SiriusXM is rather difficult ti gift to somebody because they want a credit card and email to set up/activate the account. If you buy $150 worth of gift SXM gift cards that should be enough to get what they refer to as the ultimate package (all channels). If the equipment he has receives any free service the paid subscription will begin at the conclusion. Straight forward to this point... It is renewall on the paid anniversary date where things can get really expensive because they auto renew.. Usually at rates 2 to 3 times higher... They will generally negotiate a lower rate if called before the actual anniversary date and even if not they will begrudgingly reduce the renewal rate or even refund if that is desired... Hope this helps... Good luck...

We've been using prepaid cards for over 5 years. They got us by taking almost 200 out of my acct 3 days before Christmas and it took over a week to get back. I went online and changed the card # to an expired prepaid visa. That was the only way to take it off at the time. And we feed them prepaid cards. The day that Best Buy stops selling them is the last day we subscribe to Sirius.

Sorry to hear that happened to you. I had read some reviews saying that could happen. I can see why, the cards are paper not plastic. I had the store clerk scratch mine off to be sure it was legible. (and would hope it would be replaced immediately )