Ancestry Annual renewal is changing to twice yearly

[CaroleW]

Got this email today

Review
Premium membership
On 28 December 2023, your membership will change to a semi-annual Premium membership and you will be billed £41.99. Renews automatically every six months at £69.99, beginning 28 June 2024.

Your annual Premium membership will remain active until this change.

By clicking Change Membership, you agree that:

    Automatic Renewal: On 28 December 2023, you will be billed £41.99. Thereafter, you will automatically be charged £69.99 plus applicable taxes every 6 months beginning 28 June 2024 until you cancel. To cancel your membership, visit Account Settings or contact us at least two days before your membership renews to avoid being charged for the next billing cycle.
    Price for renewals is subject to change (with notice).
    You have read and agreed to our Renewal and Cancellation Terms.

[rosie99]

I wonder how that will affect the very cheap offers we have 

[lisalisa]

so is that change happening when your subscription is due to expire/renew, or are ancestry bringing this change in early?

[CaroleW]

My sub expires in December so the notification is very early.  If they are introducing it on earlier renewals & have notified as much in advance as this - I would have expected to see some posts about it by now. 

[tellx]

Not subscribed at present so just had a quick look at the options. I can't see an annual membership option at any level. Looks like everything is monthly or 6 monthly from now on.

[dowdstree]

I did not renew my subscription earlier this year. Just checked for subscription prices and found the same as tellx. No annual membership available.

CaroleW - The way I read it they will charge you £41.99 when your present membership runs out at the end of December and then £61.99 on 28th June 2024. Hope I am correct!!!

Do they think they are giving you a bargain with £20 discount for the firstr 6 months

Makes you wonder what is going on with Ancestry.

Dorrie

[CaroleW]

I actually gain on the first year as I paid £119.99  to renew last December.  Even at £69.99 per 6 months after it's only a small increase.

I suspect the 6 monthly renewal is geared to more regular price hikes - twice a year instead of annually

[Jool]

I allowed my Worldwide sub to expire a couple of weeks ago with a view to re-subscribing using the discount link many of us have been using for several years. (£179.99 / year if I had allowed automatic renewal, £89.99 / year with the discount.

I hadn't got around to doing it so I jumped on it when I read this thread in case it stopped working - it worked successfully.

Here's the link posted by Groom https://shorturl.at/KSY19
It's on on this thread https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=848296.msg7458370#msg7458370 if anyone wants to use it.

[dublin1850]

Looks like what is currently an already over priced option at 179.99 sterling will go to 99.99 per six months.