Perks and extras for active FFXI accounts!

1. Reduced Monthly Fee

   XI and XIV Developer Hiromichi Tanaka had previously hinted at a reduction in the monthly fee of Final Fantasy XI and ZAM has since learned that current XI subscribers will receive a $5.95 base discount when both XI and XIV are registered to the same Square Enix Account. This discount will not apply during a free trial of either games and will only be offered to subscribers who pay by credit card. The discount will only be applied to one XI account per XIV account.

   Users debating playing both games will only have until January 2011 to take advantage of the discount. If you do, your base fee for Final Fantasy XI would only be $7.00 versus $12.95!

2. Bonus XIV In-Game Item

   A second bonus available to subscribers of both games is a special in-game item called Hermes Shoes.

3. Transfer Your Vana'diel Character Name

   A third bonus to players of both worlds is the chance to transfer your character name over to Eorzea. However, due to restrictions on this feature, it's hard to envision many players taking advantage of this bonus.

   Transfers will not be applicable with the following instances:

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     If the FINAL FANTASY XIV playable character is created before an active FINAL FANTASY XI account is linked
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     If, at the time that the FINAL FANTASY XIV character is created, the Content ID on the linked FINAL FANTASY XI is invalid or has been cancelled
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     If the linked FINAL FANTASY XI account is within the free trial period
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     If no FINAL FANTASY XI character exists on the linked FINAL FANTASY XI account

   Character names may take up to 24 hours to be available and will automatically take on the character's Vana'diel server name as their surname.

   Example:

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     FINAL FANTASY XI Player Character Name: Mikhalia
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     FINAL FANTASY XI World Name: Carbuncle
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     The resulting FINAL FANTASY XIV character name: Mikhalia Carbuncle

   With a potential 24-hour wait on this bonus and the inability to choose your own surname, one would think that players would just as soon simply create the character with the name and surname of their choice immediately.

taken from http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23007

More details at http://www.playonline.com/ff11eu/topics/ffxiv/

To register for these extras you need to have an active Playonline/Final Fantasy XI account. Furthermore your Playonline ID has to be linked to your Square Enix account.

More info at  http://www.playonline.com/cis/eu/about.html