When purchasing physical versions of games new, I'd sometimes find a card inside the game offering a free trial of Xbox Live. The best bet for finding these tends to be in games published by Microsoft Studios, but there are of course exceptions. When I purchased my Xbox One S, there was a card enclosed granting a 14-day trial, so these can also be found when purchasing a new system.
With my Xbox Live subscription recently expiring and being too broke to reinstate it right now, I went digging around to find any of these free trials I had lying around. Unfortunately it seems like I'd already used the majority of these and kept them in the game for some reason, but I did manage to find a 48-hour trial that felt like it ended just as fast as I entered the code (2 days goes by way too quick!). Unfortunately the 14-day trial that came with my Xbox One S expired before I ever got to use it. I never knew these things had an expiration date, and it doesn't seem to be clearly documented in the fine print (it just says that it "automatically expires" but provides no indication as to when!). Not all of these codes expire, as the 2-day code I used was from an old Xbox 360 game, so make sure to look at the fine print to determine if you need to hurry up and use the code!
I've read reports from other Xbox users stating that they couldn't redeem any of their codes, and after contacting Microsoft for assistance they were told that these were for new customers only and existing Xbox Live users are unable to use them. In my experience this is incorrect as I've used several of these on my primary Xbox account over the years with no issues. It's also worth noting that you have access to download whatever free Games with Gold are being offered at the time, even if just using a 48-hour trial. You'll still be able to play the free Xbox 360 titles even after your Gold expires, but unfortunately the Xbox One free games require an Xbox Live subscription to play.
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