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# How do I buy and use a punch card?

> Buy a pack of punches in your club website's store, spend them on registrations and drop-ins, and track them on the Punch Cards page.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * **Only if your club offers them.** If it does, you buy them in your club website's store.
  * **Your family owns the card.** It pays for a registration or drop-in in punches, so that registration bills \$0.
  * **A way to pay, not a discount.** Punches never lower a price, and cards are never topped up: buy another when one runs out.
  * **Track it in the family portal** on the **Punch Cards** page, with each card's history.
</Note>

**What a punch card is.** A prepaid pack of punches your family buys once and spends on registrations and drop-ins. A pass lowers a price; a punch card pays the whole charge in punches. No **Punch cards** section in your club's store means your club doesn't sell them online; ask your club if it can add one for you.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add a card to your cart">
    Sign in on your club website and open the **Store** page (or **Shop > Store** when the club sells more than one kind of item). Under **Punch cards**, each card shows its punches, expiry (such as "Never expires") and price. Select **Add to cart**; there's no athlete to choose.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the family and check out">
    In more than one family? Pick one under **Purchase belongs to**. With no family, checkout shows "A Family is required to own this pass." and won't take payment until you **Create or join a Family**. When your order goes through, the card appears on your **Punch Cards** page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pay with punches when you register">
    A program's page lists the cards it accepts for a full registration under **Pricing options**, with the punches each one uses. Cards accepted for drop-ins show up when you register. On the **Review & Register** step, **Pay with a punch card** reads "Punches cover the whole charge, so this registration bills \$0." Each qualifying card shows what it uses, such as "use 2 punches of 8 left", above **Pay cash instead** (this means paying the regular price with your card or another payment method instead of punches). A single qualifying card is preselected; with several, choose a card or cash to continue.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check your punches">
    In the family portal, select **Punch Cards** (on phones, under **More**). Cards are grouped by club, each with punches used, expiry, its card number (plus the family's name if you belong to more than one family), and a **View history** toggle.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**When a card qualifies.** The program must accept it, it must cover your athlete and still be valid when the program (or your last drop-in session) starts, and it must hold enough punches for the whole registration. Each drop-in session uses its own punches.

**Not a discount.** Punches pay the price, never lower it: if a pass or membership price suits you better, choose **Pay cash instead**. Paying in punches never also uses a pass credit.

**Recurring programs.** Renewals are paid from the same card. A renewal it can't cover is billed as a normal payment, and the card shows "Your last renewal was billed as a payment because this card couldn't cover it."

**When a card runs out.** Buy another, or your club can add one for you. Cards also appear on the **Family** page under **Family passes and punch cards**, as "\[N] of \[M] punches remaining".

**Related:** [What is a pass and who does it cover?](/families/families-memberships-passes/what-is-a-pass) · [How does a pass lower what I pay for programs?](/families/families-memberships-passes/how-pass-lowers-program-price) · [How do I see my passes and remaining credits?](/families/families-memberships-passes/view-passes-and-credits) · [How do I assign an older pass to my family?](/families/families-memberships-passes/assign-an-older-pass-to-your-family)