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# What will I be charged today when I register for a class priced by the hour?

> How the rate-card block in your Order Summary works, and the three things that can happen to your monthly tuition.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * Classes priced by the hour show no single price. The program page shows **Rate Card tuition** plus a tier table with columns **Weekly training** and **Monthly tuition**.
  * Tuition is per **athlete**, not per class. All of that athlete's classes on the same rate card are added together by weekly training time, and the total lands in **one** tier — one monthly amount.
  * Checkout shows one block per athlete: a plain sentence for today's charge, then the ongoing schedule — *"Then \$310.00/month starting September 1, 2026 (this organization's billing date), billed in advance."*
  * Each block names the weekly total the tier came from — *"based on 4h 30m of weekly training"* — and lets you expand the tier table, where your athlete's row is highlighted with a **Your tier** check.
  * Hourly tuition ignores pass and membership price overrides — the tier is the price. Hourly pricing is only offered by clubs on a plan that includes **Rate Cards**, so you won't see it everywhere.
</Note>

**The three things today's charge can say.**

* **A first enrollment** sets the monthly amount and collects it now: *"This sets Ava's monthly tuition to \$310.00, charged today for this billing cycle."*
* **Adding classes that move the tier** charges only the gap: *"Adding these classes raises Ava's monthly tier from $240.00 to $310.00. You'll be charged the difference, \$70.00, today."*
* **Adding classes that stay in the same tier** costs nothing extra: *"No change to Ava's monthly tier (\$310.00). Nothing extra is charged today."*

**Billed in advance.** The date in that line is the club's monthly billing day; tuition is collected before the month it covers, not after.

**More than one rate card.** If your athlete's classes sit on two rate cards, you still see **one** charge and **one** monthly schedule, with a sub-section naming each card and its amount. The total is the sum of those cards' tiers.

**Siblings.** Each athlete is priced on their own weekly total and gets their own block, so one child's classes never change another's tier.

**Why a second class can cost less than you expect.** The amount comes from your athlete's weekly total rather than each class separately, so adding a class often raises tuition by less than that class would cost alone — how much less depends on the club's ladder, which the expandable table shows in full.

**Related:** [How is my monthly tuition calculated, and what is the Upcoming Payments section?](/families/families-payments-billing/upcoming-payments-hourly-tuition) · [How do I register my athlete for a program?](/families/families-registering/register-athlete-for-a-program)