Military, students, first responders should always ask if they have special discounts.
If you cant go on another day without watching Oppenheimer, the latest Trolls movie, or the newest episode of Yellowstone, theres a sneaky way you can get those checked off your to-watch list for free.
As hes prone to do, Jared Newman of Cord-Cutter Confidential, has found a promotional tie-in that can get you a free trial of Peacock. Its one of those things that fell into Newmans lap unexpectedly because Peacock doesnt offer a free trial.
Newman says the promotion is unofficial, but heres how it works: Peacock is currently included for free with an Instacart+ subscription, and Instacart+ does offer a free trialwith no credit card required. By signing up for the latter, you can also check out Peacock at no extra charge.
The crease youll be riding to get this free trial is that, last November, Instacart added Peacock Premium (with ads) as a free benefit for Instacart+ subscribers. On its own, Peacock Premiums ad-supported tier costs $6 per month or $60 per year, so getting it for free is a pretty nice perk.
This isnt one of those short-term deals, either. According to ConsumerAffairs research, Instacart + trial periods run 14-days, long enough for you to binge all you want. Newman says the trial is available to anyone, including folks whove subscribed to Peacock before.
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Breaking that down to the steps you need to take, Newmans steps are as follows
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After signing up, head to the Instacart + benefits page.
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Scroll down to the Unlock special offers section, find the Peacock benefit, and click Activate.
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On the Peacock redemption page, enter your email address and either create or sign into your Peacock account.
If all goes according to plan, you should see a message confirming your Peacock Premium subscription, and youll have access to the service for as long as your Instacart + trial remains active, he said.
If you like what you see on Peacock and get from Instacart + in the way of shopping benefits and want to extend the trial period to two months, all you have to do is head back to the Instacart + benefits page and scroll to the Unlock special offers section. Find the 2 free months of Instacart+ with your eligible Mastercard benefit and click Activate.
While this step does require you to put a credit card on file, you can still extend the trial without being auto-billed at the end. Just make sure to select Ill decide later in the renewal options section after adding your MasterCard details, he said. Unless you select a monthly or annual plan later, the subscription will automatically end after the two-month trial period.
This isnt the only Peacock deal
If you didnt finish your Peacock binge, no sweat. There are other workarounds you can use to avoid paying full price.
One of those is that military and veterans, first-responders, and students get Peacock discounts. So do some Comcast Xfinity customers and some JetBlue customers.
If you are a Peacock ex-pat (returning customer), you might call and see if theres a discount code if you sign back up, too. Newman keeps an up-to-date list of deals in this TechHive article and posts new codes in his Cord Cutter Weekly newsletter.
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Posted: 2024-04-08 11:26:21
