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Nov 12, 2026 7:00 PM UTC
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Prepaid 24-month Lightroom 1TB code from B&H canceled my active plan & now says "invalid"

Hi Adobe Team,On November 9, 2026, I purchased a 24-month prepaid Adobe Lightroom 1TB redemption code from an authorized reseller (B&H Photo Video).I already had an active Lightroom 1TB subscription on this account. When I redeemed the code at ://adobe.com, the system canceled my active subscription instead of extending it, failed to apply the 24 months, and now shows the error: "The code you entered is invalid. Please try again."I have contacted Adobe chat support multiple times and keep getting told it is escalated to "backend support" with no timeline or temporary access, while B&H confirmed the key was properly activated at Point of Sale.Could an Adobe Employee please look into my account's redemption logs or message me privately so I can share my B&H invoice and redemption code to get my 24-month plan restored? Thank you.

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    Jimi_LuxeAuthor
    Participant
    Nov 13, 2026 2:25 PM UTC

    I appreciate your comments, and I have done all of those things. Adobe is not responding, and frankly, 5 days to generate a new software key is just not fathomable in this day and age. When customers express loyalty by prepaying, and prepaying for years at a time, it should be rewarded with good service, that is the bottom line. 

    The attention to this is sub-standard by anyones measure. I have a product, that I paid for, and it is unusable. Adobe should be keenly interested in making that right. If this were you, and you were told to wait patiently would you? This would be a completely different situation if someone was updating me. And that my friend is the issue.

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    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Nov 13, 2026 2:45 PM UTC

    understood.

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    Jeff_A_Wright
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Nov 12, 2026 7:09 PM UTC

    Thank you for posting, Jimi.


    I apologize for any confusion you've encountered when using redemption codes to access our services.


    I can confirm that you have an active support case in which you've requested a replacement redemption code. Please use the steps listed at https://adobe.ly/4erO4Dq if you have any additional questions or concerns about your active support case ADB-47962133-C6X4.


    For more information about using a redemption code with an active subscription, please review and bookmark https://adobe.ly/4sWxn8R.


    Please update this public discussion thread if you have any additional questions, Jimi ^JW

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    Jimi_LuxeAuthor
    Participant
    Nov 12, 2026 7:24 PM UTC

    I am aware I have a case, but no one is helping. I have been waiting for 4 days to have my plan activated, and on one seems to care. I am not confused, I know that I purchased a 2 year plan and the code that I purchased was accepted. I also know that my plan is now canceled and no one seems to be able to address why the code I used invalidated my entire account, or offer any help in any way. 

    I am on the phone with support right now, who are telling me to pay for another year, right now, and they will work on refunding me the money I paid to B&H for a plan. This is not good service, it is borderline extortion. My images are stuck in the cloud, I cannot work on them, and I cannot get anyone to help, unless I am willing to pay more money.

    Unacceptable.

     

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    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Nov 13, 2026 1:34 PM UTC

    ​@Jimi_Luxe 

     

    no one here can affect your case.  you have to continue working with adobe support.

     

    as already suggested by ​@Jeff_A_Wright , you can update your case using the info at https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/customer-support-portal.html

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