Genealogy Chat

for anyone interested, the link

https://secure.ancestry.ca/subscribe/signup/register/O-24217?rtype=11&flowId=11&o_xid=71211&o_lid=71211&o_sch=Email+-+Campaigns

is still working.


1 year World Deluxe Membership $180 Canadian

which, at today's changed exchange rate, is about £107.


The price to renew my existing subscription at the UK portal would be £224.99.

The standard price at the Canadian portal is $300, which is £180.
So again, even without the special offer, using the Canadian portal is far cheaper (and Australia may be cheaper again).



If you are like me and your sub expires around Christmas/New Year, consider checking it out.

I will cancel mine under the account I am using now, right at the end of the month, and take out a new one under my other account at what seems to be the lowest price now available, $180 Canadian / about £107.

Ancestry.ca is emailing my free account again with its offer:

12 months worldwide for $180 Canadian

offer good to 29 August ... but if it's like the last one, the link for the special offer will just keep working ...

Should work out to about the same as in my last post, £108.50.

The link and process above should still work.

Many thanks for your replies, I will have a look at your suggestions.

I have raised a Quidco claim ArgyllGran, the way you suggested. They assure me they are chasing payments, but no luck so far!

Terry

This offer is still active at ancestry.ca

https://secure.ancestry.ca/subscribe/signup/register/O-24217?rtype=11&flowId=11&o_xid=71211&o_lid=71211&o_sch=Email+-+Campaigns

Sign out of your Ancestry account if it welcomes you by name.

Register a free account with a different email address.

Then go to the above link again.

The 12-month World Deluxe Membership is $179.88 CDN

which is £108.50.

That is a big difference from £179.99.

For current renewal prices, follow the advice given above, Terry.
Look at all the different countries' versions of Ancestry to see what they're charging.

If buying through Quidco, remember that it's only ancestry.co.uk which gives (in theory) 25% cashback on Quidco.
That doesn't apply to other countries' versions.

Re the payment you haven't received cashback on -
assuming it was to Ancestry.co.uk, go to the page on Quidco where it lists all the activity on your account.
If your purchase isn't listed there, look at the top of that page, and
you'll see "Has one of your purchases not tracked yet? "
Click on -"Add purchase", and give all the details.

I've never tried that, so don't know how effective it is, but must be worth a try!

When I renewed last August, I did it via my Quidco cashback site. I checked with them that I would get the cashback on my renewal (£179.99) and it was confirmed that I would.

I still have not received the cashback and have just had a reminder from Ancestry that my renewal is again due on 8th August at £179.99. I wonder if anyone else has been successful in getting cashback on an Ancestry renewal.

Also are there currently any renewal options available, please?

Terry

for anyone interested, this offer is still live

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1360037

Try this one!

My free account at ancestry.ca just got another offer - I think this is the same price I got at the end of last year.

It doesn't seem to be available at the main ancestry.ca site, which still shows a 12-month Worldwide sub as
$25/mo = $300/year = £157/year

The offer is for
$180/year = £94/year !!

I think this link should work ... I signed out of my ancestry.ca free account and went to this link and the offer was there:

https://secure.ancestry.ca/subscribe/signup/register/O-24217?rtype=11&flowId=11&o_xid=71211&o_lid=71211&o_sch=Email+-+Campaigns

Your membership selection
World Deluxe Membership
Initial annual payment of $179.88

(that's $15/month = £8/month)

Even if your existing sub hasn't finished yet, you could get a new one this way, if you don't mind changing accounts.

I have a feeling you would not get a better deal from ancestry.co.uk !

Thanks I have already cancelled and given the reason as to why so will be interested to see what happens at the end of the month.

Lesley cancel your subscription
and in the box that ask you why you are canceling just put that the site is to much money
then if you are lucky they may give you the option to renew for another
3 month

thay done this to me 3 month back as my 3 month has just run out
and it was only about £20 and that was for wordwide

Ha, if only Ancestry gave correct information :-D

I was just looking at one the other day where, according to Ancestry's links, someone born in 1845 was given the freedom of the city in London in 1825 ...

I do love how in my own case, all of the corrections and added info I have put in Ancestry records over the years are now the source of all of the links it offers for my people. One would almost think that Ancestry had done some work itself!

Thanks for that information my subscription does not finish until the end of the month. I have a sub with FMP so think I will manage on that one for a while although I do not like it as much with Ancestry which when you find a record they will give you information on other ones for this person which the other sites do not do.

Lesley and others - there is a special on at Ancestry.ca this weekend

sign up at the .ca portal for a free account - make sure you are not logged in under your own account if you have one, and open a new free account with an email address you have not used at Ancestry before

the special is for the Canadian bank holiday weekend and it is for free access to

*ALL U.K. RECORDS*

until May 23, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. ET. (midnight Monday night eastern time, so 5 a.m. Tuesday)

of course this is only useful for someone who does not have an Ancestry sub for UK records at present :-)

http://www.ancestry.ca/cs/victoriaday2016

you may need to be signed in to your free account to see this

WEll I hope at the end of the year they do not take a huge amount of money on my credit card. I just have a standard membership.

Hi JooonieCloonie and others

Thanks

for your help cannot believe the difference in prices I had heard that some of them are cheaper but the difference between the Australian and UK one is amazing, I have now cancelled my subscription which ends at the end of this month and will try the Australian or other ones before joining again.

They obviously think we members in UK are better off than those in other countries!!.

Like GR, Trees remain. However, any records you've used to create the profile are hidden from view. That's one possible reason why we sometimes say that someone elses tree has no sources, just 'events' on the time line.

If you re-subscribe to the same account, they magically reappear!

I just checked the various portals (not signed in at any, so I showed as a new subscriber) and done the currency conversions at xe


*12 months worldwide*

.co.uk -- £179.99 (Save £60) (so regular £239.99)

.com.au -- AU $249.99 (Save AU $109) = £126.44 (so regular £181.55)

.ca -- CAD $299.88 (Save $60) = £161.38 (so regular £193.67)

.com -- USD $199 (Save $70) = £138.59 (so regular £187.37)


Paying through the UK portal is the absolutely worst idea.

The Australian version price is by far the lowest (and the UK price the highest) so if you do renew, be sure to check out the renewal price at the .com.au portal


My other tip is to sign up with free accounts (using different email addresses) at all of the portals

and then when there are special deals for newcomers, you will get email invitations


I have actually abandoned an account and opened a new one, in order to get the great deal for new subscribers

(you can still receive and answer messages at an account that is not paid up ... I don't know what happens with trees as I do not keep one at Ancestry)


I think the thing is to cancel a subscription first, just before renewal, and then check the prices for subscribing at each portal

greyghost linked to my rather complicated post about getting the best prices at Ancestry (not counting discounts) --

always check the prices at all the portals: .com, .co.uk, .ca, .com.au

then use this site to convert price in the local currency to pounds:

http://www.xe.com/

and you will be able to tell which portal (country version of Ancestry) has the best price

then make sure you are signed in at the portal with the best price and renew your sub there

you could save substantially that way alone

the Australian Ancestry site is often the cheapest option

Thanks, great I'll try Quidco when my sub finishes

Thanks, great I'll try Quidco when my sub finishes