This code was sent to my email within a few minutes and I was able to successfully redeem it. I'm happy with this purchase. The restrictions are vaguely worded so I felt it was important to leave a review for others. I had an existing game pass subscription that was prepaid out for another few months already (by a previous non-'holiday' 6 month subscription I got in the summer). This added 12 months onto the end of that subscription ending date as expected. If you're looking to extend your subscription at a discount and haven't used a 'holiday' code yet, this should work for you. As for the game pass service - I found it's a great service for me. I'm a weekend gamer who buys around 2-3 games a year. This service has been nice because it gives me a chance to play some games I wouldn't buy. There's a large variety of types of games - many of them end up being the shorter or non-main stream games. I find I'm not interested in 3/4ths of them. However, there are some games I've found that I really like that I wouldn't have tired before. It's also great that the new Microsoft owned games come out on release day. Playing Forza Horizon 4 for 'free' was great for me. All that to say - for me the service is not quite worth $10 per month, but it is certainly worth $6 a month - so I jumped on this deal, and now I don't have to worry about my subscription for another year.