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# What happens when a recurring pass renews?

> How monthly and yearly passes auto-renew, the pre-charge reminder, and $0 renewals.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * Monthly and yearly passes **auto-renew** and re-charge the family's stored card each cycle.
  * A **pre-charge reminder** is sent about **3 days before** the renewal charge.
  * **\$0 passes** renew without touching the payment processor but still record a paid invoice and reset credits.
  * Available on plans that include **Passes** — if you don't see it, ask your Uplifter contact.
</Note>

Passes with a **Per Month** or **Per Year** billing period renew automatically at the end of each cycle. One-time passes don't renew — they simply stay active with no fixed end date until an admin archives or cancels them.

At each renewal, Uplifter re-charges the payment method the family saved when they bought the pass, extends the pass's validity window into the new cycle, and — for credit passes — resets the credit allocation to full for the new cycle. The renewal bills the amount locked in when the family bought (or last renewed) the pass; editing the pass's price later doesn't change what current subscribers pay until their pass lapses and is re-bought. (Separately, a *program's* pass-holder price is what re-checks each cycle, and only for program enrollments.)

About three days before the charge, the family gets a pre-charge reminder so there are no surprises and they have time to update a card if needed.

Free passes renew too. A \$0 pass doesn't run a charge through the payment processor, but it still records a paid invoice for the new cycle and resets credits — so a free recurring pass keeps working from cycle to cycle just like a paid one.

If a renewal charge fails, the family is notified to update their payment method; the pass stays in place while the charge is retried.

**Related:** [What happens when a pass holder uses a credit?](/club/passes/what-happens-when-a-credit-is-used) · [What happens when a pass expires?](/club/passes/what-happens-when-a-pass-expires) · [How do I create a pass?](/club/passes/how-to-create-a-pass)