Not sure if it's a pricing error, but if you get Gamepass Ultimate (which includes Xbox Live Gold) on a daily recurring plan through the Microsoft Store, it's 89% off, which brings it to about 5 cents a day. or $18.25 a year.
Annoying to look at on bank statements? For sure. But hey, at least you won't be charged until your current Gold Subscription runs out.
Intriguing - but nothing on that page (my version of it, anyway) shows that choice. I'm given the options of 3 months or 1 month, only.
According to twitter:
1. Be a Ultimate Xbox Game Pass Member. Sign up for the $1 Subscription (basically what we were talking about last night. It showed up for me right away, since I'm already a subscriber).
2. Under Services & Subscriptions part of your Microsoft Account, pick Manage (the link I posted originally).
3. Pick the $0.05 a day plan.
Sure, they can revoke it down the road, so it pays to pay attention to any email they send you about a price change, but the deal's been up for a while, so it might not be a pricing error after all... Can't hurt to grab it and play Reach for the time being for only $1.05, though.