I think our contract for Easy Pay starts on the day we first activated our 2 year passes. Advantage is that you don't have to do anything to renew-it is automatic unless you tell them to stop it. The price we pay each month has not gone up when the new 2 years starts, either. It is subject to change but so far hasn't. Once your first contract ends, it is on a monthly basis and you can cancel at any time.