Not sure if here's the best place to ask but, do Humble Bundle subscription gift links expire if it was from a free coupon?

So here's the scenario, I was given a free subscription by HB newsletter and I redeemed the coupon as a gift link because no reoccur payment if I redeem it that way. Now the coupon itself has an expiry date till 30th June and now I'm curious, does it expire if I turned it into a gift link? I do wanna keep it for a future bundle since this month's bundle doesn't look like it has any games I would play, besides Mo: Astray.

4 years ago

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Since noone has answered I just ask. Why would something with an experation date not expire just because you created a gift link?

4 years ago
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The state has changed. The expiration date for a slice of toast may be different than a slice of untoasted bread, for example.
Within digital interfaces it's actually more common for [different state] elements to have changed parameters than not, though in many cases the state doesn't actually change until the process is completed, meaning the presented state change is only a facade.

Put more clearly, it depends on whether Humble is still viewing it as a coupon or as [redeemed]. In the latter (and more likely) case, the intuitive interpretation would be that it has already associated with the active month's bundle content (and may even expire relative to that bundle, though as it's a standard purchase format for the site it's not likely to do so).

Less likely possibilities include "a different expiration date" or "links to whatever bundle is active when you finish processing the link". Of course, it's still possible- as you suggested- that the state hasn't changed, and that it expires along with the original coupon's promotion period. The OP's enquiry on the matter make sense, however, as that's not the only possibility.

(Note that it's not a gift link for the coupon, the coupon was already redeemed for a gift bundle.)

4 years ago*
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Yup, the coupon was already redeemed for a gift bundle (hence, it's now a gift link and in the Q&A on HB's site, it is stated that gift links don't expire) which makes me wonder...

4 years ago
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Not sure either but i think your gift link is for April month if u bought it then.And since April choice passed i think gift link expired too.

Don't have enough experience just giving my opinion.

4 years ago
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I tried the link and it says that I can redeem it for this month's bundle if I claim it, which is weird.

4 years ago
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I dont know then when it expires... sorry ask support i guess.

4 years ago
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Closed 4 years ago by Kurowa29.