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title: "Schedule an automatic payment for a future bookings"
url: https://bazppmilk.gleap.help/en/articles/14117415-schedule-an-automatic-payment-for-a-future-bookings
collection: "Payments and Refunds"
updated: 2026-10-28
language: en
---

# Schedule an automatic payment for a future bookings

Let's say, a customer would like to book **recurring weekly lessons over 4 weeks** but prefers **not to pay upfront** for all 4 lessons. Staff can schedule the system to automatically charge the customer's credit card on file before each session begins.

Staff can schedule automatic payments for rentals, lessons, classes and camps, and this must be manually set on the Admin side.

The system will automatically process payment before the session starts, based on your facility’s **cancellation policy**. For example: If your cancellation policy is set as **24 hours**, the system will automatically charge the customer's credit card **24 hours** before the lesson's start time.

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# **How to schedule an automatic payment:**

1.  In the **Calendar** view, click on the booking tile.  
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2.  Select the **Manage Participants & Payments** (second) icon  
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3.  If the customer has **not yet** been added to the booking, type their name in the **Customer** field and select their profile when it appears.  
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4.  If the customer is **already added** to the session but has not yet paid, click the **3 dots menu** icon next to their name and select **Collect Payment**.  
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5.  To schedule automatic payments for **all listed sessions in the booking series**, select the **Bookings** button next to Quick Add. If you only want to schedule automatic payments for certain sessions, then click the Add (+) button next to each listed session, otherwise click Select All.  
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6.  Click the **Next** button to proceed.  
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7.  On the Summary page, you can update the Total if needed. Otherwise, click the **Proceed to Payment** button.  
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8.  On the Make Payment panel, select the **Credit Card** on file as the Payment Method  
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9.  Click the **down arrow** directly to the right of Pay & Apply changes, and select **Schedule Payment**  
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10.  Click the **Schedule Payment** button to confirm
     

The customer must have a credit card on file, and you must select Credit Card as the payment method, in order to be able to schedule a payment

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