refactor(events): gate member benefits on hasMemberAccess

Extracts hasMemberAccess(member) in tickets.js and uses it across event
registration, ticket purchase, and series purchase flows so guest, suspended,
and cancelled records no longer count as members while pending_payment still
does.

app/components/SeriesPassPurchase.vue

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <div v-if="loading" class="text-center py-8">
       <div
         class="animate-spin rounded-full h-8 w-8 border-b-2 border-primary mx-auto mb-4"
-      ></div>
+      />
       <p class="text-[--ui-text-muted]">Loading series pass information...</p>
     </div>
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
           }}
         </h3>
 
-        <form @submit.prevent="handleSubmit" class="space-y-6">
+        <form class="space-y-6" @submit.prevent="handleSubmit">
           <!-- Name Field -->
           <div>
             <label
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ const handleSubmit = async () => {
     const purchaseBody = {
       name: form.value.name,
       email: form.value.email,
+      ticketType: passInfo.value.ticket.type,
     };
     if (transactionId) purchaseBody.paymentId = transactionId;
 

server/api/events/[id]/register.post.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { connectDB } from "../../../utils/mongoose.js";
 import { sendEventRegistrationEmail } from "../../../utils/resend.js";
 import { validateBody } from "../../../utils/validateBody.js";
 import { eventRegistrationSchema } from "../../../utils/schemas.js";
+import { hasMemberAccess } from "../../../utils/tickets.js";
 import mongoose from "mongoose";
 
 export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
@@ -63,10 +64,13 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
       });
     }
 
-    // Check member status and handle different registration scenarios
+    // Check member status and handle different registration scenarios.
+    // Member access is decoupled from payment status: active and pending_payment
+    // both confer access; guest, suspended, and cancelled do not.
     const member = await Member.findOne({ email: body.email.toLowerCase() });
+    const memberHasAccess = hasMemberAccess(member);
 
-    if (eventData.membersOnly && !member) {
+    if (eventData.membersOnly && !memberHasAccess) {
       throw createError({
         statusCode: 403,
         statusMessage:
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     if (
       eventData.pricing?.paymentRequired &&
       !eventData.pricing?.isFree &&
-      !member
+      !memberHasAccess
     ) {
       throw createError({
         statusCode: 402, // Payment Required
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     let isMember = false;
     let membershipLevel = "non-member";
 
-    if (member) {
+    if (memberHasAccess) {
       isMember = true;
       membershipLevel = `${member.circle}-${member.contributionTier}`;
     }

server/api/events/[id]/tickets/purchase.post.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   validateTicketPurchase,
   calculateTicketPrice,
   completeTicketPurchase,
+  hasMemberAccess,
 } from "../../../../utils/tickets.js";
 import { sendEventRegistrationEmail } from "../../../../utils/resend.js";
 import mongoose from "mongoose";
@@ -43,16 +44,17 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
       });
     }
 
-    // Check if user is a member. Guests don't count as members for pricing/validation.
+    // Check if user is a member. Only members with access (active or
+    // pending_payment) count for pricing/validation; guest, suspended,
+    // and cancelled members are treated as non-members.
     let member = await Member.findOne({ email: body.email.toLowerCase() });
     let accountCreated = false;
-    const isRealMember = (m) => !!m && m.status !== "guest";
 
     // Validate ticket purchase
     const validation = validateTicketPurchase(eventData, {
       email: body.email,
       name: body.name,
-      member: isRealMember(member) ? member : null,
+      member: hasMemberAccess(member) ? member : null,
     });
 
     if (!validation.valid) {
@@ -109,15 +111,15 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     }
 
