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Thursday, September 4th, 2025 4:32 PM

Impossible to activate Peacock subscription

Hello, I’ve recently activated a Xfinity plan and it comes with a 2yr free Peacock promotion. I’ve received emails from Xfinity to activate the promotion, when I click on the link I’m redirected to a page with an error. The error reads that my account has no subscription linked.

I tried to follow the procedure to resolve the issue as stated in the FAQ, I also contacted support but can’t solve this issue. Does someone have any tips to solve this?

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3 months ago

 

user_1di8xv, Thanks so much for reaching out to Xfinity Support. I am sorry to hear you have had trouble activating Peacock. Here are some instructions that may help. Let me know if you are still having trouble, and we can run through some troubleshooting with you. 
 
To set up the free Peacock promotion, follow these steps:
Log in with your primary Xfinity ID.
Look for the **Activate Now** button on your account.
Follow the prompts to be redirected to the Peacock website for activation.
If you encounter login issues, change your Peacock password or check your email associated with the account.
If eligible, confirm your subscription status under **Plans & Payment** in your Peacock account settings.

 

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Thank you for your help. I tried but I get an error that my account is not available for the promotion, nonetheless my contract clearly states I’ve 2 free years of subscription included. 

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user_1di8xv, Thank you for giving that a shot. 

Please send us a direct chat message with your full name and complete service address to “Xfinity Support”. To do so, click on the chat icon located at the top right of this forum's page.

Here are the detailed steps to direct message us:

• Click "Sign In" if necessary

• Click the "Direct Message” icon (upper right corner of this page)

• Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

• Type "Xfinity Support" in the "to" line and select "Xfinity Support" from the drop-down list

• Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window

• Press Enter to send your message

 

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@XfinityAngie​ activate now only shows a spinner and does nothing

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user_i3k4yr We would be happy to help with the Peacock activation issue. 

Can you send us a direct message with your full name, name of account holder (if different), and service address please?

To send a "Direct Message" to Xfinity Support:

Click "Sign In" If necessary

Click the "Direct Messaging" icon (speech bubble)

Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

The "To:" line prompts you to "Type the name of a person".

Instead, type "Xfinity Support" there

As you are typing a drop-down list appears. Select "Xfinity Support" from that list

An "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line

Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window

Press Enter to send it

 

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@XfinityAngie​ none of these steps work

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2 months ago

I always get frustrated when I have to login to Peacock. We spend way too much for subscription which includes Peacock but I can never stream it on my computer or phone. I login to Xfinity first, it confirms I have it, but Peacock doesn't give the option to login with access through xfinity. Beyond frustrating. I had this with other premium channels as well and ended up dropping them from xfinity and signing up directly. Since this is free to me, I don't want to pay for a subscription. What can I do? 

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user_o7lnsq Are you currently subscribed to Peacock through Xfinity, and you're looking to cancel it correct? I just want to confirm. 

 

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1 month ago

I'm also having the same issue but don't see the direct message or chat icon, can you help check?

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Hello, @user_2weheg check your profile settings to make sure the "Opt out from Direct Messaging" box is not checked. That should introduce the DM icon in the top right corner. 

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4 Messages

1 month ago

same issue spent two hours going back and forth with Xfinity agent and peacock "chat"

Visitor

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4 Messages

1 month ago

Same issue. Have spent 3 days, hours upon hours and interacted with 15+ people. They dont seem interested at all in fixing it. Considering contacting my states artorney general as this appears to be nothing more than a scam 

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3 Messages

1 month ago

It’s a lost effort, Xfinity opened a ticket more than a month ago and it’s not yet resolved. I asked if they were at least willing to provide compensation for a service that is included in their own contract, but they said they won’t because it’s free service. Basically they can’t make their own systems work and take zero accountability for it

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Im seriously thinking about taking more legal actions against them at this point. 

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1 month ago

Having same problem.  Supposed to get free peacock.  Spent an hour in chat, then an hour on the phone with xfinity.  Even chatting with peacock people while on the phone with xfinity.  Peacock tried to direct me to xfinity rewards, but that is not where you activate peacock.  Getting the "Something unexpected happened" in multiple browsers on multiple devices.

