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# What happens when a pass holder uses a credit?

> When a credit is consumed, what one use covers, and how credits reset each cycle.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * A credit is counted **when the invoice is paid**, not when the item is added to the cart.
  * **One credit covers one paid billing event** — a one-time registration spends one; a program billed on a recurring schedule spends one each cycle it uses the pass.
  * A **single drop-in session** can use a pass for its discounted rate but **never spends a credit** — only full-program registrations draw one down.
  * Each renewal cycle **resets credits to the full allocation** — use-it-or-lose-it, with no rollover.
  * Available on plans that include **Passes** — if you don't see it, ask your Uplifter contact.
</Note>

Only credit passes track usage — an unlimited pass never runs down. A credit pass meters usage as the family registers.

A credit is spent when a registration that used the pass's discounted price is **paid**. Adding a program to the cart shows the discounted price, but the credit isn't deducted until payment goes through — so an abandoned cart never burns a credit. A one-time registration that used the pass spends exactly one credit. For a program billed on a recurring schedule, the best price is re-checked every cycle, so the same ongoing enrollment can draw down another credit at each renewal for as long as the pass keeps winning the price.

Single drop-in sessions are the exception. On a Full & Drop-in program a credit pass can unlock the discounted drop-in price, but booking a drop-in never draws down a credit — the pass simply grants its rate for that session, so credits are only spent by full-program registrations.

If a credit pass is added in the same cart as the programs it discounts, it lowers those prices immediately, but it carries no credit balance yet — the balance only exists once the pass itself is purchased. So an in-cart pass discounts now and starts metering after it's actually bought.

When a recurring pass renews, its credits reset back to the full allocation for the new cycle. Unused credits do not roll over — anything left when the cycle ends is lost, and the family starts fresh at the next renewal. Once a credit pass hits zero within a cycle, it stops discounting and the family pays the next-best price until it resets.

**Related:** [What's the difference between unlimited and credit passes?](/club/passes/unlimited-vs-credit-passes) · [What happens when a recurring pass renews?](/club/passes/what-happens-when-a-pass-renews) · [What price does a pass holder pay when they register?](/club/passes/what-price-pass-holders-pay)