Premium
The My Pila circuit, Team Up, and the full picture of anyone you might play.
£20a year, all in
Sign in to go Premium
Premium attaches to your My Pila account. Sign in (or create one, it's free) to continue to checkout.
One annual charge, no tiers above it, and no per-feature pricing. Cancel any time and the year you paid for runs out normally.
What Premium adds
- Any claimed player's FULL profile: history graph, match record, head-to-heads
- Every match behind their number, not just the number, so you know what you are agreeing to before you agree to it. In the player directory this is the difference between seeing their exact rating and only their band.
- Team Up partner finder
- Say when you play, where, and the level you are looking for. Interest goes both ways, and neither of you sees the other’s contact details until you have both said yes.
- Claiming a qualifying circuit spot
- Finish in the qualifying places and the spot is offered to you; claiming it is the Premium half. Earning it is not: circuit points come from finishing positions, and entering earns nothing.
- Disclosed waitlist priority
- When an event fills, Premium sits higher on the waitlist, and the event page says so, on the page, before you enter. It is the one advantage Premium carries over another player, and it is never a hidden one.
The boundary around it
What Premium never does
It never moves your rating.
A rating is a replay of countersigned results and nothing else. There is no premium arithmetic, no boost, and no setting.
It never buys you into a draw.
Who is in an event is the organiser’s decision and the band cap’s. Disclosed waitlist priority is the only ordering Premium touches, and the event page shows it before you enter.
It never sits between you and a tournament.
Entering, playing, being scored and holding a rating are free at every tier, forever. Your entry fee goes to the organiser directly. It never passes through My Pila at all.
What stays free, forever
Your rating, your record, who played what, and everyone else's basics.
- Results and scores from every event
- Your own rating, and every match behind it
- Other players' basic profile: name, band, verified badge
- Verification of your own profile
- Save a search
- Earning circuit points
Without an account at all: every tournament in the country, and where it is.
Questions
Do I have to pay to enter tournaments?
No, never. Your free account already includes results and scores from every event, your own rating, and every match behind it, and other players' basic profile: name, band, verified badge. Entering a tournament and paying the organiser happens entirely outside My Pila. There is no toll on participation at any tier, and there never will be. Premium only adds depth on top: other players’ full profiles (including their exact rating in the player directory, which stays open to everyone at a band), Team Up, and the circuit.
What happens if I cancel?
Nothing right away. Access runs to the end of the year you already paid for. After that, the Premium surfaces close, but nothing is deleted: your stats and history resume exactly where they left off if you resubscribe.
Does an organiser need Premium to run events?
No. Premium attaches to your player account, not your organiser capability. Running events costs nothing on the organiser side.