After applying 12 month gift card says "Subscribe to keep the tunes flowing"

[mywaterloo]

I'm in the UK, I had a 3 month discount premium I cancelled recently and it expired yesterday 6 September so I was on Spotify Free yesterday.

I purchased a 12 month premium gift card and applied the code this morning which was accepted, and my Account Overview on a Windows 10 PC says my plan is now Premium (was Free) ending 7/9/22 but on the same page top left says

"How about making it official? Subscribe to keep the tunes flowing, no need to re-credit your account every month."
Under Payment it says "Your Spotify Premium ends on 07/09/2022. Subscribe now to keep the music going without top ups."

Why would I need to re-credit every month?
What's a top up?

What does it mean "making it official"?

Isn't it already?

Spotify on Android works as Premium and in "receipts" I can see the £119.88 for today so why these odd messages?

They don't go away if I log out and back in even using another windows browser.

Surely I don't need to subscribe now until next September - that was the point of the gift card!

Puzzled,

Geoff / mywaterloo

[Maxim]

Hey @mywaterloo ,

Thanks for reaching out.

The message "How about making it official? Subscribe to keep the tunes flowing, no need to re-credit your account every month."  is just suggesting you to use a recurring payment method so that Spotify can charge you monthly/yearly for Premium.

You don't have to take any action, though. 🙂 Your current pre-paid Premium is not affected by this.

Hope this helps!

[mywaterloo]

Hi Maxim,

Thanks for your thoughts.

I attach a screen grab (with personal bits blacked out) which shows what I found confusing - underlined in red.

Of course I already have a recurring payment option attached to the account although I don't seem to be able to get to my card details now I have this gift card attached.

The messages seem confusing after spending good money on a gift card in order to save a little money over the year.

Hopefully all is well and you are right but I'll put this up for any comments

[mywaterloo]

Having posted that screen grab I see that the important bits are too small so here's those bits enlarged.

Better wording would help

[Maxim · Accepted solution]

Hey @mywaterloo ,

You're right, those messages can be a bit confusing.

I've double-checked this with a Moderator of the Spotify Community and he also confirmed to me that this doesn't affect the remaining time of your pre-paid Premium at all. 🙂