Quadruple Stack On HBO Max Membership Purchase

The Offer

There’s currently a quadruple stack on HMO Max annual membership:

1. Through April 9, 2024, HBO dropped the prices on their annual Max subscription.
   • 1-Year With Ads $69.99 (Stream on 2 devices at once; Full HD video resolution)
   • 1-Year Ad-Free $104.99 (Stream on 2 devices at once; Full HD video resolution; 30 downloads to watch on the go)
   • 1-Year Ultimate Ad-Free $139.99 (Stream on 4 devices at once; 4K Ultra HD video quality as available; Dolby Atmos immersive audio as available; 100 downloads to watch on the go)
2. If you spend $99 or more, be sure to put the charge on a card with a special cashback offer. Currently a lot of us can get $25-$35 if you make the purchase using a Chase card or $25 if you make the purchase using an Amex card which has the linked offer for HBO Max.
3. Go through a shopping portal before signing up. Rakuten is currently offering $20/2,000 with the Ultimate yearly plan and $15/1,500 with the regular ad-free plan.
4. If you have Sam’s Club membership, you can get 15% Sam’s cash back on an annual Max sub if you pay with a linked card. Sam’s Plus members get an additional 20% of whatever the cash back comes to. That will end up being 18% cashback total. Make sure to activate the bonus offer in your sam’s bonus offers account and link the Amex or Chase card you intend to pay with. That’s all, this isn’t a shopping portal, just pay with your linked card (don’t use Paypal or similar if that’s an option, enter your credit card).

The Fine Print

• Important: After your discounted subscription period, your subscription will automatically renew each year at the then-current subscription price for the yearly plan that you signed up for. If you cancel your subscription, you will continue to have access to Max for the remainder of time you have already paid for And so I’d recommend cancelling immediately after signup.
• There is no refund or credits for partial years, FYI.
• Existing Max customers currently enrolled in a Max yearly plan via max.com cannot apply an Offer to your existing plan, but you may switch to one of the other yearly plans to take advantage of an Offer.
• These offers are for (a) new, returning and existing customers via max.com, (b) new and returning customers through the following participating subscription providers: Roku, Google Play and Apple and (c) new customers through Amazon Appstore.

Our Verdict

Altogether it’s possible for someone to get the ad-free version for $105+tax and get back the following:

• $35 on their Sapphire Reserve card
• $15/1,500 from Rakuten which some people will value at $20+
• Around $15-$19 from the Sam’s Club deal

Hat tip to SD and to reader Tikky