     // Create registration
-    const realMember = isRealMember(member);
+    const memberHasAccess = hasMemberAccess(member);
     const registration = {
       memberId: member ? member._id : null,
       name: body.name,
       email: body.email.toLowerCase(),
-      membershipLevel: realMember
+      membershipLevel: memberHasAccess
         ? `${member.circle}-${member.contributionTier}`
         : "non-member",
-      isMember: realMember,
+      isMember: memberHasAccess,
       ticketType: ticketInfo.ticketType,
       ticketPrice: ticketInfo.price,
       paymentStatus: requiresPayment ? "completed" : "not_required",

server/api/series/[id]/tickets/purchase.post.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   releaseSeriesTicket,
   completeSeriesTicketPurchase,
   registerForAllSeriesEvents,
+  hasMemberAccess,
 } from "../../../../utils/tickets.js";
 import { sendSeriesPassConfirmation } from "../../../../utils/resend.js";
 
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
       });
     }
 
-    // Check membership — prefer JWT auth for accurate member pricing
+    // Check membership — prefer JWT auth for accurate member pricing.
+    // Only members with access (active or pending_payment) get member-tier
+    // pricing; guest, suspended, and cancelled are treated as non-members.
     let member = null;
     try {
       member = await requireAuth(event);
@@ -46,12 +49,13 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
 
     // Resolve canonical email: use authenticated member's email if available
     const canonicalEmail = member ? member.email : email.toLowerCase();
+    const accessMember = hasMemberAccess(member) ? member : null;
 
     // Validate purchase
     const validation = validateSeriesTicketPurchase(series, {
       email: canonicalEmail,
       name,
-      member,
+      member: accessMember,
     });
 
     if (!validation.valid) {
@@ -84,8 +88,8 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
       memberId: member?._id,
       name,
       email: canonicalEmail,
-      membershipLevel: member?.circle || "non-member",
+      membershipLevel: accessMember?.circle || "non-member",
-      isMember: !!member,
+      isMember: !!accessMember,
       ticketType: ticketInfo.ticketType,
       ticketPrice: ticketInfo.price,
       paymentStatus: ticketInfo.isFree ? "not_required" : "completed",

server/utils/tickets.js

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 // Ticket business logic utilities
 
+/**
+ * Whether a Member document confers member-tier access to events.
+ * Status `active` and `pending_payment` are equivalent for access (payment is
+ * decoupled from membership). Status `guest`, `suspended`, `cancelled`, or no
+ * member at all do not confer access.
+ */
+export const hasMemberAccess = (member) =>
+  !!member && (member.status === "active" || member.status === "pending_payment");
+
 /**
  * Calculate the applicable ticket price for a user
  * @param {Object} event - Event document
@@ -7,15 +16,18 @@
  * @returns {Object} { ticketType, price, currency, isEarlyBird }
  */
 export const calculateTicketPrice = (event, member = null) => {
+  // Members without access (guest/suspended/cancelled) get public pricing only.
+  const accessMember = hasMemberAccess(member) ? member : null;
+
   if (!event.tickets?.enabled) {
     // Legacy pricing model
     if (event.pricing?.paymentRequired && !event.pricing?.isFree) {
       return {
-        ticketType: member ? "member" : "public",
+        ticketType: accessMember ? "member" : "public",
-        price: member ? 0 : event.pricing.publicPrice,
+        price: accessMember ? 0 : event.pricing.publicPrice,
         currency: event.pricing.currency || "CAD",
         isEarlyBird: false,
-        isFree: member ? true : event.pricing.publicPrice === 0,
+        isFree: accessMember ? true : event.pricing.publicPrice === 0,
       };
     }
     return {
@@ -30,14 +42,14 @@ export const calculateTicketPrice = (event, member = null) => {
   const now = new Date();
 
   // Member pricing
-  if (member && event.tickets.member?.available) {
+  if (accessMember && event.tickets.member?.available) {
     const memberTicket = event.tickets.member;
     let price = memberTicket.price || 0;
     let isFree = memberTicket.isFree;
 
