topic Re: Apple TV free trial in Sky Stream

Apple TV free trial

Paul43 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:46:42 GMT

I had a call from Sky today seeing how I was getting on with my recently installed Sky Stream today. During the conversation he said that I would get 6 months free trial of Apple TV. I followed the QR code gove by Apple TV on my Sky Stream home page, went throuh the laborius Apple registration to be given the option of a 7 day free trial. How do I get the six months

If the caller was not genuinly from Sky how did he know my activation date?

Re: Apple TV free trial

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:56:14 GMT

As far as I'm aware the only free Apple TV + offer is for 3 months and you get the redemption code/activation URL by claiming it via Sky VIP in the My Sky app

Re: Apple TV free trial

Padam_Padam — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:57:37 GMT

@Paul43 wrote:
I had a call from Sky today seeing how I was getting on with my recently installed Sky Stream today. During the conversation he said that I would get 6 months free trial of Apple TV. I followed the QR code gove by Apple TV on my Sky Stream home page, went throuh the laborius Apple registration to be given the option of a 7 day free trial. How do I get the six months

If the caller was not genuinly from Sky how did he know my activation date?

The current offer from Sky is for a 3 month free trial. The previous Apple TV+ offer was for 6 months but this expired at the end of 2023.

You can claim the 3 month trial via the VIP section of the MySky app.

Re: Apple TV free trial

lettice — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:05:05 GMT

The current three month Apple TV+ trial from Sky is for new and returning Apple TV+ customers.

It is available in MySky app under the Gifts and Discounts section.

Also, there has been for a few days and is there today, a tile on the top rail of the Sky Stream homepage, promoting the offer.

The six month trial from Sky was the previous one and that has expired.

Re: Apple TV free trial

Skyuser1981 — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:14:59 GMT

Is this offer still valid as of 15th April?

Re: Apple TV free trial

lettice — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:51:32 GMT

The offer is still available to request a code in my MySky app via the Sky VIP section under Gifts and discounts.

I have taken up the offer already.

More details in the news section on this community;

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-TV/Get-3-months-free-AppleTV-with-Sky-VIP/ba-p/4604583

Re: Apple TV free trial

Fothergill1 — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:33:23 GMT

I have given up trying to redeem my free 3 months as I cannot get it to acknowledge my debit card. This is an Apple issue and not Sky. All goes well until it says Authentication required for my transaction. I select OK but after a few seconds responds with "your payment method was declined'. I have no idea why as the payment method is the one associated with my Apple ID and frequently Apple payments are successfully made. I must have tried at least 20 times over the last 10 days.

It doesn't particularly bother me but is a bit baffling as it is exactly the same details as the last time I redeemed and Apple TV Offer 🤷‍♂️

Re: Apple TV free trial

Jporch316 — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 05:56:19 GMT

@Fothergill1

Has your card saved on Apple Pay expired ?

Re: Apple TV free trial

Padam_Padam — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:34:39 GMT

@Fothergill1 wrote:
I have given up trying to redeem my free 3 months as I cannot get it to acknowledge my debit card. This is an Apple issue and not Sky. All goes well until it says Authentication required for my transaction. I select OK but after a few seconds responds with "your payment method was declined'. I have no idea why as the payment method is the one associated with my Apple ID and frequently Apple payments are successfully made. I must have tried at least 20 times over the last 10 days.

It doesn't particularly bother me but is a bit baffling as it is exactly the same details as the last time I redeemed and Apple TV Offer 🤷‍♂️

It's probably something to do with your debit card authentication. Banks often require re-confirmation of a card being used for particular services if not used regularly.

If you have an Apple device it's easy to go into your Apple ID and check the Payment & Shipping settings, or you can do it via the web. It's worthwhile re-entering your card details every so often via one of these methods as it will re-authorise with your bank that you are happy for the card to be used.

Whenever I've had a payment issue with an Apple service, re-authorising the credit card I have on my account has always fixed the issue.

