ClassPass has garnered significant criticism for its customer service and billing practices, with many users expressing frustration over misleading promotions, billing errors, and a lack of responsive support. Customers frequently report issues with inaccurate availability information, poor communication, and difficulties in resolving disputes. While some users appreciate the flexibility of accessing various fitness classes, the overall sentiment leans negative, highlighting a perception of the company as untrustworthy and profit-driven. The recurring themes of dissatisfaction suggest a pressing need for ClassPass to improve its customer service and clarify its policies to enhance user experience.
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Rio off. Weeks free trial cost me almost $100 and cannot cancel! Avoid these rip off merchants. I am taking them to Court.
I used two class on a free trial while in Chicago. Very difficult to cancel and no response to emails. Stay away.
If I could give Classpass a negative rating, I would! The company employs every scamming technique available. Their website provides misleading information and their customer service is a joke. They make it painfully difficult to cancel membership (you need to go through a customer service rep on chat to cancel). It is impossible to do so on your own.
They have no phone number on their website; just forms. One of the classes I signed up for (4 credits) was not honored and I was turned back because the instructor was training a group for some event and did not want new members in the class. I asked the ClassPass customer service rep to look into the issue, but he did not even acknowledge the complaint.
I was also charged $135 for cancellations (their website is misleading because when you are trying to cancel, say 11 hours before class, they assure you that you will not be charged a cancellation fee and your credits will be refunded. They bill you one week after the cancellation so it is not immediately visible).
However, I noticed the charges when I was looking at my bank statement and tried to contact their customer service (a nightmare since their rep kept getting disconnected). They offered some lame deal on credits to convince me not to cancel. Not only did I cancel, but I am also going to warn my friends and family not to get fooled by their misleading and fraudulent techniques.
I've been an instructor for 10 years and I have mostly 5-star reviews, my classes are sold out on a consistent basis and I've worked with over 100 clients 1:1. I'm not saying I'm perfect, and I can definitely handle constructive criticism, but I will no longer tolerate being anonymously bullied and my name forever tarnished on the internet. I want to sue for libel/defamation at this point. I never allowed my name and workplace to be on public display, I never signed a waiver or was given warning. A lot of times people take out their frustations on their fitness instructor, people literally sweat out their demons. And now when you google my name I have a 1 star review about how fat I am, or that my class was low energy the day my dad died and couldn't find a sub, or how I didn't ride in my spin class because my foot was broken....I'm not going to announce at the beginning of my class that I have a migraine and couldn't find a sub, I'm going to do my job and teach an effective workout. Maybe it won't always be fun or extremely high energy because at the end of the day it's a job! What other jobs would allow unqualified strangers to come in and leave reviews about them all over the internet? Did you guys ever once stop and consider that instructors are what keeps YOUR business alive? But you'd rather make money than give a damn about the well being of others, a typical American company. Also the credits system is terrible...the entire class pass experience is lacking and unethical....this company won't last, and it really shouldn't. Us trainers were getting paid just fine before ya'll came in and tried to cheapen fitness and we'll be so much better off when you go under too!
Customer service is terrible.
First issue: My company had advised that we would be enrolling in ClassPass, so we needed to sign up but we got to try the free trial and had to input our CC number on the account. I did this and instead of taking my company enrollment, they charged my CC for the full month. After contacting them - they did not refund me.
Second: I signed up for a class and two reservations showed up. I told them - and instead of removing the second class they made me cancel it which resulted in my losing 8 credits that they didn't refund. Even as THEIR system made the mistake.
The scummiest company I've come across. They try to lock you in to a subscription that you don't want. They are unethical, they lie to your face.
The app makes the cancellation so complicated and deceptive, that I just realized that they have been taking 79$ for the last three months! Without any invoice received. Of course they can't refund... They put it as a credit that you can use if you renew... The worst experience ever. AVOID.
How can you make it impossible to quit? THIS SERVICE IS ILLEGAL!
The links to quit don't work on your website, there is no live chat, your staff don't reply to DM's on Facebook/Twitter/Insta etc.
PLEASE SORT OUT MY ACCOUNT BEFORE I GET CHARGED
DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE
I signed up for the free trial and didn't find any interesting gym classes in my area so I decided to cancel it at the end of the month. They make you use the live chat in order to cancel, there is NO option to cancel simply by clicking a button. I had to ask them 4 times to cancel my plan, and only when I mentionned what they were doing was illegal did they finally do it. Absolutely horrible experience.
At first ClassPass was wonderful allowing my friend and I to visit different workout classes around our city. But after about a month we noticed a HUGE discrepancy in our credits. We would be looking at the same class at the same time and for her would always be just 3 credits while on mine would be 5. When contacted about it, it took 3 days to get a response and that was only through Instagram DM. HORRIBLE customer service. Offering no reasonable explanation for this credit disparity
I signed up for the free trial and thought I cancelled the membership after the initial period. The fact is, they don't accept cancellations! It is a request to cancel that never gets processed. Months later... being billed over $69/month for something I never used... I have actually been paying to participate at gyms covered by my pass because I was sure I had cancelled! I tried to cancel again, and they again refuse to cancel! They told me via chat that they'd refund me, only to write me an email saying they will give me credits! And that my account will remain active, unless I cancel it! This is SO unethical.
I had signed up with them for a free trial and forgot to cancel my subscription and was charged 39$ a month for a few months. I tried to cancel my subscription but I coudln't until I talked to a customer support representative. After I got confirmation that they cancelled, 2 days later I was charged the full amount for the new month and my subscription was reactivated without my approval.
