Take out a Telegraph Digital Plus trial to nab some top freebies
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What is Telegraph Extra?
Telegraph Extra is the reward site for people who subscribe to the Telegraph Digital, Digital Plus or Print & Digital subscriptions. It’s not cheap (£34.99 per month for the Digital Plus membership) but as we detail below, there are free or cheap trials you can use to take advantage.
As well as access to the Telegraph’s online articles, you also get some great freebies. If you’ve been with Digital for 12 months, or Digital Plus for more than month, that includes one of the following VIP perks every month:
- Free Vue film ticket, or
- A home movie rental from Chili, or
- A play from National Theatre at Home
You used to get all of these included (and there was no minimum period of subscription to be eligible), but now you have to choose one of the three.
You’ll also be able to share your membership with three other people, who all get their own accounts. And it appears that after a month they’ll also get access to the same Perks. So that means there could well be four free tickets available each month.
Other deals are hit and miss, but you can see all the current offers.
Telegraph Extra VIP Perks
Free Vue ticket every month
This used to released on the first Friday of the month at 2pm, though it looks like they’re now there from the 1st and last all month. You claim a code that once redeemed will provide a ticket for you to use. This ticket is valid for three months.
It can be used online or at the box office for a standard 2D seat.
Free Chili movie rental every month
Also released on the first of the month, you’ll get a gift card code to claim on Chili’s website that can be used on any normal release (Home Premieres are excluded).
You can only have one code on your account at any time, so make sure you use it each month. You have 28 days to start watching a rental.
Frustratingly Chili doesn’t have the full catalogue of releases, so you might not be able to get the film you actually want with this code.
Free National Theatre at Home
The other monthly freebie is an online rental of a specific National Theatre production.
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Telegraph Extra deals
Three months Telegraph Digital Plus for £1
You can take out a £1 three-month trial of the Telegraph Digital Plus subscription right now, which will get you access to those VIP perks after one month.
The cinema and rental deals are usually released on the first Friday of the month, so if you time the trial to the start on anyday other than the 1 or 2, you might actually be able to also pick a third voucher just before your trial ends.
For example: Sign up in August, and get your first ticket in September, and another in October, and then your third in early November, before cancelling your trial to avoid the higher monthly fee.
And of course there is the chance The Telegraph will stop some of the offers. But even if that happens you’ll hopefully still have picked up some freebies for a few quid.
Make sure you put a note in your diary to cancel before the cheap trial ends.
Don’t forget to share the bonus subscriptions available via the Digital Plus membership once you sign up so they can also access the perks after one month.
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Cancelling Telegraph Extra
You can now cancel online and you may be offered discounts, such as another three months at £1 a month, which is a decent price for the free cinema ticket and movie rental, along with whatever else is offered.
If you don’t get a decent deal to stay and proceed with the cancellation, keep an eye on your email as there are often similar deals to tempt you back.
Previous offers
Pay delivery only on Craft Gin Club box (expired)
Another decent Extras offer. These boxes of gin and other goodies cost £40 plus delivery each month, and though there are usually 50% off deals, this offer beats it. You’ll pay £9.95 delivery – until 31 August 2022 or while stocks last. Obviously cancel the subscription if you don’t want to keep paying after getting the freebies. My box contained:
- 70cl bottle of Brass Lion gin
- 2 London Essence mixers
- Gin syrup, bitters and extras to pimp the drink
- One can of cider
- One soft drink
- One bar of choc
- One small bag of pretzels
- One small bag of nuts
Free LoveMyRead box (expired)
LoveMyRead is a subscription box containing a book and some extras like snacks. You get to choose a book from a selection of eight titles, many of which are brand new releases.
This normally costs £16.99 a month for Premium (hardback book and more extras) or £12.99 (paperback, less extras), with £3 delivery on top.
You can currently claim your first box for free via your Telegraph membership. I’ve opted for Premium and will cancel it once I’ve got that first book.
Free Gourmet Society membership (expired)
This membership ended on 18 February 2022. I’ll update here if it returns
You’ll get 50% off food and drink at restaurants, as well as access to other savings (e.g. cinema tickets).
Hi Andy are you sure the Vue ticket is valid for 12 months? On the telegraph extra page it says the ticket must be used within 3 months of issue. There’s a good chance nothing decent is screening within 3 months so it’s kind of a difference maker, thanks
After the disappearance of the Vue ticket offer, looks like the Chilli movie rental has also gone the way of the dodo 😭
Yep, looks like it!
What a shame. Looks as though the Telegraph are not doing VUE tickets any more (May 23). At least I was successful in applying for my Coronation biscuit 🙂
Great tip here!
Also if you have a Three phone plan, and have the Three+ app, you can get 3 months Telegraph extra for free (then 20% off monthly subscription for 9 months). The offer expires 7th August 2022.
This is what I did to get all these freebies for free!
Hi,
Just to let you know: the VUE ticket offer is back on the Telegraph Extra page.
Thanks!
Thank you very much for this. This is great. Was a subscriber in the past, but still got it. I think you should rephrase it as ‘4 Months for £3’ as read in isolation the heading makes you think it is 3 months for £1 rather than 3 months for £1 each.
Good shout. Thanks!