Re: Apple TV free trial

Fothergill1 — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:38:35 GMT

Hi @Jporch316 That had occurred to me but I pay my Disney+ through Apple and that went through earlier in the month without any issue. I have just removed the card from my Apple account and re-entered it but that hasn't helped.

Although I had no problem redeeming previous offers I'm not overly bothered about this current one as I would have cancelled it after the 3 month trial anyway.

Re: Apple TV free trial

Fothergill1 — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:28:45 GMT

@Padam_Padam and @Jporch316 Thanks for your input. To cut a long story short I added another card to my Apple Account and managed to redeem the 3 months offer on my first attempt 😀

Re: Apple TV free trial

Padam_Padam — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:03:11 GMT

@Fothergill1 wrote:
@Padam_Padam and @Jporch316 Thanks for your input. To cut a long story short I added another card to my Apple Account and managed to redeem the 3 months offer on my first attempt 😀

Excellent - glad you got it sorted. There's some excellent stuff on Apple TV+ at the moment. I can highly recommend Sugar, Masters Of The Air, The New Look and Lessons In Chemistry, all of which we are enjoying immensely.

Re: Apple TV free trial

Fothergill1 — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:09:04 GMT

@Padam_Padam Thanks, I will definitely give them a look. I watched the free 1st episode of Master of the Air and am looking forward to the rest of the series. I believe Silo is also worth a look.

Re: Apple TV free trial

MarkGoldsmith — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:10:47 GMT

@Fothergill1 wrote:
@Padam_Padam Thanks, I will definitely give them a look. I watched the free 1st episode of Master of the Air and am looking forward to the rest of the series. I believe Silo is also worth a look.

I've just started Silo, only 5 episodes but loving it.

Re: Apple TV free trial

Padam_Padam — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:25:41 GMT

@MarkGoldsmith wrote:
@Fothergill1 wrote:
@Padam_Padam Thanks, I will definitely give them a look. I watched the free 1st episode of Master of the Air and am looking forward to the rest of the series. I believe Silo is also worth a look.
I've just started Silo, only 5 episodes but loving it.

Silo is excellent. The final episode of season 1 in particular is quite the jaw dropper. Apple do sci-fi very well. For All Mankind has been superb every season. Constellation is worth a look too - it takes a while to get your head round it but then something happens which makes it all make sense...

Re: Apple TV free trial

Nigelb1972 — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:45:34 GMT

@Fothergill1 AppleTV has a lot of great content. Their Sci-Fi stuff is brilliant and The Crowded Room is sensational, Tom Holland really steps out of his comfort zone and delivers an amazing performance. AppleTV is definitely quality of quantity... I watch more on AppleTV than Netflix etc put together and it's the only one I actually pay for as all the rest are bundled in one way or another.

Re: Apple TV free trial

Padam_Padam — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:27:00 GMT

@Nigelb1972 wrote:
@Fothergill1 AppleTV has a lot of great content. Their Sci-Fi stuff is brilliant and The Crowded Room is sensational, Tom Holland really steps out of his comfort zone and delivers an amazing performance. AppleTV is definitely quality of quantity... I watch more on AppleTV than Netflix etc put together and it's the only one I actually pay for as all the rest are bundled in one way or another.

I agree. The quality of Apple TV+ was part of the reason I left Sky completely. We were watching much more content on there than on any other service. Sky's own drama content just can't compete. They cancelled the only half decent show they had left (The Lazarus Project) so I'm very happy giving my money to Apple instead.

Re: Apple TV free trial

ELLYS — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:36:14 GMT

I have Sky Q and I am VIP Sky customer I would like to apply for Apple + TV deal how do I apply for this

Re: Apple TV free trial

MarkGoldsmith — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:25:39 GMT

@ELLYS wrote:
I have Sky Q and I am VIP Sky customer I would like to apply for Apple + TV deal how do I apply for this

Unless i'm mistaken there isn't currently an active free trial of Apple TV + available for Sky VIP customers. I believe the previous offer was withdrawn last month, after being available for a couple of months.