to change my address to a random turkish address for my MS account too. Finally got all 3 accepted and then switched back over to my NZ address and then upgraded to ultimate at normal price... Cheaper than normal ultimate but a complete pain... Argentine keys are no trouble though in my experience and tend to be quite cheap.
 
Hi Lads,

Am wondering if anybody can help (maybe BlizzardX or Begbie can give advice- think they had similar issues)

I am stuck.

I had an active GPU and read about the transfer of Gold pass to GPU 1:1

1: So I bought 3 years SA Gold
2: Turned on VPN to SA. Then made my mistake - signed up for a new Microsoft account (since my other one still had GPU on it)......., but signed up to a new account when VPN was connected...., and redeemed the codes successfully, only to realize afterward I had just created a SA MS Account and dumped 3 years into it.
3. Tried to upgrade to Ultimate, and it only gives me options to pay via SA Credit Card or Phone.
4. I panicked and changed my actual MS account location back to Ireland - so now my MS account is based in Ireland, and 3 Months Gold transferred successfully
5. Went to upgrade and won't allow me as I am getting "You currently have a subscription from a different region. If it still doesn't work, please contact customer support."
6. Have been afraid to do anything in case I mess it up more...., so haven't contacted MS

Is there any ways to fix this:

- Do I buy a 14 day trial code for SA, use a VPN and try and redeem it?
- Do I buy an IRISH Trail code, and redeem it without a VPN in Ireland (where accound is now based)
- Just contact MS, and see if there is something they can do (although I believe they won't)

- ANY OTHER PROVEN WAYS TO GET AROUND THIS?

Thanks Guys in advance, any help would be great appreciated

I feel so stupid...., so close...., one simple mistake
 
Sunfox100 said:
Hi Lads,

Am wondering if anybody can help (maybe BlizzardX or Begbie can give advice- think they had similar issues)

I am stuck.

I had an active GPU and read about the transfer of Gold pass to GPU 1:1

1: So I bought 3 years SA Gold
2: Turned on VPN to SA. Then made my mistake - signed up for a new Microsoft account (since my other one still had GPU on it)......., but signed up to a new account when VPN was connected...., and redeemed the codes successfully, only to realize afterward I had just created a SA MS Account and dumped 3 years into it.
3. Tried to upgrade to Ultimate, and it only gives me options to pay via SA Credit Card or Phone.
4. I panicked and changed my actual MS account location back to Ireland - so now my MS account is based in Ireland, and 3 Months Gold transferred successfully
5. Went to upgrade and won't allow me as I am getting "You currently have a subscription from a different region. If it still doesn't work, please contact customer support."
6. Have been afraid to do anything in case I mess it up more...., so haven't contacted MS

Is there any ways to fix this:

- Do I buy a 14 day trial code for SA, use a VPN and try and redeem it?
- Do I buy an IRISH Trail code, and redeem it without a VPN in Ireland (where accound is now based)
- Just contact MS, and see if there is something they can do (although I believe they won't)

- ANY OTHER PROVEN WAYS TO GET AROUND THIS?

Thanks Guys in advance, any help would be great appreciated

I feel so stupid...., so close...., one simple mistake
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Sounds like you have 3 choices :

1. Contact MS customer support and confess your sins ( they will probably chuckle and let you off - they know everyone uses the VPN trick, or you could be unlucky and get a jobsworth )
2. Upgrade your "South Africa" account ... but be forced into constantly using your VPN to trick the system into thinking you're in SA.
3. Move to Johannesburg !
 
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xaldub said:
Sounds like you have 3 choices :

1. Contact MS customer support and confess your sins ( they will probably chuckle and let you off - they know everyone uses the VPN trick, or you could be unlucky and get a jobsworth )
2. Upgrade your "South Africa" account ... but be forced into constantly using your VPN to trick the system into thinking you're in SA.
3. Move to Johannesburg !
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Thanks, Xaldub...., Love your humour, thanks for the reply
 
The VPN thing is just to activate whatever 12month live card is available at the time (was brazil for me)
At the time Im sure they were the best part of a tenner a year cheaper

Even saving 50p a month... 50p * 36 = £18

I don't think many would question an almost 20quid saving
 
Begbie said:
Xbox site kept insisting the key was in the wrong region, so I had to buy one month ultimate for the same region and apply that for it to convert.

Fair play to Microsoft, I phoned up and the guy clearly knew what I'd done and told me to do this to get round it.
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I somehow managed to go 1 step more complicated on my attempt to sign up on the cheap. :D
I bought Turkish XBL keys & successfully applied them with a VPN, then disconnected and tried to buy the 1mo GPU direct, and got the same error as you. I tried a few things, including buying a 1mo XBL (UK) code and still had the same error.

After some digging, my MS account had my region as USA. Im not sure why, but this account was initially used just for a 'GamePass for PC' trial earlier this year, and possibly linked to my windows key (not sure). The only way i could get GP-PC working was to create a new windows account with that email address, i've always been offline/unlinked.
After using live chat with MS and it turns out it was 100% a 'USA vs UK' conflict, and thoughtout all of this ive seen nothing make reference to Turkish keys.
So my issue seems to have stemmed from a irrelevant setting months ago, coming back to bite, and simply changing the region in your account settings isnt enough.

So from what i can tell, i could have bought 3yo of GPU-UK codes at retail and it still would have errored because of a pre-existing issue (MS account was accidentally created as 'US'). What i find interesting, and reassuring, is that Turkey was never brought up, suggesting the XBL component of this whole thing uses global keys, which is the part most peoples concern seems to stem from.
 
