No they do not get deleted.
Yes. Here's the official answer from Xboxlive:Q:Can I use a code from a prepaid card to renew my current membership?A: Yes.When you enter a code from a prepaid card to renew your current membership, your membership will continue through its current billing cycle. At the end of the membership term, your membership will automatically renew to the membership type determined by your prepaid card. You will have effectively "stacked" time onto your membership.
Nope ur original membership will carry on then roll over to the new
Try calling xbox live to fix it or add gold membership
No, after an xbox live trial you will transfer to a silver membership unless you entered a credit card that will auto renew your gold membership after the trial...
Yeah, I suppose you could say it's "free" while you have the subscription time on your account. After the subscription time runs out though, you'll have to renew the account's membership.
Yes, one can send messages without having gold membership, but you cannot join parties although one can do private chats though. Yes, this is called silver membership, however, gold membership is required when wanting to be in parties with friends.
If you buy a pre-paid card (which is what I do), your Live should activate as soon as you enter the 25-digit code found on the back of the card. If your Live is being paid for via credit card, it will always renew itself before you run out. This means that there will never be a time where you only have Silver membership while you wait for your credit card to renew it. If neither of these are working, you may have a problem that you need to consult with Microsoft.
it is pretty much the same thing. Gold membership it a type of Xbox Live membership and has a charge.
dont fret, everything is saved, i myself ran outa live for almost a full year, when i came back all my stats were there for CoD4, so yeah you will be fine.
It depends on how long of a membership you want...a 3 month xbox live membership is just $19.99 where a 12 month xbox live membership is $49.99...
With an a Xbox Live membership I think so, without a membership maybe not.
You can't really do much. No online play. You can only talk to people via private chat and send messages. You can't go on Facebook or Last FM or Twitter.