Business ProfileforUrban Air Adventure Park (Bay Area)
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Advertising Review:
BBB sent correspondence to Urban Air Trampoline Park on February 27, March 4, and April 1, 2024 requesting information and possible modification to the business website, https://www.urbanair.com/new-york-buffalo/, that appear to violate BBB's Code of Advertising.
The business did respond initially stating, "You may want to reach out to our corporate office. Memberships are not managed or executed at the franchisee (local) level. It is a national program and as a franchisee I do not have the ability to impact any aspect of how the program is executed or marketed." BBB then requested the contact information of the corporate office and has not received a response.
BBB has received complaints from consumers regarding the company advertising and the purchasing of online tickets, the lack of clear and conspicuous disclosure of the 12 month memberships, and the automatic renewal that they state they are unknowingly signing up for. There are also concerns with ease of cancellation of the membership.
BBB requested a copy of all contracts/documents/scripts and any other information that are provided when consumers purchase tickets in person at the Urban Air location.
BBB requested a copy of what information is provided and/or appears online after a consumer enters their billing information.
BBB attempted to purchase tickets from the website and was then offered the option to:
“DO YOU WANT TO SAVE $18.50 TODAY?”
“Click ‘Yes’ to convert your tickets to Memberships and save $18.50 on your purchase PLUS come the rest of month for FREE!
You will be charged $17.99 monthly for unlimited visits to the Park. Want to be a Member?*
*Does not include applicable fees and taxes.”
A pre high-lited pink YES box appears with a NO box next to it.
*See Terms & Conditions at Checkout” Terms & Conditions appears in pink text.
The concern with the advertising is that nowhere within this box does it state that the selection would lead to a 12 month membership if they choose to save $18.50 today and become a member. It only advises that the consumer will be billed monthly, not that the consumer will be billed monthly for 12 months. The consumer should be aware while in this box what they are stating “yes”/agreeing to without having to go to a different page on the website.
If a consumer does happen to choose *See Terms & Conditions in the pink text, they are taken to the following link https://www.urbanair.com/membership-agreement/, which only states Membership Agreement along the top. BBB asked if this should this actually state "12 Month Membership Agreement"?
The concern with this page of the website/membership agreement is that the consumer is still not informed that they are signing up for a 12 month membership agreement, that will automatically renew, until the 4th paragraph of the agreement, which a consumer would have to page down for and search for within the paragraph.
If a consumer does not select the Terms & Conditions shown in pink and select YES, the consumer is immediately brougt to the billing information screen and asked to enter their payment information with no disclosure that the consumer is entering a 12 month automatically renewing membership.
BBB has also noted that there is not any clear and conspicuously disclosed way to cancel the membership.
Urban Air Socks are also required to use the adventure park and that is also not clearly disclosed.
The following BBB Codes of Advertising pertain to these concerns mentioned above:
1. Basic Principles of the Code
1.1 The primary responsibility for truthful and non-deceptive advertising rests with the advertiser. Advertisers should be prepared to substantiate any objective claims or offers made before publication or broadcast. Upon request, they should present such substantiation promptly to the advertising medium or BBB.
1.2 Advertisements which are untrue, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, falsely disparaging of competitors, or insincere offers to sell, shall not be used.
1.3 An advertisement as a whole may be misleading by implication, although every sentence separately considered may be literally true.
1.4 Misrepresentation may result not only from direct statements, but by omitting or obscuring a material fact.
8. Negative Option Plans, Continuity Plans and Automatic Shipments
18.1 Any advertisement for a product or service that includes an offer to sell or provide consumers with additional goods or services under a negative option feature must include a clear and conspicuous disclosure of all material terms of the negative option feature.
18.2 Such material terms include:
18.2.1 The existence of the negative option feature;
18.2.2 The cost of the additional goods or services;
18.2.3 How consumers can cancel and avoid future shipments and charges; and
18.2.4 How consumers can return items that they do not want.
18.3 Advertisers must avoid making disclosures that are vague, unnecessarily long or which contain contradictory language.
18.4 Advertisers must not interpret the consumer’s silence, failure to take an affirmative action to reject goods or services, or failure to cancel the agreement, as consent to enroll the consumer in the negative option feature. Instead, they must ensure that the consumer affirmatively consents (either online, over the phone, or in person) to the negative option feature before enrolling the consumer in the plan.
The business did respond initially stating, "You may want to reach out to our corporate office. Memberships are not managed or executed at the franchisee (local) level. It is a national program and as a franchisee I do not have the ability to impact any aspect of how the program is executed or marketed." BBB then requested the contact information of the corporate office and has not received a response.
BBB has received complaints from consumers regarding the company advertising and the purchasing of online tickets, the lack of clear and conspicuous disclosure of the 12 month memberships, and the automatic renewal that they state they are unknowingly signing up for. There are also concerns with ease of cancellation of the membership.
BBB requested a copy of all contracts/documents/scripts and any other information that are provided when consumers purchase tickets in person at the Urban Air location.
BBB requested a copy of what information is provided and/or appears online after a consumer enters their billing information.
BBB attempted to purchase tickets from the website and was then offered the option to:
“DO YOU WANT TO SAVE $18.50 TODAY?”