     // Check for circle-specific overrides
-    if (memberTicket.circleOverrides && member.circle) {
+    if (memberTicket.circleOverrides && accessMember.circle) {
-      const circleOverride = memberTicket.circleOverrides[member.circle];
+      const circleOverride = memberTicket.circleOverrides[accessMember.circle];
       if (circleOverride) {
         if (circleOverride.isFree !== undefined) {
           isFree = circleOverride.isFree;
@@ -200,7 +212,7 @@ export const validateTicketPurchase = (event, user) => {
   }
 
   // Check member-only restrictions
-  if (event.membersOnly && !user.member) {
+  if (event.membersOnly && !hasMemberAccess(user.member)) {
     return {
       valid: false,
       reason: "This event is for members only. Please join to register.",
@@ -387,6 +399,9 @@ export const formatPrice = (price, currency = "CAD") => {
  * @returns {Object} { ticketType, price, currency, isEarlyBird }
  */
 export const calculateSeriesTicketPrice = (series, member = null) => {
+  // Members without access (guest/suspended/cancelled) get public pricing only.
+  const accessMember = hasMemberAccess(member) ? member : null;
+
   if (!series.tickets?.enabled) {
     return {
       ticketType: "guest",
@@ -400,14 +415,14 @@ export const calculateSeriesTicketPrice = (series, member = null) => {
   const now = new Date();
 
   // Member pricing
-  if (member && series.tickets.member?.available) {
+  if (accessMember && series.tickets.member?.available) {
     const memberTicket = series.tickets.member;
     let price = memberTicket.price || 0;
     let isFree = memberTicket.isFree;
 
     // Check for circle-specific overrides
-    if (memberTicket.circleOverrides && member.circle) {
+    if (memberTicket.circleOverrides && accessMember.circle) {
-      const circleOverride = memberTicket.circleOverrides[member.circle];
+      const circleOverride = memberTicket.circleOverrides[accessMember.circle];
       if (circleOverride) {
         if (circleOverride.isFree !== undefined) {
           isFree = circleOverride.isFree;

tests/server/api/event-registration.test.js

@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ describe('tickets/purchase.post.js', () => {
     expect(source).toContain('upsert: true')
   })
 
-  it('treats guest Members as non-members for pricing and validation', () => {
+  it('treats inactive Members (guest, suspended, cancelled) as non-members for pricing and validation', () => {
-    // Guests must not receive member pricing — plan §2
+    // Only members with access (active or pending_payment) get member pricing.
-    expect(source).toContain('isRealMember')
+    // hasMemberAccess is the shared gate in server/utils/tickets.js.
-    expect(source).toContain('!== "guest"')
+    expect(source).toContain('hasMemberAccess(member)')
   })
 
   it('sets an auth cookie for new guests and returning guests', () => {

tests/server/utils/tickets.test.js

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const pastDate = () => new Date(Date.now() - 86400000).toISOString()
 const baseMember = (overrides = {}) => ({
   email: 'member@example.com',
   circle: 'community',
+  status: 'active',
   ...overrides
 })
 
@@ -340,6 +341,59 @@ describe('calculateTicketPrice', () => {
       expect(result).toBeNull()
     })
   })
+
+  describe('member access by status', () => {
+    it('treats pending_payment members as having access (member pricing)', () => {
+      const event = ticketedEvent()
+      const member = baseMember({ status: 'pending_payment' })
+      const result = calculateTicketPrice(event, member)
+
+      expect(result.ticketType).toBe('member')
+      expect(result.price).toBe(10)
+    })
+
+    it('treats guest members as non-members (public pricing)', () => {
+      const event = ticketedEvent()
+      const member = baseMember({ status: 'guest' })
+      const result = calculateTicketPrice(event, member)
+
+      expect(result.ticketType).toBe('public')
+      expect(result.price).toBe(30)
+    })
+
+    it('treats suspended members as non-members (public pricing)', () => {
+      const event = ticketedEvent()
+      const member = baseMember({ status: 'suspended' })
+      const result = calculateTicketPrice(event, member)
+
+      expect(result.ticketType).toBe('public')
+      expect(result.price).toBe(30)
+    })
+
+    it('treats cancelled members as non-members (public pricing)', () => {
+      const event = ticketedEvent()
+      const member = baseMember({ status: 'cancelled' })
+      const result = calculateTicketPrice(event, member)
+
+      expect(result.ticketType).toBe('public')
+      expect(result.price).toBe(30)
+    })
+
+    it('returns null for suspended member when only member tickets available', () => {
+      const event = ticketedEvent({
+        tickets: {
+          enabled: true,
+          currency: 'CAD',
+          member: { available: true, price: 10, isFree: false },
+          public: { available: false }
+        }
+      })
+      const member = baseMember({ status: 'suspended' })
+      const result = calculateTicketPrice(event, member)
+
+      expect(result).toBeNull()
+    })
+  })
 })
 
