Equinox: cancellation problem
Cancel online in the Equinox account, by email to Cancellations@Equinox.com, by phone with Concierge, in club with a manager, or by mail as the Membership Agreement describes. Notice periods vary by state.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 11 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- membership agreement
- cancellation confirmation email
- date sent
- later charges
Steps
Read the notice period in your Membership Agreement.
Cancel online in your Equinox account, or email Cancellations@Equinox.com from the email on the account. Keep the confirmation.
If you get no confirmation, call Equinox Concierge.
More contacts for this issue
Facts you can cite
- Process
Equinox lets members cancel in club with a club manager, by mail as described in the Membership Agreement, by email to Cancellations@Equinox.com, by phone through Equinox Concierge, or online by logging into the account on Equinox.com.
Source: equinox.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Deadline
"Notice periods vary by state and in some states, there may be additional cancellation methods available." Check the Membership Agreement.
Source: equinox.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
Freezes are for medical or other statutorily required reasons and may need documentation. Request a freeze in person at a club or by email to Concierge@Equinox.com; "retroactive Freezes are not permitted." Members with a past-due balance cannot freeze.
Source: equinox.com, verified 2026-10-12
Rules in force
- Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA) negative option requirements15 U.S.C. 8401-8405
A seller that charges consumers online through a negative option feature (for example an automatic renewal or a free trial that converts to paid) must clearly disclose all material terms before taking billing information, get the consumer's express informed consent before charging, and provide simple mechanisms to stop recurring charges. The FTC enforces ROSCA.
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
3 citable points
- Policy
Before obtaining the consumer's billing information, the seller must provide text that "clearly and conspicuously discloses all material terms of the transaction".
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
The seller must provide "simple mechanisms for a consumer to stop recurring charges" on the consumer's credit card, debit card, bank account or other financial account.
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
- Process
A ROSCA violation is treated as a violation of an FTC rule on unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and the FTC enforces ROSCA with its FTC Act powers and penalties. Report violations to the FTC.
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
Rules not in force (do not cite)
- FTC "Click-to-Cancel" amendments to the Negative Option Rule (2024) Vacated16 CFR part 425 (2024 amendments, published November 15, 2024)
Vacated in full by the Eighth Circuit on July 8, 2025 (Custom Communications, Inc. v. FTC, 142 F.4th 1060). The FTC removed the 2024 text effective February 12, 2026 and restored the pre-2024 prenotification rule. A new rulemaking is only at the ANPRM stage (March 13, 2026), with no proposed text as of 2026-10-12. What remains in force: ROSCA (rules/rosca-negative-option), Section 5 of the FTC Act, and state automatic renewal laws (for example rules/ca-automatic-renewal-law, rules/ny-automatic-renewal-law).
Not in force. Do not cite it as current law.
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Written complaint
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
Card dispute for dues charged after a cancellation.
Federal regulator
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).
Watch out
- Online cancellation needs sign-in to the Equinox account.
- The notice period depends on the state and the Membership Agreement; Equinox does not publish a single number of days.
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