@meocon, you can try messaging the mods to explain the situation and maybe get a manuel credit, but I don't know if they will do it.
Here is technically how the payments of the refer-a-friend rewards works in the system:
1) As soon as your friend activate their account, you see the reward appearing in your selfserve. Either $1 or $3, depending on your plan lenght. You can also see their number added in the referral list in your selfserve, and you usually (but not always) receive a text telling you you have a new referral.
2) As soon as your friend account becomes inactive, the reward displayed in the "My rewards" section is removed. You may also receive a text (but again, it is not always happening) telling you you lost a referral. Your friend's number stays in your referral list for another 90 days (until their account is deleted/completely deactivated), since they could reactivate their account anytime and you would get the reward back.
In these two situation, the reward is only showing in the "My rewards" section, and not in your "Available Credits".
3) On the day of the renewal of your plan, rewards displayed at that time are credited to your account (in "Available credits"), and then a little later your new plan is charged to your account, reducing first the amount of "Available credits" down to $0, and then charging your credit card (if autopay is activated) for any missing dollars.
So in the end, if your friend became active for a month (for example) and then didn't renew their plan, and if this happens in the middle of your 90 day plan, you won't get any reward (even if in theory you should get $1).
