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Must know
  • Your payment at signup covers the first period, so an automatic charge never lands on the day you sign up. When you register before a program or membership starts, your first automatic charge is normally a month or year out — but if your gym bills all monthly charges on one shared day, that first charge lands on that day instead, which can be just days after the start (it still funds the next period, since checkout already paid for the first).
  • You get a reminder about 3 days before a scheduled automatic charge, showing the amount, the date, and the payment method that will be used.
  • No further charge is created once a program reaches its end date.
When you register before a program starts, your checkout payment covers the first full period. From there, how the next charge is timed depends on your gym:
  • No shared billing day (the default): your next automatic charge is scheduled one billing period after the start — a month out for monthly billing, a year out for yearly — then repeats on that cycle, anchored to the start day.
  • A shared monthly billing day: every monthly charge lands on that one day of the month. Your first automatic charge fires on the next occurrence of that day — which can be only days after the program starts. It still funds the second period, because checkout already covered the first. Yearly billing always uses the month/year-out timing above.
If you join a program that’s already running, checkout only covers the remaining part of the current period (often prorated), so your first automatic charge lands at the next cycle boundary — which can be just days away. The renewal date on your Billing page under Membership Renewals (“Renews [date]”) is the day a membership’s next charge runs. The Next Charge tile shows whichever of your active automatic charges is due soonest, whatever its type. Athletes on a combined multi-class tuition plan also see each upcoming payment under Upcoming Payments.

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The 3-day reminder

When a charge is scheduled at least three days out, Uplifter emails a reminder about three days ahead — showing the amount, the date, and the payment method it will use. If several charges at the same gym fall on the same day, they’re combined into one email. A charge scheduled sooner than three days out may run without the advance reminder. Related: What are automatic (recurring) payments? · What happens when an automatic payment fails? · How do I change or remove my default payment method?