COSTCO: 24 Hour Fitness 2 Year Adult Membership Voucher All Sport Clubs $289.99 + S/H New Members Only

Quote from rikkus256 : ya i have the same questions. for those who are on prepaid deals, does 24 guarantee that the annual rate won't go up?

I read the fine print on my contract and it guarantees the annual rate will NOT go up:

"If you have a prepaid membership, 24 Hour will not increase your Guaranteed Annual Renewal Amount on the front page of this Agreement, so long as you remain a member in good standing."

This is from my contract from 3 years ago. BTW the contract does state that if you have monthly membership,they may increase your monthly dues once per calendar year.

I went into the new 24 hour fitness in my area (Miami, FL) to see it before I purchased the Costco deal. I told the sales associate about it, and he asked his manager. The manager said that they had a promotion for $299.99 prepaid for 2 years if I was a Costco member. I signed up since it's about the same as ordering online. If you're a new member, it doesn't hurt to try to mention the deal at the gym if you want to sign up now instead of waiting for the online deal.

Quote from billiard1331 : does anyone know if this voucher allows you to use any 24 hour or are you locked into the one you activate it at?

it allows u to go to any Sport club or below (Express, Active). You can't get into the Super Sport and Ultra Sport clubs.

Quote from Slickdeezee : I read the fine print on my contract and it guarantees the annual rate will NOT go up: "If you have a prepaid membership, 24 Hour will not increase your Guaranteed Annual Renewal Amount on the front page of this Agreement, so long as you remain a member in good standing." This is from my contract from 3 years ago. BTW the contract does state that if you have monthly membership,they may increase your monthly dues once per calendar year.

Thanks for the info =)

Quote from Slickdeezee : I read the fine print on my contract and it guarantees the annual rate will NOT go up: "If you have a prepaid membership, 24 Hour will not increase your Guaranteed Annual Renewal Amount on the front page of this Agreement, so long as you remain a member in good standing." This is from my contract from 3 years ago. BTW the contract does state that if you have monthly membership,they may increase your monthly dues once per calendar year.

Quote from rikkus256 : Thanks for the info =)

I JUST dealt with 24hr about this exact issue for the past couple months. I signed up for prepaid membership 4 years ago.. ($650/3 yrs then $20/yr after) So last year.. it was my first renewal at the locked in rate of $20. But for SOME reason, my credit card was charged but the payment was never applied to the system. So when renewal time came this year, I didn't get a renewal notice from them. Then I called and found out that my account was terminated because I "didn't pay". They did some investigating and found out that it's a mistake on their part, so they had to send me a new agreement with a new membership number.

But here's the thing, in the new agreement it no longer saids "Guaranteed Annual Renewal Amount: $20".. The new agreement saids "Prepaid initial annual renewal amount: $20" And also under section 3(c) Right to Increase Dues in the fine print, it now saids "If you have a prepaid membership, 24 Hour will not increase your Initial Annual Renewal Amount on page 1 of this agreement, but may increase all subsequent annual renewal amounts." So when I saw that, I called them up and told 'em that I can't sign the agreement unless they send me something in writing stating that my terms will be exactly the same as the old one. Spoke to several reps over the phone over the course of a few weeks and they all said that the renewal amount won't go up for a prepaid membership but told me they don't have a way to send me something in writing. In the end though (last wk), I received a letter in the mail from a "Member Care Supervisor" stating that my new agreement (HZxxxxx) was written to replace my old one (EQxxxx) and all terms will be the same.

It was a pain in the butt but I'm glad I straightened it out with them. SO, to sum it up.. The new agreement is definitely diff from a few years back.

It no longer saids..
"If you have a prepaid membership, 24 Hour will not increase your Guaranteed Annual Renewal Amount on the front page of this Agreement, so long as you remain a member in good standing."

Sorry for the long post!

Got in on this - I'll let you guys know how it works out...

My Scenario; I'm a former member on an Employee Rate/Plan @ $24/mo All club access - I was originally added as an additional member to an existing account, however I failed to pay it **OOPS** So when I called to reinstate my membership they told me I'd have to go into a club and sign up as a BRAND NEW member...

Then, I stumbled on this thread 289.99 + 10.1 (Shipping) = $300.29 / 24mo = $12.51/monthly = SWEEET DEAL if it works out for me...

Does anyone know whether they are considering moving to Illinois?

Seems like they make a lot of these "mistakes". Same thing happened to my girlfriend recently. She was on the $700 for 4yrs plan and ~$45/yr after after that. The 4 yr term came up and she made a credit card payment for the next year. For some reason the credit card was charged but 24hr failed to put her in the system as paid. Luckily the receptionist told her about the non-payment that she had in the system and they took care of it without signing another contract agreement.

