billing question about $10 club credit that showed in the filing page, but didn't get applied to state e-filing fee

Nowhere in the "big print" was there a deadline for using the $10 club credit, and Oct 15, 2025 it was showing up on the final step for billing, but when I actually went to PAY for the filing the credit disappeared. When I looked it up on the website, apparently the credit expired on April 15, 2025. 

If I had wanted to purchase the $45 (IMHO worthless "Premium service" upgrade) in order to deduct the filing fee from my return, it was shown as being applied there. A "premium service" seems to be a useless rip-off, so why would I bother.