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Hello @user_cehc1e I do understand why this could be frustrating for you. I'm curious to know if you have had Peacock prior to the free promotion? 

Visitor

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24 days ago

I can't understand why a large telecommunications company can't figure out how to adequately connect user accounts with the peacock subscriptions they provide. I've been on multiple calls, been given a handful of tickets, and still have nothing to show for it after 3 months of communicating. My recent move made it where Xfinity stream and peacock no longer work. If you are going to offer services, take responsibility to the issues and work to quickly resolve.

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Hey @user_bcer4i, Thank you for visiting our official Xfinity Forums Community support page. Sorry to hear that you may be experiencing some concerns with the linking of the Peacock Premium streaming service to the Xfinity account. Are you attempting to activate the Peacock Premium service through our Xfinity Rewards program or by having our Xfinity Gigabit Internet or higher speed tier? Are you also receiving any error codes or messages that we can reference to assist in the troubleshooting process? Please let me know at your next available convenience. 

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I’ve been on a gigabit service for years now. Recently moved and now my subscription no longer works. I’ve been sent multiple links to activate which take me to an activation page with no options to activate. My peacock is the same account I’ve used since setting it up the first time. You need to figure out the issue because this isn’t acceptable.

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user_bcer4i Thank you for reaching out to let us know about the issue you are having with your Peacock subscription. Have you check to make sure your account at your new address is linked to the account at your old address? You can find instructions for linking accounts here https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/switching-between-multiple-accounts.

 

 

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24 days ago

I am having the exact same problem, I even had a representative tell me they activated it for me and I should receive an email within 20 minutes from peacock. Still waiting 24 hours later. I can’t get any of the links to pull up anything it’s suppose to. I want to cancel my service due to frustration from this alone! 

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I had the same thing happen with me. I'm about 2 weeks ago the representative told me that he  activated  or reset it for me so that I would be able to start streaming with no problem. And that I should get a email and to this very moment I still never received that email nor have been able to activate my subscription 

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22 days ago

I am also having the same problem, and no one has been able to help me. Very frustrating. 

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cynthiadvm, Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to reach out. I can understand the importance of activating that Peacock subscription as a subscriber myself. I am sorry to learn about this experience with activating Peacock. You've come to the right team of XFINITY experts to assist with Peacock activation issues over social media. We can help. What happens when you attempt to the activation steps at this link here?

 

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That link says 404 not found. But the other links do not have a button to activate peacock. When I click on manage my subscriptions it says

We're sorry.

Please contact us and one of our friendly and knowledgeable representatives can help

I have spent hours online with agents, and on the phone, and in person, and no one can figure this out for me. 

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Still no resolution. This is ridiculous.

Visitor

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22 days ago

I am having the same problem.it is 5am rn and I still have not been asleep because I been messaging back and forth  representative after representative all freaking night tryna activate my subscription. And still have gotten nowhere

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user_h6nd7k I'm sorry to hear that you were up all night trying to activate your Peacock subscription. You have definitely reached the right team to further assist you. Since you did spend so much time attempting to troubleshoot, I definitely want to try avoiding having you try the same steps. Can you please share with me what troubleshooting you've completed so far trying to activate the Peacock offer?

 

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Sounds like a broken record. I'm having the same issue. No Peacock activation link and numerous emails telling me to activate. I've spoken to three agents, got disconnected by Peacock and went into Xfinity store. No one has resolved the issue. What a shame for such a large organization to handle this problem so inadequately.

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Hello, @user_ckwabr thank you for reaching out over Xfinity Forums. I'd definitely like to help with the Peacock Premium activation issue. Reviewing the post, I see another user had mentioned we were able to get their activation completed. Investigating further, I see that reaching out to our Tier 2 advanced support team was needed to resolve the concern. 

Since I'll need to gather some information that we don't want in our public conversation to further assist. Could you please send our team a direct message with your full name and full address?

