Casual Class or a Class Pass? How to Pick the Right One
Passes are cheaper per class, but only if you use them. A straight comparison of the passes on sale — including how the bonus classes work, and what happens to a class when you cancel.
16 July 2026 · 4 min read
The passes exist for one reason: coming regularly should cost less per class than coming occasionally. But a pass you do not use is worse value than paying casually, so the choice is really a question about your calendar, not your budget.
Here is how to make it in about two minutes.
Start with one honest number
How many classes will you realistically do in the next few months?
Not the aspirational number. The one that survives a wet-season week, a work trip and a fortnight where nothing goes to plan. That number picks your pass, and everything below is just detail.
Not sure yet? You do not need a pass to come
Booking a class does not require a pass. Book a place, come along, and sort out how you want to pay for the ongoing ones afterwards — nothing about your first class depends on choosing a pass first. If you would rather have it settled before you arrive, ask us and we will set it up.
Coming when you can, a few times a month
A 5-class pass is the natural fit. It includes a bonus class on top of the ones you pay for, so it is already better value than the same number of classes bought one at a time, and the expiry window is a low bar to clear even in a busy stretch.
This is the pass most people move to after their first class, and the one to pick if you are still working out how often you will come.
Coming most weeks
A 10-class pass has the lowest per-class price we run, and it includes bonus classes on top of the ones you pay for. If you are already going once a week, this is the obvious one — you will clear it comfortably inside the expiry window.
Senior passes
Every multi-class pass has a senior-priced version at a lower rate, and there is a senior casual pass for a single class. That one has a deliberately short validity, so buy it close to the class you are planning to attend rather than in advance. Exact counts, prices and expiry windows for every pass are on the packages page.
Four things worth knowing before you buy
A pass is not tied to a venue or a class
It works at every hall we run at, on any session on the timetable. Do Palmerston on Saturday one week and Malak on a weeknight the next; it comes off the same pass.
It is spent automatically when you book
Book with the same email address your pass is under and the class comes off it — no code to enter, nothing to remember. If you have more than one pass, the one expiring soonest is used first, so nothing lapses while a newer pass sits there.
Cancelling puts the class back
Cancel with reasonable notice and the class returns to your pass immediately, with your balance back up by one. The expiry date does not move, so the returned class still needs using before the pass runs out. Full detail, including how much notice counts as reasonable, is in the cancellation policy.
A waitlisted place costs nothing
If a class is full when you book, you go on the waitlist rather than being turned away, and nothing is deducted unless a place opens up and you are confirmed. Waitlisting a popular weeknight class is free and worth doing.
The one mistake to avoid
Buying the biggest pass on day one because it has the best per-class rate. The best rate on classes you do not attend is not a good rate. Buy the size that matches the number you were honest about at the top, and size up next time — the passes are not going anywhere.
Compare them side by side
Current prices, class counts, per-class rates and expiry for every adult and senior pass are on one page, and they come straight from what is actually on sale:
Or skip ahead and just book a class — you can sort the pass out once you know you like it. Questions about which one suits you? Ask us.