Our account bills every four weeks, not by the month. In 2021 we received 13 bills, which necessarily means that two must fall in the same calendar month. You can verify your billing plan here: https://myaccount.nytimes.com/seg/subscription Changing the billing date won't prevent this. Our billing dates were: 23, 20, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 7, 4, 2, 30, 27, 25. If the NYT isn't worth paying for one four week period you should cancel.