 // ===========================================================================
@@ -545,6 +599,57 @@ describe('validateTicketPurchase', () => {
     expect(result.availability).toBeDefined()
   })
 
+  it('allows pending_payment member for members-only event', () => {
+    const event = ticketedEvent({ membersOnly: true })
+    const user = {
+      email: 'pp@example.com',
+      name: 'Pending',
+      member: baseMember({ status: 'pending_payment' })
+    }
+    const result = validateTicketPurchase(event, user)
+
+    expect(result.valid).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects suspended member from members-only event', () => {
+    const event = ticketedEvent({ membersOnly: true })
+    const user = {
+      email: 'sus@example.com',
+      name: 'Suspended',
+      member: baseMember({ status: 'suspended' })
+    }
+    const result = validateTicketPurchase(event, user)
+
+    expect(result.valid).toBe(false)
+    expect(result.reason).toContain('members only')
+  })
+
+  it('rejects cancelled member from members-only event', () => {
+    const event = ticketedEvent({ membersOnly: true })
+    const user = {
+      email: 'can@example.com',
+      name: 'Cancelled',
+      member: baseMember({ status: 'cancelled' })
+    }
+    const result = validateTicketPurchase(event, user)
+
+    expect(result.valid).toBe(false)
+    expect(result.reason).toContain('members only')
+  })
+
+  it('rejects guest member from members-only event', () => {
+    const event = ticketedEvent({ membersOnly: true })
+    const user = {
+      email: 'guest@example.com',
+      name: 'Guest',
+      member: baseMember({ status: 'guest' })
+    }
+    const result = validateTicketPurchase(event, user)
+
+    expect(result.valid).toBe(false)
+    expect(result.reason).toContain('members only')
+  })
+
   it('rejects when no tickets available for user status', () => {
     const event = ticketedEvent({
       tickets: {
@@ -709,6 +814,33 @@ describe('calculateSeriesTicketPrice', () => {
 
     expect(result).toBeNull()
   })
+
+  it('treats pending_payment members as having access (member pricing)', () => {
+    const series = ticketedSeries()
+    const member = baseMember({ status: 'pending_payment' })
+    const result = calculateSeriesTicketPrice(series, member)
+
+    expect(result.ticketType).toBe('member')
+    expect(result.price).toBe(20)
+  })
+
+  it('treats suspended members as non-members (public pricing)', () => {
+    const series = ticketedSeries()
+    const member = baseMember({ status: 'suspended' })
+    const result = calculateSeriesTicketPrice(series, member)
+
+    expect(result.ticketType).toBe('public')
+    expect(result.price).toBe(60)
+  })
+
+  it('treats cancelled members as non-members (public pricing)', () => {
+    const series = ticketedSeries()
+    const member = baseMember({ status: 'cancelled' })
+    const result = calculateSeriesTicketPrice(series, member)
+
+    expect(result.ticketType).toBe('public')
+    expect(result.price).toBe(60)
+  })
 })
 
 // ===========================================================================