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Trello Premium billing confusion when swapping guest users - why does it trigger charges?

Vitoria Scheuermann
January 28, 2026

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone can help me understand what's happening with our Trello Premium billing.

Our setup:

  • Premium plan with 10 active users + 2 guest users on multiple premium boards
  • Annual subscription renewing in May

The issue: This is the second time this has happened. When we remove a premium guest user and add a new one in their place, Trello tries to charge us instead of recognizing that our total user count stayed the same (one out, one in). We went from 2 guests → 1 guest → back to 2 guests. No net increase.

The confusing part: We just got a "subscription renewal error" notification, even though our annual plan doesn't renew until May.

My questions:

  1. Is this renewal error related to the user swaps we've been doing?
  2. Why does Trello treat a guest swap as a new billing event instead of a neutral replacement?
  3. How can I check our actual account status and see if anything is wrong?

Has anyone else experienced this? Any insights would be appreciated!

Thanks!

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