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Lesson Statuses Explained

Every lesson on SwingMatch has a status that tells you where it is in the process.

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Status overview

Status

Color

What it means

Pending Confirmation

Yellow

The lesson has been booked but is waiting for the other party to confirm.

Confirmed

Green

Both parties have agreed. The lesson is happening.

Completed

Gray

The lesson took place (or was marked as complete).

Declined

Red

The booking request was turned down. The lesson will not happen.

Cancelled

Gray

The lesson was cancelled after being booked.


How statuses change

Typical flow

  1. A student or instructor books a lesson → Pending Confirmation

  2. The other party confirms → Confirmed

  3. The lesson takes place → Completed (automatically, the next day)

Other outcomes

  • The other party declines the request → Declined

  • Either party cancels before the lesson → Cancelled


Who confirms what?

Who booked it

Who needs to confirm

Student booked

Instructor confirms

Instructor booked (on behalf of student)

Student confirms (unless the instructor chose to skip confirmation)


What happens to payment at each status

Status

Credit card

Package credit

Offline

Pending

Card authorized (hold only)

Credit reserved

No payment action

Confirmed

Card charged

Credit deducted

Instructor tracks payment

Declined

Hold released, no charge

Credit restored

No payment action

Cancelled

Contact instructor for refund

Credit restored

Contact instructor for refund


Good to know

  • You can see the status badge on every lesson card and at the top of the lesson detail page.

  • If a lesson was declined or cancelled, the reason (if provided) is shown on the lesson detail page.

  • Lessons are automatically completed the day after they were scheduled. See How lessons are automatically completed.

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