How did you still get in if they failed to update the system that you had paid?

Quote from capita : I JUST dealt with 24hr about this exact issue for the past couple months. I signed up for prepaid membership 4 years ago.. ($650/3 yrs then $20/yr after) So last year.. it was my first renewal at the locked in rate of $20. But for SOME reason, my credit card was charged but the payment was never applied to the system. So when renewal time came this year, I didn't get a renewal notice from them. Then I called and found out that my account was terminated because I "didn't pay". They did some investigating and found out that it's a mistake on their part, so they had to send me a new agreement with a new membership number. But here's the thing, in the new agreement it no longer saids "Guaranteed Annual Renewal Amount: $20".. The new agreement saids "Prepaid initial annual renewal amount: $20" And also under section 3(c) Right to Increase Dues in the fine print, it now saids "If you have a prepaid membership, 24 Hour will not increase your Initial Annual Renewal Amount on page 1 of this agreement, but may increase all subsequent annual renewal amounts." So when I saw that, I called them up and told 'em that I can't sign the agreement unless they send me something in writing stating that my terms will be exactly the same as the old one. Spoke to several reps over the phone over the course of a few weeks and they all said that the renewal amount won't go up for a prepaid membership but told me they don't have a way to send me something in writing. In the end though (last wk), I received a letter in the mail from a "Member Care Supervisor" stating that my new agreement (HZxxxxx) was written to replace my old one (EQxxxx) and all terms will be the same. It was a pain in the butt but I'm glad I straightened it out with them. SO, to sum it up.. The new agreement is definitely diff from a few years back. It no longer saids.. "If you have a prepaid membership, 24 Hour will not increase your Guaranteed Annual Renewal Amount on the front page of this Agreement, so long as you remain a member in good standing." Sorry for the long post!

After reading on the net and in these forums about all the complaints re: 24 Hour Fitness and other big-chain gyms re: cancelling gym memberships and unauthorized/unknown credit card charges, this deal is all the more sweeter. You don't have to give them your credit card # when you redeem your voucher. All you need is some id. It is so sweet to not have to go thru the credit card bullshit that people all seem to get caught up in.

Quote from 5thgen : Seems like they make a lot of these "mistakes". Same thing happened to my girlfriend recently. She was on the $700 for 4yrs plan and ~$45/yr after after that. The 4 yr term came up and she made a credit card payment for the next year. For some reason the credit card was charged but 24hr failed to put her in the system as paid. Luckily the receptionist told her about the non-payment that she had in the system and they took care of it without signing another contract agreement. How did you still get in if they failed to update the system that you had paid?

It sounds to me like they have 2 seperate systems.. One showed that I was charged / payment accepted, the other didn't get updated. And... I guess that's the one that the computer looks at when determining which contract to terminate?! Yeah it's all a lil fishy to me too.. You just gotta be careful when you deal with these people.

Does anyone know when this deal with end? Planning to buy it in two weeks or so.

None in my area but that's a great deal. Nice find OP.

Great deal, been looking for gym membership...thanks OP!

Quote from haydeecm : We are going to do THIS costco deal just cause we got burned with one of those "prepaid and then low annual fees after 3 years" deal from ballys, where they first denied it was in our file, even after we brought the contract in which stated $6/month , and then kept raising the fees every year by a LOT, soon we caught up with market. I would love to hear from people who have done the prepaid 3 years to hear whether 24 hours has kept their word. Dont know if its in the contract that the fees cant be raised. i am also not sure how people are getting the prepaid deals, sounds like you have to go in with someone else, right? I think i will ask when i take the voucher in if they have a better deal in store, i am guessing they probably would rather sell you something themselves since then they probably get the commision, and we can return the voucher to costco, or sell it on ebay.

24 hour fitness may increase dues (monthly or annually) of up to 5% i believe It does not happen very often only once in the past 5 years (earlier this year). So with a $49 renewal if it were to increase it would be something like $2.50 more a year which is not bad at all. However I am pretty certain that the annual dues never increase. I work at the front desk and have never seen it.

Secondly Bally's is not 24 Hour fitness they increase there dues since they keep going bankrupt most recently october 2007. Its been like 11 times.

The best deal out right now is 599 for 3 years with a 49 renewal (includes 4 sessions of personal training) with a family add on for $399 with a 49 renewal (no personal training). Thats 499 each for 3 years and beats the pants off the cost deal imo. PM me for additional details.