How do I switch my annual Copilot plan to monthly before June 1st?

[kafumanto]

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Hello! I'm trying to switch my GitHub Copilot annual plan to a monthly plan before June 1st, as mentioned in the GitHub blog post:

Users on annual Pro or Pro+ [...] may convert to a monthly paid plan before their annual plan expires, and we will provide prorated credits for the remaining value of their annual plan.

The problem is that when I go to Settings → Billing and Licensing → Licensing → GitHub Copilot → Manage subscription → Switch to monthly billing, the order summary shows my next payment happening in 2027.

That makes it look like no prorated credits are provided, and that my annual plan stays active until 2027 (with premium requests) instead of switching now (with usage-based billing).

Has anyone actually managed to switch from annual → monthly as described in the blog post? What steps did you follow?

Thanks!

[Gecko51]

What you are seeing (2027 as the next payment date) is the system displaying your current annual plan's renewal date, not the date of your first monthly charge after switching. The order summary preview is confusing because it shows the existing billing cycle without recalculating.

When you confirm the switch:

• The annual plan gets canceled and a prorated credit is applied to your account balance
• That credit shows up in Settings > Billing and Licensing > Payment information > Credits, not in the order summary preview
• Your first monthly charge happens roughly 30 days after you confirm the switch, not in 2027

The 2027 date is just "when your annual plan would have renewed if you stayed on it." Once you confirm, that date is irrelevant.

If you confirm and see no credits after a few minutes, reach out to GitHub support with the exact timestamp of when you made the switch. They can verify what happened on their end and make sure the prorated credit was applied correctly.

[kafumanto]

Thanks, I was looking at your suggestion but - I don't know what happened in the last few minutes - a new informative message appeared and the only option I see now is Cancel and refund subscription. The previous option Switch to monthly billing disappeared....

[siddmohanty111]

Did you get any new information about this? I am stuck unable to switch to a monthly plan too...

[kafumanto]

I opened a ticket. At the moment I think this is the only available option.

[duck-lint]

I'm also wondering about this. The wording in the announcement:

"To keep getting new models and features, we recommend switching to a Copilot Pro or Pro+ monthly plan with the new usage-based billing system starting June 1. If you switch before your annual subscription expires, you'll receive prorated credits for the remaining value of your annual plan."

Makes it sound like the switch for prorated credits should happen starting June 1, but before the annual subscription expires. However, this comment from back in April: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/192948#discussioncomment-16731479 which seems like what you were seeing, makes it sound like that option was only available until May 20, of which I do not recall seeing an announcement or anything for either (as I've been keeping my eyes peeled for what to do).

I'm really looking to switch to the monthly billing cause the premium request unit increases are atrocious and I'll blow through that in no time :(