# Queuing a Savings Plan purchase
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You can *queue*, or schedule, a Savings Plan purchase to occur on a future date. The date can be specific to the exact second that you want to start coverage. Any upfront or recurring fee is charged only when the queued purchase is processed on the start date you choose. You can delete this queued purchase at any time before the start date.<a name="queued-sp-cart-howto"></a>

**To queue future Savings Plan purchases**

1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. Add your Savings Plans from the **Purchase Savings Plans** page or the **Recommendations** page.

   To learn more about this process, see [Evaluating Savings Plans recommendations](purchase-rec.md) or [Purchasing a custom Savings Plan commitment](purchase-sp-direct.md).

1. In the navigation pane, under **Savings Plans**, choose **Cart**.

1. Select your Savings Plans.

1. Choose **Set start date**.

1. Choose a **Date** and **Time**.

   You can queue a purchase up to three years in the future. You can also specify to the exact second. Past dates aren't applicable.
**Note**  
Savings Plan purchases are processed and validated at the time of the **Start date**, and must pass all validations and be invoiced within the same calendar month of the **Start date**. Savings Plan purchases will be marked as payment-failed and will not discount any usage if the process isn't completed by the end of the month in the UTC time zone.

1. Choose **Confirm**.

1. (Optional) To clear the **Start date**, choose **Set start date**.

   1. Choose **Remove start date**.

1. Choose **Submit order**.

Any queued purchases will appear with the status **Queued** in your **Account Inventory** page. To delete any queued purchases before the start date, see [Deleting a queued Savings Plan](ce-sp-queued-delete.md).