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# How do I promote someone from a session waitlist?

> Move an athlete off a single-session waitlist and into that session at no charge.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * Session waitlists appear for programs that let athletes sign up for individual sessions (drop-in) — and are listed separately from the main program waitlist.
  * Promoting from a session waitlist registers the athlete for that one session at no charge.
  * You can promote by hand, but session waitlists also auto-promote: with **Automatic Promotion** on, cancelling a registered athlete's session spot moves up the next session-waitlisted athlete.
</Note>

Any program that lets athletes sign up for a single session — a **By Class** program, or a **Full & Drop-in** one — can have athletes waiting for individual dates rather than for the whole program. Those show up in a **Session waitlists** section on the Waitlist tab. Don't rely on the program's Overview label to tell which programs qualify: a **By Class** program reads **Drop-in / Per Session** there, but a **Full & Drop-in** program still shows **Full Program** even though it can have session waitlists too.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Waitlist tab">
    Go to **Registrations → Programs**, open the program, and click the **Waitlist** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the Session waitlists section">
    Below the main **Program waitlist** card, look for **Session waitlists** — "Athletes waiting for a spot in individual sessions." Each session that has a waitlist is listed with its date and time, and the athletes waiting for it in join order.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Promote for that session">
    Click **Promote** next to the athlete on the session you want to fill. They're registered for that single session right away.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Session promotions never trigger a card charge — promoting registers the athlete for that one session at no cost, unlike full-program promotion. One prompt can still appear, though: if the session is already at or over capacity, you'll see an **over capacity** confirmation with a **Promote anyway** action before the promotion completes.

Promoting doesn't have to be manual. If the program has **Automatic Promotion** on, cancelling a registered athlete's spot in a session automatically moves up the next session-waitlisted athlete — the same toggle that drives full-program auto-promotion.

If a program has no per-session waitlists, the Session waitlists section simply won't appear. This is distinct from promoting someone into the whole program, which uses the main **Program waitlist** list and charges the program price.

**Related:** [How do I manually promote an athlete off the waitlist?](/club/waitlists/how-do-i-manually-promote-an-athlete-off-the-waitlist) · [How do I see who's on a program's waitlist?](/club/waitlists/how-do-i-see-whos-on-a-programs-waitlist) · [What is a program waitlist?](/club/waitlists/what-is-a-program-waitlist)