The official website of LOTRO announced the Turbine Referral Program, a great way to earn free game time by introducing your family and friends to The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.

The details are as below:

Turbine Referral Program

Were proud to announce the Turbine Referral Program, a great way to earn free game time by introducing your family and friends to The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar! Its so easy an orc can do it!

The Turbine Referral Program lets paying subscribers of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar refer friends to play the game and receive free game time for successful referrals, subject to certain terms and conditions (see myaccount.turbine.com/referral/rules). Each of your referred friends will be sent a Guest Key to try the game for free for ten (10) consecutive days!

For every friend that buys the retail edition of the game, registers a retail product key at myaccount.turbine.com, and subscribes to the game, youll get a referral credit that can be redeemed for 30 days of FREE game time that can be added to your subscription to that game! If youre already a Lifetime Member well issue you a 30 day game card key to give to a friend who is a game subscriber.

If you have Founders pricing, you can also offer Foundes pricing to your friends! The first 10 friends you invite can take advantage of the special Founders pricing plans offered through the Founders Program. See www.lotro.com/founder for more details on the Founders pricing terms.

Finally, to celebrate the launch of this new referral program were proud to announce a special offer: For a limited time (ending on September 30, 2007), you will receive a referral credit for every retail product key activation! That?s right, you dont even need to wait for your friend to subscribe before collecting your free game time! So get started today by visiting myaccount.turbine.com!

How to refer your friends:

Log in to your account at https://myaccount.turbine.com/. Under "My Referred Friends" you can enter up to five friends email addresses for each game youre subscribed to. Hit the Submit button to update the list and send Guest Keys to your friends!

You can see the status of your referred friends at any time. "Converted" means your friend has accepted your invitation, played the game, and subscribed to it. Youre well on your way to earning free subscription time for the game!

If you want to cancel a referral so you can add a new one, click on the Cancel link next to the email address you wish to cancel. Before cancelling a referral, make sure the person youve referred doesnt want to subscribe; if your friend decides to subscribe after youve cancelled his/her referral, you wont get any referral credit for that friend.

For more information about the Turbine Referral Program, please visit myacount.turbine.com/referral/rules. Thanks for playing!