New York Times
news
Regular price
$25.00 every 4 weeks (~$325/yr) for All Access
Discount you can get
$4/month for 12 months (Digital); some users report $1/week ($4 every 4 weeks) for another year on All Access
How to unlock this discount
Log in to your NYT account at nytimes.com (use the website, not phone or chat — online cancellation yields the best retention offers)
Click your profile icon in the top-right corner and select 'Account' or go to myaccount.nytimes.com
Navigate to 'Subscription overview' or 'Manage Subscription'
Click 'Cancel Subscription' to enter the cancellation flow
When prompted for a reason, select 'It's too expensive' or a cost-related reason
Review the retention offer screen that appears — it will typically show a deeply discounted rate (e.g. $4/month for 12 months)
If the first offer is not compelling, click through to decline it — a second, better offer may appear
Accept the discounted retention offer to lock in the lower rate and keep your subscription active
Insider Tips
Select 'too expensive' or 'cost' as your cancellation reason — this triggers the best price-related retention offers
If the first offer is weak, decline it; a second improved offer sometimes appears
Do this through the website (not phone or chat) as multiple users report the online flow gives the best automated offers
If no offer appears online, try calling subscriber support and saying you need to cancel due to cost — phone agents sometimes have separate retention offers ($1–$2/week)
Sources
r/Frugal thread (early 2025) reporting $4/mo for 12 months via online cancellation flow; Bogleheads.org thread reporting $1/week for another year via cancel button; r/nyt thread 'FYI: Cancel online to get NYT's best retention offer' (late 2025) confirming online flow is best; Senior Daily article describing $1–$2/week retention rates through 2025; r/nyt thread (late 2025) where one user reported no retention offer. Standard price of $25/4 weeks confirmed by NYT promotional fine print and multiple user reports.