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PaulC2K said:
I somehow managed to go 1 step more complicated on my attempt to sign up on the cheap. :D
I bought Turkish XBL keys & successfully applied them with a VPN, then disconnected and tried to buy the 1mo GPU direct, and got the same error as you. I tried a few things, including buying a 1mo XBL (UK) code and still had the same error.

After some digging, my MS account had my region as USA. Im not sure why, but this account was initially used just for a 'GamePass for PC' trial earlier this year, and possibly linked to my windows key (not sure). The only way i could get GP-PC working was to create a new windows account with that email address, i've always been offline/unlinked.
After using live chat with MS and it turns out it was 100% a 'USA vs UK' conflict, and thoughtout all of this ive seen nothing make reference to Turkish keys.
So my issue seems to have stemmed from a irrelevant setting months ago, coming back to bite, and simply changing the region in your account settings isnt enough.

So from what i can tell, i could have bought 3yo of GPU-UK codes at retail and it still would have errored because of a pre-existing issue (MS account was accidentally created as 'US'). What i find interesting, and reassuring, is that Turkey was never brought up, suggesting the XBL component of this whole thing uses global keys, which is the part most peoples concern seems to stem from.
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In fairness the MS guy knew what I'd done, he basically said it and didn't really care. So I don't think their policy is so tight with it, probably realise it doesn't cost enough to chase accounts/shut down.
 
PaulC2K said:
I somehow managed to go 1 step more complicated on my attempt to sign up on the cheap. :D
I bought Turkish XBL keys & successfully applied them with a VPN, then disconnected and tried to buy the 1mo GPU direct, and got the same error as you. I tried a few things, including buying a 1mo XBL (UK) code and still had the same error.

After some digging, my MS account had my region as USA. Im not sure why, but this account was initially used just for a 'GamePass for PC' trial earlier this year, and possibly linked to my windows key (not sure). The only way i could get GP-PC working was to create a new windows account with that email address, i've always been offline/unlinked.
After using live chat with MS and it turns out it was 100% a 'USA vs UK' conflict, and thoughtout all of this ive seen nothing make reference to Turkish keys.
So my issue seems to have stemmed from a irrelevant setting months ago, coming back to bite, and simply changing the region in your account settings isnt enough.

So from what i can tell, i could have bought 3yo of GPU-UK codes at retail and it still would have errored because of a pre-existing issue (MS account was accidentally created as 'US'). What i find interesting, and reassuring, is that Turkey was never brought up, suggesting the XBL component of this whole thing uses global keys, which is the part most peoples concern seems to stem from.
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Hi . So how did you fix it, did you buy a trial US or full one month US GP ultimate or US xbox gift card to activate ultimate Gold.

You also said you set up a new MS account again, but how did you use the old email, did MS not say this account was already in use and prevent you updating. Would really love to know in detail how you fixed it ...., As nobody else seems to know. Thanks in advance
 
Sunfox100 said:
Hi . So how did you fix it, did you buy a trial US or full one month US GP ultimate or US xbox gift card to activate ultimate Gold.

You also said you set up a new MS account again, but how did you use the old email, did MS not say this account was already in use and prevent you updating. Would really love to know in detail how you fixed it ...., As nobody else seems to know. Thanks in advance
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The account was fresh around March time, just doing a 1mo trial on the PC side of things, and i used my gmail account that i typically use for sites i dont really want to hear back from (ie spam), but might need from time to time.

For whatever reason, my basic windows account login plus the GPU credentials in the Xbox Apps would let me download whatever game from gamepass, but refused to launch almost all of them, and it'd lock up during the authorisation part and killing the exe led to the entire installation being broken and couldnt even attempt new verification (Forza 5 =120gb ffs). The only way i got it working was creating a new windows profile, with those MS/Live credentials, and the app & games worked. I dont know how relevant any of that is, but i think its was this stage where it somehow got the impression i was in the USA.

At the weekend, i bought 3yr Gold (Turkey), registered it with a VPN and that went smoothly.
Then when i disconnected the VPN and tried to buy 1mo Ultimate (UK) it said 'nah mate', so i bought a code for the same thing from a key site, and it still didnt like my region settings.

I then used the MS webchat and played a little dumb and explained that a mate who has an Xbox said he'd sort it (GPU) out for me as id never had an Xbox and was confused, but it wasnt accepting this code. I provided the code i had, and the support agent said the system had my account as being for USA, and my code was for UK, and she agreed to fix it for me as i didnt know anyone in the US who could log into my account and enter it (i do, but i'd rather not, and it shouldnt really be a suggestion). After a 3-5min she said try now, and the UK code worked. So they basically corrected the info that was somehow wrong - i just dont know where i got that i was in the US, but the Win10 key is one theory, another is i wasnt paying attention and US was the default. You can change your region within the MS site, and i think in the Xbox settings too, but theres something almost hardcoded to stop people changing regions, and it stopped me from fixing it for myself.
 
Hmmm shall I bother with Game Pass for my son's new Xbox series s....not really much space to fill with games and I think will be playing mainly split screen games or free to play online ones....?
 
Bobmunkhouse said:
Hmmm shall I bother with Game Pass for my son's new Xbox series s....not really much space to fill with games and I think will be playing mainly split screen games or free to play online ones....?
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i'd say give it a try. in addition to saving the games to the console, you can cloud stream games if you went with the ultimate subscription meaning you wouldn't necessarily need to save the game to the drive.
 
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