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As MoviePass continues to struggle, starting today, existing Sinemia customers can get a bit of an incentive for convincing their friends to jump ship and join Sinemia instead. A new program from the company gives users a $10 credit for each friend they convince to cancel their MoviePass subscription (or other movie subscription service, they all count) and subscribe to Sinemia instead.




The way it works is fairly simple: Existing Sinemia users will all get their own unique referral code. You can find yours by launching the app and then going to “Profile” followed by “Invite Your Friend.” When your friend signs up, he or she will need to upload proof that they are switching from another movie ticket subscription service by either uploading their old service’s debit card or providing their card number for the old service.




That’s it. Presuming everything goes according to plan, both you and your buddy will get $10. That cash can be used to buy a future subscription or can be used (soon) to buy popcorn from within the app. Even without the current deal, you already get $5 for referring a friend. The difference here is you’re doubling your cash and your friend gets some money as well.



If you’re not familiar, Sinemia offers a similar experience to MoviePass, with a few differences. The biggest difference is that with the app you can purchase movie tickets up to 30 days in advance. That means you can buy tickets to movies on opening night and reserve your seats without ever visiting the theater, unlike with MoviePass, which requires you to buy tickets in person the day of the show.



Plans start at $3.99 per month for one movie ticket a month and scale up to $14.99 for 3 tickets per month for individual plans. The 3-ticket per month plan also includes 3D and IMAX-4DX movies. They also have family plans where you can buy multiple tickets at the same time for the same film. All plans have to be purchased for a full year up front. They do offer a no-commitment option, but there’s a $19.99 initiation fee, which seems sort of silly to pay for a $3.99/month service, but do whatever works for you.




I signed up for the service a month or so ago when they ran a promotion where you also scored $25 a month at restaurants.com when you signed up, and so far so good. It’s a bit pricier than MoviePass, but looks to be a lot more stable.

