I paid my last monthly subscription for LOTRO at the end of May, just a few days before the account migration started. Once the transfer was complete, my Turbine account showed a VIP membership that ended on 6th July. This gave me a month to set up a new method of payment. My current credit card was not accepted when I initially input the details, but this was no major surprise. I had ran into the same problem a year previous when I had set up a US account. A telephone call to Turbine customer services would remedy the matter and they would input the card details manually.

However, I have played very little LOTRO of late and have now decided that after three years of subscribing that it is time to stop. The great benefit of the F2P business model is that I simply cease subscribing during the period that I'm not using the game. But I still can log into LOTRO and attend to any kin related business should I require. I am not in anyway excluded from the game simply because  I have ceased a VIP subscription. Also as no funds have been exchanged  I do not feel obliged to play, just for the sake of it. The more I think about it, the more I like this aspect of Turbine hybrid payment system.

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