 

To send a direct message: 

Click "Sign In" if necessary

• Click the "Direct Message chat" icon

• Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

• Type "Xfinity Support" in the "To:" line and select "Xfinity Support" from the drop-down list which appears. The "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line

• Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window, please add your full name and address

• Press Enter to send it

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@user_h6nd7k​ i just gave up, got the Xumo box, plenty of free channels on there to watch, no need [Edited: Language]

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@user_ckwabr thanks for sending the direct message with the requested information, I was able to locate that and will follow up with you there to continue. 

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17 days ago

Xfinity I am having this same problem and you need to DO BETTER. My ticket is [Edited: "Personal Information"].

Refresh my subscriptions - fix it or there will be legal repercussions for false advertising. [Edited:"All caps"]

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17 days ago

I am having the same issue. I've chatted with two people and talked to one on the phone. I have no banner saying "activate peacock." One person I chatted with said I'd get an email within an hour with an activation link. It never came. Just talked to an xfinity rep on the phone who tried to convince me that it was peacock's problem that the xfinity website wasn't loading. 

He's supposed to call me back tomorrow after speaking with his supervisor. I am not holding my breath on any solution that actually works. 

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Hi there, @user_5qaqm0! Thanks for reaching out about Peacock. The instructions to activate Peacock are shown here, https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/peacock-premium-offers. Are those the ones you tried to activate with? If the steps don't work, can you tell me where you get stuck in the process and if you see an error message? 

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@XfinityRay please help us this is insane

there is no “activate” button!!!

peacock is not listed in the subscriptions even though it is included on the plan

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user_yc0ono We would be happy to help you with the activation issue of the Peacock included in your plan. 

Can you send us a direct message with your full name, name of account holder (if different), and service address please?

To send a "Direct Message" to Xfinity Support:

Click "Sign In" If necessary

Click the "Direct Messaging" icon (speech bubble)

Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

The "To:" line prompts you to "Type the name of a person".

Instead, type "Xfinity Support" there

As you are typing a drop-down list appears. Select "Xfinity Support" from that list

An "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line

Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window

Press Enter to send it

 

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I am having this exact issue, no resolution. Chat support gave me incorrect info, phone support just went on a different track, level 2 escalation seems to know the problem but no resolution other than Xfinity knows about this problem and is looking to address it in November.

Anyone know best support channel to get help?  Also folks whose issue was resolved what was the actual resolution.

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Hello JXFN thank you so much for taking the time to reach out here via our Xfinity Forums! While we can acknowledge the existence of an issue with certain customers when activating Peacock Premium, this is under specific circumstances and will not affect all users. Since it sounds like you've already been troubleshooting with other agents, we'd love to take a deeper look into your account to see what's already been done and any potential fixes. 

 

Please send a direct message by clicking the chat icon in the upper right corner of the page, clicking on the pen and paper icon, and then entering “Xfinity Support” in the “To” section. Please include your name and address, and we can get started anytime.

 

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7 days ago

I need help as well. Same story here, just keep getting gaslit.

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They know it is broken, but since it is “free” to us they do not care to offer a fix or workaround. Truly abhorrent customer service.

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@user_yc0ono We have said some customers are affected by the known issue with activating Peacock Premium. However, it's not affecting everyone. I invite you to send a Direct Message if we may troubleshoot your Peacock Premium. We look forward to hearing from you.

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How do we get in touch? I need to know if this is resolved as this was part of my consideration in switching to Xfinity

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After signing in, send a direct message by clicking the chat icon in the upper right corner of the page, clicking on the pen and paper icon, and then entering “Xfinity Support” in the “To” section. Please include your name and address, and we can get started anytime.

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2 days ago

Anyone figure out a solution?

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Solutions so far:

1. Message Xfinity as they tell you and waste a ton of time.

2. Give up. This is what they want you to do.

3. ??? No idea. Can’t seem to actually get Peacock as promised.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to reach out to us @user_1di8xv! At this time, our engineer team is working to resolve the Peacock Activations concerns, but at this time, there is no current ETA to resolve it. I know this has been a frustrating process, and our teams are working as quickly as possible to restore the activation link. We do recommend continuing to try the link again. 

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