Comments on: Pausing Your Netflix Subscription

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:59:51 +0000

You can actually pause your Netflix subscription for more than 3 months. I moved in December and put my subscription on hold. As it turns out, I didn’t have a lot of time for movies after moving and still have it on hold. I didn’t want to get rid of my account altogether because I have a number of movies in my queue still. All you have to do is change the reactivation date every couple months and it will give you 3 additional months from that point on time.

By: ian

ian — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:59:28 +0000

Download Firefox >> Get the ‘Ad Block Plus’ Plug in >> Utilize the ‘Easy List’ filter

By using Firefox, I rarely ever see popups or even in-page advertising on sites such as CNN.com

Read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock
and here: http://www.adblockplus.org

By: Carla

Carla — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:00:28 +0000

While we don’t have the opportunity to go on vacation for longer than a few days in a row, we are relocating in a few months and this will come in handy. We may not rent any movies for months during that time. Thanks for the reminder!

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:06:48 +0000

Please note, that when you come back, your account is immediately charged and you don’t get a refund.

So, if your bill date is July 1 and you go on vacation July 2 for a month, you’ve given them a free month.

You also can’t choose the start date.

By: Wojciech Kulicki

Wojciech Kulicki — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:30:06 +0000

This is a great strategy, and I did the same thing with Blockbuster Online a few months ago.

It’s great not only for vacations, but when you need a little extra money or a little extra time in your life. It helps to take a 2-3 month break sometimes from this non-stop onslaught of movies.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:01:15 +0000

I never knew you could do this. I currently don’t have Netflix, but this is a great reason for me to join them.

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:07:15 +0000

LOL! Is there a way to pause Netflix’s sneaky pop-under ads? Hate them: I wouldn’t do business with a company that pesters people that way.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:08:58 +0000

Great post, I never knew that you could pause it. This will be very useful for vacations.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:06:04 +0000

We basically paused it for the summer… when we typically want to spend more time outside with friends and doing outdoorsy things. In the meantime we can keep updating our queue throughout the summer, as we typically skip the movie theatre as a form of entertainment.

However when we’re interested in watching something it gets added to the queue and when the subscription starts up again in September, we’ll have some movies ready to watch. By mid-winter when it’s really horrible outside we’ll start getting the new summer releases, and we’d have saved money both on Netflix and also by skipping the movie theatres during the summer.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:47:37 +0000

No, no billing while paused.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:19:01 +0000

That is a great feature. I personally love Netflix as watching movies is one of my many vice’s. Great Tip!

By: Arvin

Arvin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:15:56 +0000

Do you have to pay for it still while it’s paused?

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:49:39 +0000

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:48:11 +0000

That’s a great tip. We don’t typically go galavanting around Europe for weeks on end, but if we know we aren’t using it for a while, it makes sense for us to hold the membership.

By: Madame X

Madame X — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:36:16 +0000

I never noticed that! Thanks for a very useful tip– I’m on the plan where I only get two movies per month, one at a time, so this will definitely come in handy someday!