This place has terrible business practices and they will try to get as much money from you as possible. Stay clear of them. They have bad terms and conditions to their subscriptions.
Guys don't ever use this app.!
First they drag u by using it for free days
The locations are terrible!
They don't have coordination with the gym or studios for accurate timing
Missing a class cause u to pay penalty
And calculating the points and other is over expensive
Register in a gym or buy groupon vouchers for classes if way cheaper.
I have been robbed by this application and I'm gona sur their asses in the court.
I rarely write any review in my life but my main focus on life now is to make people be aware of this fraud.
Seriously follow my advice people living in uae.
Read apple store reviews
I tried to cancel my membership and they made it almost impossible. I recently broke my leg and requested to cancel my membership.
1) They don't give you the option to cancel on the mobile app despite the fact that most functionality to use classpass is on the app
2) I logged in via my laptop and tried to cancel. Once i hit the cancel button, there was a really tiny text box at the bottom of the screen that said I would need to chat with a customer service rep to confirm my cancellation (? Wtf is that?)
3) I then explained the situation about my broken leg to the customer service rep. I was then offered a cheaper plan to convince me to stay on.
4) it was a pretty lengthy intense conversation to convince the rep to cancel my subscription. This is the most $#*!ed thing I've ever had to do.
5) this business is a scam. Makes it impossible to cancel. Absolute mockery
Hi Jugal, we're so sorry to hear about your injury and we definitely understand if you need to cancel your membership. We have a cancel chat feature in place to learn more about your experience with ClassPass but we sincerely apologize if that process was cumbersome or frustration for you. Thanks for your feedback regarding your cancellation experience. We will be sure to pass along your sentiments to our product team so we can make improvements in the future. Please feel free to reach out to us at classpass.com/contact if you need any further assistance with your account or if you have additional feedback.
Classpass are a scam business with unethical business practices converting "free" introductions to sales and charging credit cards without approvals... avoid this company
Hi Joe, so sorry about any confusion with our membership autorenewal. As ClassPass is a subscription service, anytime you sign up for a promotional offer, you are set to renew into a full priced plan at the end of your free trial. That being said, you can cancel this renewal at any point during your trial period in your account settings. We apologize if this was not made clear to you. Please feel free to get in touch with us at classpass.com/contact so we can help you with any incorrect charges.
We were a studio previously partnered with ClassPass. We joined over 7 years ago based on terms agreed upon, where I had the option to limit headcount to control the flow of students, as we are very busy At times. They began offering premium slots without any notification and ability for me to manage a max. We started to have to turn away clients due to overbooking. When we reached out they took over 1 month to respond. We started logging daily service tickets and still no response. After jumping through hoops to terminate our contract they have not fully removed us from their site. There is no customer support phone number. It seems shady how they operate business. They are now in violation of using my trademark since we don't have a contract with them. They will not raise what they pay you either. Horrible company to work with.
No transparency about their fees, lots of fees, high fees, oh yeah and I tried to confirm my 6 month commitment would not auto-renew on four different occasions before learning that it WAS set to auto-renew and the only time I can make that request is a day in advance of my subscription ending AND my requests didn't count because that request can only be made during the final month of my contract.
The woooorrrrsssst!
Hi Laura, thanks for reaching out and so sorry about any confusion with our commitment plans. To clarify, when you sign up for a 6 month commitment plan, you receive a promotional plan offering for the duration of 6 months; however, if you do decide to cancel your commitment plan, you will be able to do so anytime after your 6th renewal date so that you are not renewed into a standard membership plan for your 7th month. We apologize if this was not made clear. Please feel free to reach out to us at classpass.com/contact if you need any assistance with this.
So deceptive, DO NOT USE. Cancellation policy is impossible---most expensive "free" trial of my life. HARDEST to cancel because I could not even log into my account to cancel because of their technical issues. AWFUL! F YOU CLASSPASS.
Hi T. F., so sorry about the frustration with your account cancellation. You can cancel your membership at anytime by going into your account settings and clicking "cancel my account/take a break". You will be redirected to speak with our cancellation department, but we're sorry if this process was unclear or difficult to navigate. Please feel free to reach out to us with your account email at classpass.com/contact so we can help you accessing your account and canceling your membership.
Answer: I was having a good experience until I tried to change billing date and things got complicated. I was still billed on date I was trying to change was advised I will need to cancel then reactivate account. Even though I was charged it is showing I don't have any credits. I tried chatting and getting this figured out but I am being told I don't have credits even thought I just paid. I tried cancelling several times and its always a chat nightmare,
Answer: Great concept... terrible execution and company. Someone please hurry and make a better company using this concept because the idea was actually quite good but I refuse to give them anymore of my money.
Answer: Oh, it's easy to get a hold of Customer Service but THEY WILL NOT HELP You if you need a refund for an erroneous charge or a mistake ClassPass has made. They'll simply tell you over and over they can't issue any refunds no matter what even if you haven't used a single credit and no physical property has been exchanged.
The best fitness studios, classes, and experiences are on ClassPass. Work out where you want, when you want, and how you want, all with one membership.
Hi Maria, we're so sorry to hear about your frustration with our customer experience team. As a third party platform, we do charge a missed class fee and late cancellation fee in order to stay accountable and protect our studio partners. Our class cancellation and fee policies can be found in our FAQs as well as in every class confirmation email that you receive. That being said, we apologize if anything was miscommunicated or unclear. Please feel free to reach out to us at classpass.com/contact if you need any assistance with your reservations or billing.