USCF Dues Changes

USCF Dues are changing in December and January. This issue has been discussed extensively on the USCF Issues Forum, here's a summary table showing the changes.

    Rates currently in effect            1 Year   2 Year   3 Year

   Adult                                  $41      $76      $109 (Dues Sale)
   Young Adult                            $25      $44       $62
   Youth                                  $19      $33       $46
   Scholastic                             $17      $30       $42
   Sustaining (started prior to 2003)     $95     $190      $285  $380 (4 Years)
   Sustaining (started after 2002)       $120     $240      $360  $480 (4 Years)
   Senior                                 $36      $65       $93
   Special (Blind/prison)                 $12                    (mail/phone only)
   Family Type 1                          $64
   Family Type 2                          $35
   Life                                 $1000 (single payment)
   Trial (6 month membership)             $27

Below are the new rates as passed by the Delegates. The Premium Regular Adult rates do not take effect until January 1, 2009, because the adult dues sale (ie, the $41 one-year rate) goes through the end of December, everything else takes effect on December 1, 2008.

    New Rates as approved by Delegates   1 Year   2 Year   3 Year

   Regular Adult                          $29      $52       $74 (if paid online)
   Regular Adult                          $36      $59       $81 (mail/phone)
   Premium Adult                          $42      $78      $113 (if paid online)
   Premium Adult                          $49      $85      $120 (mail/phone)

   Young Adult                            $24      $43       $61
   Premium Young Adult                    $32      $59       $85

   Youth                                  $20      $36       $51
   Premium Youth                          $27      $49       $70

   Scholastic                             $16      $28       $39
   Scholastic                             $23      $43       $60

   Sustaining (started prior to 2003)     $95     $190      $285  $380 (4 Years)
   Sustaining (started after 2002)       $120     $240      $360  $480 (4 Years)

   Senior                                 $36      $65       $93 (if paid online)
   Senior                                 $43      $72      $100

   Special (Blind/prison)                 $18                    (mail/phone only)

   Family Type 1                          $70
   Family Type 2                          $44

   Life                                 $1500 (single payment)

The 6 month trial rate is discontinued effective December 1st, 2008.

No new sustaining memberships will be available effective December 1st, 2008, though current members who started sustaining membership plans prior to December 1st will be able to complete them at the rates shown above, ie $95 or $120 per year depending on when the sustaining membership plan started.

There are no affiliate commissions on special memberships. There are no affiliate commissions on regular adult, premium adult or senior dues if paid online, there is a $3 affiliate commission on everything else.

$7 and $12 tournament memberships are not affected by this, though of course the $5 and $10 credits towards a full-year or longer USCF membership will also be applicable towards the new membership categories.