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# What happens when I change a rate card after athletes are enrolled?

> Which rate-card edits stay open once athletes enrol, which are locked, and when a change takes effect.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * Once a program has active enrollments, its **Rate Card** dropdown is disabled and dimmed. Hovering explains why: *"Rate-card pricing can't be changed once athletes are enrolled."* You can't switch that program between fixed pricing and a card, or swap it to a different card, while athletes are enrolled.
  * The lock covers the **assignment only**. Tier prices and tier bands on the card itself stay editable at any time.
  * Tier edits are never retroactive and never charge anyone immediately — they take effect *"at each family's next billing cycle."*
  * A card can't be **emptied** while any active program uses it: *"This rate card can't be emptied while its programs are active. Deactivate them first."* And it can't be **deleted** while any program points at it, active or not.
  * Rate cards are available on plans that include **Rate Cards** — if you don't see them under **Settings → Financials**, ask your Uplifter contact.
</Note>

**Nothing is stored per athlete.** Every bill recomputes the athlete's tier from the card's live rows and their live enrollments. That's why every kind of change behaves the same way: edit a price, change a schedule, or drop a class, and the new figure applies at the next billing cycle. Nothing to migrate, no back-billing.

**Editing tier prices.** Change any row and click **Save**. The confirmation counts your exact exposure — distinct athletes with active enrollments in active programs on *that* card — then states that the change lands at each family's next billing cycle with no charges now.

**Changing a schedule.** Because tuition comes from weekly minutes, adding or removing weekly minutes on a program can move an athlete into a different tier at their next billing cycle.

**When an athlete drops a class.** If they still have other rate-card enrollments, their monthly charge is refreshed to the post-drop tier. When their **last** active rate-card enrollment goes away, the monthly charge is cancelled outright.

**One thing to watch.** If a card referenced by an enrolled athlete has no rows at bill time, that athlete's charge is **skipped** rather than under-billed, and your admins are alerted. Treat it as a misconfiguration to fix, not a silent discount.

**Related:** [How do I price a program from a rate card?](/club/rate-cards/price-a-program-from-a-rate-card) · [How does rate-card billing charge families?](/club/rate-cards/how-rate-card-billing-charges-families) · [How do I edit or archive a program?](/club/programs-classes/edit-or-archive-a-program)