How to Cancel an LA Fitness Membership by Mail & More

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Steps to cancel your LA Fitness membership by mail, fax, & in-person

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• Obtaining the Cancellation Form
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• Canceling Your Membership
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As a member of an LA Fitness gym, you’ll be billed every month for the membership. If you don’t need to use the equipment or services of the gym, you can cancel your account. To cancel your membership, you must fill out a cancellation form, then send the form in the mail, fax it to the gym, or take it to the gym in person. Unfortunately, LA Fitness has not made an option available to cancel your membership online.

Steps to Cancel Your LA Fitness Membership

1. Obtain the cancellation form from your gym or the website.
2. Fill out the form with your account information.
3. Mail the form to the provided address or drop it off at your gym.
4. Call customer support to verify that your membership has been canceled.
5. If you are still charged after canceling, contact your bank to stop the payment.

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Section 1 of 2:

Obtaining the Cancellation Form

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   Log in to your LA Fitness online account. Visit https://www.lafitness.com/ and scroll over “Member Tools” in the top toolbar to bring up the dropdown menu. Click on “My LA Fitness” and enter your account details. If you don’t have an account, create one by clicking the “Create an online account” button on the bottom right of the screen.

   • When creating a new account, you’ll need to input your membership tag number, which can be found on your membership card.
   • If you don’t know your membership tag number, ask an employee at LA Fitness to provide it to you.
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   Click “Cancellation Form” and fill it out. Once you get into your account details, you’ll see a link for a cancellation form on the right side of the screen. This form includes fields for all of the personal details that you provided to LA Fitness, including your name, address, and phone number. Print out the form and fill in all the fields.

   • Make sure that all the information on your cancellation form is accurate, or it could hold up the process.
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   Obtain a cancellation form from an LA Fitness gym rather than online. If you can’t print the form yourself or are already at the gym, obtain a cancellation form from an employee at your gym’s front desk. Simply sign in using your membership card and ask for a membership cancellation form.

   • Ask the employee any additional questions you have about the cancellation.
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Section 2 of 2:

Canceling Your Membership

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   Mail in your cancellation form using certified mail. If you send it by certified mail, you’ll receive a receipt when LA Fitness receives the form. Fold the form in half and stick it in an envelope with a stamp. Take the letter to the post office and send the form to “LA Fitness, PO Box 54170, Irvine, CA 92619-4170” using certified mail.

   • You won't receive another bill if your letter is postmarked 5 or more business days before your next billing date.
   • If the letter is postmarked close to the billing date, you may be charged again.
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   Fax your cancellation form rather than mailing it. If you’re unsure of the fax number for your gym, you call your gym or ask an employee in person. Fax the completed cancellation form to the number provided to you. Make sure to save the fax receipt. The gym will then initiate the membership cancellation.
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   Talk to the operations manager to cancel your account in person. Visit or call the gym and ask to speak to the operations manager. Set up a time to meet with them to explain why you want to cancel and give them the cancellation form. The operations manager will then start the cancellation process.

   • Operations managers are typically available in each gym Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
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   Call customer service to verify your account has been canceled. Wait 48 hours for your cancellation form to be processed. Call the customer support number for your area. Ask for the number at your gym or find it on the LA Fitness website under Contact Us. Ask the customer service representative whether your account has been successfully canceled.

   • If your account hasn’t been canceled, explain your circumstances and give them receipt numbers and dates when you submitted the form.
   • Visit https://www.lafitness.com/Pages/ContactUs.aspx and input your zip code to find the local customer support number to check the status of your cancellation.
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   Call your bank or card company if you continue to get charged. If LA Fitness refuses to cancel your membership and you still can’t get hold of them, ask your bank or credit card provider to stop recurring charges on your accounts. Explain to the bank that you tried to cancel your account, but LA Fitness won’t cancel. They will stop future charges to your card from LA Fitness.

   • File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau at https://www.bbb.org/consumer-complaints/file-a-complaint/get-started.
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   Consider freezing your account rather than canceling. If you aren’t going to use your membership in the next 30 days but want to use the gym in the future, it may be worth it to freeze your account rather than cancel. Freezing your account costs $10 per month but will prevent you from having to pay start-up fees when you want to start using the gym again.
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  Why does LA fitness make is difficult to cancel a membership with a letter?

  

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  Virtually every company makes it difficult to cancel a membership, because as long as you can't figure out how to cancel, they keep getting your money. LA Fitness is notorious for this.

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  I have tried to cancel my service multiple times, but I am still being billed. What should I do?

  

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  Call your bank or credit card company, tell them situation, and they will block any billing from LA Fitness. Ask that they reverse prior charges, as they were not approved.

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  Can I cancel in person at any LA Fitness location or does it have to be the one where I had the membership?

  

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  You may cancel at any LA fitness location, just make sure it is M-F, 9-5 when the Operations Manager is in.

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