Policies

Attendance, Late Cancellation and No-Show Policy

Last updated: 21 September 2026. Membership dinners and Single Ticket meetups are intentionally small groups. Attendance is the one thing everyone depends on.

Why this matters

Small groups work when everyone can rely on the plan. When you opt in for a Thursday, the others attending rely on that answer. Missing the meetup affects the whole table. This policy is about reliability, not about judging anyone as a person.

What we ask

Respond to each meetup with a yes or a no, so the group can plan.
Attend each Membership dinner you book, or the meetup you booked with a Single Ticket.
If you cannot make it, change your response as soon as you know, and at least 24 hours before the meetup starts.
If something happens on the day, tell us or your group rather than going quiet.

Definitions

Attended: you were there for the meetup.
Excused absence: you cancelled more than 24 hours before the meetup. This carries no consequence.
Late cancellation: you cancelled inside the 24 hour window. Life happens, and one late cancellation is not a problem.
No-show: you had said yes and did not attend, without telling anyone.

What happens after a missed meetup

One late cancellation or one no-show: recorded, nothing more.
A second no-show: we get in touch to check whether upcoming Againli meetups are still right for you.
Repeated no-shows across Membership dinners: you may not be offered a place at a future dinner, or you may be removed from a current one so the seat can go to someone who will use it.
Not responding to meetups at all is treated the same way as not attending, because the group cannot plan around silence.
Single Ticket meetups: attendance, late cancellation and no-shows are recorded under the same private reliability model. A missed Single Ticket meetup is not treated as a Membership dinner absence, and there is no extra penalty attached to it. A pattern of no-shows across any Againli meetup can still affect whether you are offered a future place.

Reliability is private

Attendance records are held privately for operating the service. They are never shown to other members, never turned into a public score or star rating, and never used in compatibility matching. Only the Againli team and safety reviewers can see them.

Cost of a meetup

Membership covers matching and running your Thursday dinners. A Single Ticket is a separate purchase that covers the organisation of that one meetup, for members and nonmembers alike. Food and drink at a venue are separate and paid by you on the day. Not attending does not create a new charge from Againli, though a venue may have its own terms for a booking.

For a paid Single Ticket, cancel at least 24 hours before the event for a full refund. Cancellations made 6–24 hours before the event receive credit toward another experience. Cancellations within 6 hours are non-refundable and receive no credit.

For membership billing and refunds, see the Cancellation and Refund Policy. For conduct at meetups, see the Community Guidelines.

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Community Guidelines: The behaviour expected of every member, with examples and likely enforcement.
Safety and Enforcement Standards: How we triage safety issues, what critical, high and standard priority mean, and how decisions are made.
Reporting and Appeals: How to report something, what happens next, and how to ask for a decision to be reviewed.
Cancellation and Refund Policy: Single Ticket refund and credit windows, cancelling Membership, accepted Circle sessions, and when we refund.
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Data Retention and Deletion: How long each kind of record is kept, and how account deletion works.
Law Enforcement Guidelines: How authorities submit legal process to Againli, what we need, and how requests are reviewed.