# How did I lose my Charter status, but never became a guest?

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**Created:** [May 28, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544 "2013-05-28T15:00:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/1 "2013-05-28T15:00:10Z")

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I take it that the 28th was not the last day for subscription renewal even though I swear I read that somewhere. Is there anyway I can keep my charter membership?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/2 "2013-05-28T17:11:29Z")

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Let me look at your situation and I’ll get right back to you.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/3 "2013-05-28T17:14:23Z")

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And there you go.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/4 "2013-05-28T17:53:12Z")

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Thank you **TubaDiva** , I appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/5 "2013-05-28T21:45:10Z")

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> [@L. G. Butts](#):
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> Thank you **TubaDiva** , I appreciate it.

She likes chocolate, you know. A lot!

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/6 "2013-05-30T21:44:02Z")

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Weird. Same thing happened to me.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/7 "2013-05-30T22:15:31Z")

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> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#):
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> Weird. Same thing happened to me.

Guess you haven’t been swept out of the system yet. We have been having some technical issues …

Of course if you resubscribed it wouldn’t be an issue.

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/8 "2013-05-30T22:19:41Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> Guess you haven’t been swept out of the system yet. We have been having some technical issues …
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> Of course if you resubscribed it wouldn’t be an issue.

I’m getting there. My card is being rejected, probably because of a PayPal issue long ago that never got resolved. It’ll be done tonight, I suspect.

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/9 "2013-05-31T02:06:45Z")

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There, it’s done.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-lose-my-charter-status-but-never-became-a-guest/659544/10 "2013-05-31T03:05:13Z")

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> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#):
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> There, it’s done.

I do believe we have this corrected now. Thanks for playing!