topic Re: VIP Athletic in Account & Billing

VIP Athletic

Paul834 — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 23:05:44 GMT

Will the subscription just cancel. After the 12 months or do I need to contact Sky to remove the subscription? Many thanks if anyone knows

Re: VIP Athletic

PandJ2020 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 08:01:19 GMT

Subscriptions do not automatically cancel.

Re: VIP Athletic

Paul834 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:23:52 GMT

So ok thanks for that so I will have to ring Sky or text them before my subscription is near renewal date

Re: VIP Athletic

PandJ2020 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:38:44 GMT

@Paul834 wrote:
So ok thanks for that so I will have to ring Sky or text them before my subscription is near renewal date

Yes.

Re: VIP Athletic

MarkGoldsmith — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:16:21 GMT

@Paul834 wrote:
So ok thanks for that so I will have to ring Sky or text them before my subscription is near renewal date

You need to cancel it via your Athletic account, Sky won't be able to cancel a subscription you have with another provider. When you use the free Athletic offer you create an account with the Athletic and use the discount code Sky provides to get the first year free, which is the reason the cancellation has to happen via the Athletic account you created to redeem the code.

Re: VIP Athletic

Paul834 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 19:31:34 GMT

Thanks for information 👍

Re: VIP Athletic

coficaerdydd — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:04:32 GMT

I took out the Sky VIP offer and wanted to check how to cancel when the offer date passed. I went to The Athletic website to find out about cancellation and the link explained it has to be done via NY Times. I followed the link and opened the Subscription options, but there is no cancellation option there. I then asked NY Times how to cancel The Athletic subscription and their response was it had to be done via Sky. I assume you have to ring Sky?

Re: VIP Athletic

PandJ2020 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:12:03 GMT

@coficaerdydd wrote:
I assume you have to ring Sky?

Yup, or possibly via the chat.

Re: VIP Athletic

coficaerdydd — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:15:08 GMT

Tried the chat which was not that useful to be honest. One of the automated kind. I will ring and get a human instead!

Re: VIP Athletic

PandJ2020 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:22:14 GMT

@coficaerdydd wrote:
Tried the chat which was not that useful to be honest. One of the automated kind. I will ring and get a human instead!

The chat here: https://www.sky.com/help/articles/cancel-sky-tv

Has always connected me to a human...