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Activate My-Trains AI and buy hosted credits

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The My-Trains AI workspace is part of the TIM experience, while hosted provider usage is prepaid separately.

Who can activate or purchase #

  • For a Personal inventory, the eligible billing owner manages the AI choice.
  • For a Club inventory, an authorized Club manager manages activation and hosted-credit purchases.
  • The underlying TIM membership must be active and allow editing.

Activate with hosted credits #

  1. Open My-Trains AI in the intended inventory.
  2. Choose a hosted-credit pack.
  3. Complete Stripe-hosted Checkout.
  4. Return to My-Trains AI and allow Stripe's signed payment confirmation to complete.

Opening Checkout or returning to My-Trains does not activate access by itself. The first completed, verified credit-pack payment activates the entitlement and deposits the credits automatically.

Credit behavior #

  • Recurring allowance credits, when provided, reset each month.
  • Additional purchased credits roll over while the My-Trains AI access remains active.
  • Purchased credits are scoped to the Personal user or selected Club inventory, are non-transferable, and have no cash value.
  • One credit normally covers one identification attempt for one item using up to four prepared photos.
  • Uploading photos alone uses no credit.
  • A displayed credit is committed once the provider request starts, including when the provider cannot identify the item or the connection fails after submission.
  • A failure before provider submission releases the reservation.

Refunds are limited to unused credits. A partially used pack requires support review. Stripe handles card details; My-Trains does not store them.

Still need help? Submit a private support ticket and include only the technical details needed to investigate.

Keep learning

Related documentation #

  • Choose how My-Trains AI usage is billed
  • Connect your own OpenAI or Anthropic API account
  • Identify an item with My-Trains AI
  • My-Trains AI photos, privacy, charges, and troubleshooting
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