“Click ‘Yes’ to convert your tickets to Memberships and save $18.50 on your purchase PLUS come the rest of month for FREE!
You will be charged $17.99 monthly for unlimited visits to the Park. Want to be a Member?*
*Does not include applicable fees and taxes.”
A pre high-lited pink YES box appears with a NO box next to it.
*See Terms & Conditions at Checkout” Terms & Conditions appears in pink text.
The concern with the advertising is that nowhere within this box does it state that the selection would lead to a 12 month membership if they choose to save $18.50 today and become a member. It only advises that the consumer will be billed monthly, not that the consumer will be billed monthly for 12 months. The consumer should be aware while in this box what they are stating “yes”/agreeing to without having to go to a different page on the website.
If a consumer does happen to choose *See Terms & Conditions in the pink text, they are taken to the following link https://www.urbanair.com/membership-agreement/, which only states Membership Agreement along the top. BBB asked if this should this actually state "12 Month Membership Agreement"?
The concern with this page of the website/membership agreement is that the consumer is still not informed that they are signing up for a 12 month membership agreement, that will automatically renew, until the 4th paragraph of the agreement, which a consumer would have to page down for and search for within the paragraph.
If a consumer does not select the Terms & Conditions shown in pink and select YES, the consumer is immediately brougt to the billing information screen and asked to enter their payment information with no disclosure that the consumer is entering a 12 month automatically renewing membership.
BBB has also noted that there is not any clear and conspicuously disclosed way to cancel the membership.
Urban Air Socks are also required to use the adventure park and that is also not clearly disclosed.
The following BBB Codes of Advertising pertain to these concerns mentioned above:
1. Basic Principles of the Code
1.1 The primary responsibility for truthful and non-deceptive advertising rests with the advertiser. Advertisers should be prepared to substantiate any objective claims or offers made before publication or broadcast. Upon request, they should present such substantiation promptly to the advertising medium or BBB.
1.2 Advertisements which are untrue, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, falsely disparaging of competitors, or insincere offers to sell, shall not be used.
1.3 An advertisement as a whole may be misleading by implication, although every sentence separately considered may be literally true.
1.4 Misrepresentation may result not only from direct statements, but by omitting or obscuring a material fact.
8. Negative Option Plans, Continuity Plans and Automatic Shipments
18.1 Any advertisement for a product or service that includes an offer to sell or provide consumers with additional goods or services under a negative option feature must include a clear and conspicuous disclosure of all material terms of the negative option feature.
18.2 Such material terms include:
18.2.1 The existence of the negative option feature;
18.2.2 The cost of the additional goods or services;
18.2.3 How consumers can cancel and avoid future shipments and charges; and
18.2.4 How consumers can return items that they do not want.
18.3 Advertisers must avoid making disclosures that are vague, unnecessarily long or which contain contradictory language.
18.4 Advertisers must not interpret the consumer’s silence, failure to take an affirmative action to reject goods or services, or failure to cancel the agreement, as consent to enroll the consumer in the negative option feature. Instead, they must ensure that the consumer affirmatively consents (either online, over the phone, or in person) to the negative option feature before enrolling the consumer in the plan.
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- Location of This Business
- 20251 Gulf Fwy, Webster, TX 77598
- BBB File Opened:
- 8/18/2020
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Customer Complaints
6 Customer Complaints
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File a ComplaintMost Recent Customer Complaint
12/16/2023
- Complaint Type:
- Product Issues
- Status:
- Unanswered
On Sunday, December 10,2023, my family held a birthday party here, and it was a disaster. Our party host did absolutely nothing to help make my daughter’s birthday special. I kept having to chase our party host down, because he kept forgetting all of the basic things that were supposed to be included. If I hadn’t decorated her party room, then there wouldn’t have been any decorations at all.
All of our guests were confused about socks and wristbands because our host didn’t have them ready either. The socks, wristbands, drinks, balloons, table runner and tablecloth, utensils, and cake serving utensils were all missing, and it was nearly impossible to keep tracking him down to get everything together. He also completely screwed up the party schedule, and called everyone back so late to do presents that there was only about 3 minutes left in our time slot to do cake, so all of the parents were upset about having to rush through everything. His lack of organization was embarrassing.
Then he kept hounding me for payment when it was time to wrap up. When I told the front desk attendant what happened, he didn’t care one bit. The only thing he cared about was trying to pressure me into giving up a huge tip when it wasn’t warranted. I spent a total of $486.91 for this party to be so incredibly disorganized and stressful.I am SO disappointed and angry!
To top it all off, the guy who rang me out offered to let my daughter try on a shirt to get the right size, and said we could pick whatever color she wanted when we found the right size. Apparently, that’s a lie, and the other employees and manager (Dianne *******) threw a huge fit about honoring his promises. Dianne was rude, cruel, malevolent, unprofessional, and heartless towards my daughter and I, with the nastiest attitude I’ve ever encountered. I cannot believe how badly we were treated after spending so much money here. These people should be ashamed of themselves. No refund, no more business from us!
Customer Reviews
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Most Recent Customer Review
Erica M
1 star06/04/2023
The manager Xavier is letting employees steal from the company at the paying customers expense. Kids and their parents waited and waited while off the clock employees closed the go kart lanes so they could race one on one. I feel robbed and so do the other paying guests.
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