How to Beat the Entertainment Pass Price Rise

[Andy]

The entertainment pass will be going up in price by £1 to £7.99 on August (Combo customers aren't immediately affected and those currently on an offer will see the price increase when their offer ends). More details here

https://help.nowtv.com/article/now-tv-entertainment-month-pass-update

One of the best ways to reduce the price of the entertainment pass is to use gift cards and vouchers instead of rolling over each month and paying on your card. Current offers will allow you to lock in for around £5 a month.

Buying a NOW TV box with passes included

Many retailers sell a new NOW TV box that comes with a code for either 3 or 6 months of entertainment included. Whilst you may not need a new box, you can buy these mainly for the code and keep the box for spares, pass onto a friend or recycle.

Current best prices seem to be around £14.99 for 3 months of entertainment. This is available at places like

Argos catalogue number 414/6678
Amazon
Currys
Tesco Direct

Remember to keep your receipt in case there is any problem with the code when you come to apply it.

Buying a gift card

If you don't need or don't like the sound of buying lots of NOW TV boxes you can also buy gift cards that contain a code for 3 or 5 months of entertainment for £15 and £25 respectively. You can buy these from places such as
Argos catalogue number 549/8033
Currys / PC world
Game (on their website or in-store)
Amazon

More info here https://help.nowtv.com/article/gift-cards

If you buy them in store make sure they are activated at the till and keep the receipt.

How to use the codes that come with a box or gift card

For details on how to use the code see here https://help.nowtv.com/article/how-to-apply-or-enter-voucher-code

Any downside to using the codes?

Don't go buying too many of these promotional boxes or gift cards - the codes that come with them are only guaranteed to work for 12 months from date of purchase (codes bought online at Game may have a different expiry date provided so buy one at a time). You might be lucky and get cards with an expiry date of longer than a year when bought with a NOW TV box but if you buy too many and they expire before you use them then you could be out of luck (remember you can only apply one at a time and can't apply a new one until you are in the last month of your current offer).

Also if you are the kind of person who just dips into NOW TV now and then to mainly watch boxset it may still be cheaper to just buy a monthly pass as and when you need it - the problem with buying a 3 month code is it is for 3 consecutive months, if you don't watch enough content each month to justify £5 then it might not be best value for you.

Other Things You Can Do

As well as using codes to get discounted passes you could keep an eye on the NOW TV offers page here http://www.nowtv.com/offers
Most of the offers are for new customers only but some may be available for existing customers so check the small print.

Offers available when cancelling - sometimes when you go to cancel your pass you will be offered a discounted rate for the next few months if you decide to stay, so if you are currently paying monthly, try cancelling your pass now (you don't lose any days by cancelling early) and see if you are offered anything. You can always stop the cancellation process if you change your mind or don't get offered anything.

Check the forum and sites such as HotUKDeals to see if anybody has spotted any other offers available. Always check the small print though as some offers might not be available to everyone.

Opt-in to receive marketing emails from NOW TV as you will sometimes be sent promotional offers from time to time. You can make sure you are opted-in on your My Account > Account Details page https://account.nowtv.com/account-details

Although nobody likes a price rise there's still lots of great entertainment available on NOW TV, with more boxsets being added all the time and SyFy channel joining the line up sometime soon. Keep an eye on the NOW TV blog for news on new boxsets and shows coming up.

https://watch.nowtv.com/blog

And if you see any other offers or have any other tips feel free to reply and let us all know.

[Anonymous User]

Box and 3 months Ent pass or two months cinema for under £14 in my local sainsbry for last two weeks.

Interestingly they are not selling fast.... they used to fly off the shelves. I thought they were a bargain....