---
title: Gift a pass or give a scholarship
sidebarTitle: Gift or scholarship pass
description: >-
  Give someone a pass for free with Grant Pass, so they get pass-holder prices
  without paying.
audience: luminary
feature: passes
type: guide
availability: beta
last_verified: '2026-10-14'
keywords:
  - gift pass
  - scholarship
  - grant pass
  - free pass
  - comp access
url: >-
  https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/passes/gift-or-scholarship-pass
---

# Gift a pass or give a scholarship

> Give someone a pass for free with Grant Pass, so they get pass-holder prices without paying.

Use Grant Pass to hand a pass to a specific person: a scholarship, a thank-you, a prize, or a replacement for someone whose pass ran out at a bad time. They don't pay anything.

## When to use this

- Scholarship or community-care places.
- Gifts for a client, a collaborator or a giveaway winner.
- Making things right for a member who missed out.

## Before you start

- The pass needs a price set in its Pricing card. You choose that price when granting, but nobody is charged.
- The person must be a customer in your audience (someone who has bought from you) and have a Soul account. Leads don't appear in the search.

## Steps

**Step 1: Open the pass holders page**

[Offerings → Passes](https://portal.bringsoul.life/passes) → your pass → Manage Users. This
opens User Passes.

**Step 2: Click Grant Pass**

Click Grant Pass at the top right.
**Step 3: Pick the person**

Under Person, search by name or email and click them. If you see *"This person hasn't signed up
yet, no account to grant a pass to."*, they need to create an account on your portal first.

**Step 4: Choose the pass price and grant**

Pick a Pass Price from the list (it's only for your records) and click Grant Pass. You'll see
*"Pass granted"*.

**Step 5: Let them know**

Soul doesn't email them about the pass. Send them a message with the pass link (click Share on
the pass page) and ask them to activate it when they're ready.

## Good to know

- A granted pass starts as Not Activated, like a bought one. The holder chooses when to start it. To start it for them right away, click Activate on their row.
- It uses the pass's current duration.
- The Transaction column shows — because there was no payment.

**Warning:** 
Granting doesn't send a notification. If you don't tell the person, they may never activate their
pass.

## What your members see

The pass appears on your pass page as _"Not yet activated"_, with Activate Now and Start on a specific date. They can also just book: booking an attached session with the pass starts it. On attached sessions, the Confirm Booking page offers the pass under Pay with, at its pass price.

## Related

- [See and manage pass holders](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/passes/manage-pass-holders)
- [People and forms](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/audience/forms)
- [Messages](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/audience/messages)