A guide to taking advantage of the Holiday Bonus Time Offering

As they have over the past several years, Paragon Studios is running a limited time deal for getting free play time (or discounted months, depending on how you want to look at it) when you renew your subscription.

Now this doesn't require any cash outlay up front. It merely tacks this on as a bonus when your subscription comes up for renewal next. So, if you're due to renew in June of next year, you can take advantage of this now and you'll wind up with a 7 (6+1) or 14 (12+2) month renew come June.

And it's really simple to do. And can even be done from within the game itself!

Here's how.

1: Sign in to City of Heroes and queue into one of the servers (you don't need to actually spawn into the game, just get to your character list).

2: Hit the shopping cart button in the upper right-hand corner to take you into the Paragon Market.



3: Click on the My Account Button in the upper right-hand corner. This will take you to the NCSoft Master Account Login Screen. (Note: The image below has been altered to hide my account name. Normally your account name will be pre-filled in there.



4: Sign in to your NCSoft account and it'll take you to the Game Account Details screen.



5: Click on the Holiday Bonus Time banner. This will take you to the Payment Plan screen.



6: Choose either the 6+1 plan or the 12+2 plan as you like.
7: Click the "Change My Plan" button and you're done.

The next time your account renews, you're set.

Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.

My problem is that I don't keep a card on file. So, this won't work for me.

But at least it's good news for everyone else!

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I'll assume that all the answers below are still applicable, with a change in the date:

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Originally Posted by Black Pebble There have been some questions regarding this promotion that I'd like to take the time to address. Q1) If I have time remaining on my subscription, how can I take advantage of this offer? A1) Starting at 9:00AM EST, on November 29th, 2010 through 11:59PM EST, December 13th, 2010, log into your NCsoft account management page. There will be a clickable banner ad promoting this opportunity. If you click on it, it will take you to a page where you can change your payment plan without cancelling your account. Q2) When will I be charged for the new plan? A2) This is a payment plan. You only pay when the billing cycle comes to renew again. So there is no payment required to select the promo payment plan. Q3) If I’m set to auto renew in between the dates of the promotion, will I get the benefit? A3) No. However, during the time of the promotion, you can reselect your billing plan and get the bonus time. Q4) What are the steps we should take if we want to take advantage of this deal? A4) See Question 1. There is no URL beforehand that you can go to. Q5) If I got the bonus gametime during the last promotion, am I eligible for this new promotion? A5) Yes, you are. Q6) Do I need to cancel my plan in order to take part in this promotion? A6) While the bonus gametime promotion is active, you do not need to cancel your subscription plan in order to take part in the offer. Clicking on the banner ad in your account management page will allow you to select a new plan without cancelling your subscription plan.

Replace the dates highlighted above with November 28 and December 31.

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