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It appears the premium holiday offer is back:


You can now sign up for premium for $ 49.95 rather than the usual rate of $ 69.95. In former years people who already had a premium subscription could get a $ 20 refund. It does not seem to be that way anymore even though something like it is mentioned on the news page this does not appear to work. People are being told that cancelling the subscription and resubscribing will get them the holiday price, but that does not seem to work either.

Price discount is on first year of membership only. User will be billed $49,95 for first year of membership then automatically renewed at the regular rate of $69,95 each year unless membership is cancelled.

Existing members can upgrade to get the new rate by visiting Manage Membership.

Are you a premium member and do you enjoy writing guides? Our Premium guide needs a complete makeover. If you'd like to help with this and other guides, look at our Apply for Staff page for our Guide Writer position.

Edit: People who have send in a ticket about the subscription issue are getting the following respond:

Thank you for writing about our 2012 promotional holiday Annual Membership plan! We are looking into this for all users who are currently on the regular annual Membership plan. We hope to find a resolution soon, and will get back to you again for an update shortly. Please note that all current regular annual Memberships cannot be modified / prorated / refunded. Thank you for your patience!

Thanks goes to people on the Charter board for sharing this information.

Edit 2: You can now upgrade your Premium Membership to the 2012 Promotional Holiday Annual Membership Plan.