Users who have paid or otherwise have access to all content are now called 'premium', and user objects on client and server have an isPremium getter which checks all relevant properties.

app/models/User.coffee

@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ module.exports = class User extends CocoModel
     application.tracker.identify gemPromptGroup: @gemPromptGroup unless me.isAdmin()
     @gemPromptGroup
 
+  isPremium: ->
+    return false unless stripe = @get('stripe')
+    return true if stripe.subscriptionID
+    return true if stripe.free is true
+    return true if _.isString(stripe.free) and new Date() < new Date(stripe.free)
+    return false
+
 tiersByLevel = [-1, 0, 0.05, 0.14, 0.18, 0.32, 0.41, 0.5, 0.64, 0.82, 0.91, 1.04, 1.22, 1.35, 1.48, 1.65, 1.78, 1.96, 2.1, 2.24, 2.38, 2.55, 2.69, 2.86, 3.03, 3.16, 3.29, 3.42, 3.58, 3.74, 3.89, 4.04, 4.19, 4.32, 4.47, 4.64, 4.79, 4.96,
   5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13, 13.5, 14, 14.5, 15
 ]

app/views/account/PaymentsView.coffee

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = class PaymentsView extends RootView
     c = super()
     c.payments = @payments
     c.subscribed = me.get('stripe')?.planID
-    c.active = me.get('stripe')?.subscriptionID
+    c.active = me.isPremium()
     c
 
   onClickStartSubscription: (e) ->

app/views/play/WorldMapView.coffee

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module.exports = class WorldMapView extends RootView
       $('body').append($('<img src="http://code.org/api/hour/begin_codecombat.png" style="visibility: hidden;">'))
       trackedHourOfCode = true
 
-    @requiresSubscription = @terrain isnt 'dungeon' and not me.get('stripe')?.subscriptionID
+    @requiresSubscription = @terrain isnt 'dungeon' and not me.isPremium()
     @requiresSubscription = true
 
   destroy: ->

server/levels/level_handler.coffee

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ LevelHandler = class LevelHandler extends Handler
       Session.findOne(sessionQuery).exec (err, doc) =>
         return @sendDatabaseError(res, err) if err
         return @sendSuccess(res, doc) if doc?
-        return @sendPaymentRequiredError(res, err) if (not req.user.get('stripe')?.subscriptionID) and level.get('requiresSubscription') 
+        return @sendPaymentRequiredError(res, err) if (not req.user.isPremium()) and level.get('requiresSubscription') 
         @createAndSaveNewSession sessionQuery, req, res
 
   createAndSaveNewSession: (sessionQuery, req, res) =>

server/users/User.coffee

@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ UserSchema.methods.register = (done) ->
   delighted.addDelightedUser @
   @saveActiveUser 'register'
 
+UserSchema.methods.isPremium = ->
+  return false unless stripe = @get('stripe')
+  return true if stripe.subscriptionID
+  return true if stripe.free is true
+  return true if _.isString(stripe.free) and new Date() < new Date(stripe.free)
+  return false
+
 UserSchema.statics.saveActiveUser = (id, event, done=null) ->
   id = mongoose.Types.ObjectId id if _.isString id
   @findById id, (err, user) ->

server/users/user_handler.coffee

@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ UserHandler = class UserHandler extends Handler
 
   getStripeInfo: (req, res, handle) ->
     @getDocumentForIdOrSlug handle, (err, user) =>
-      return @notFoundError(res) if not user
+      return @sendNotFoundError(res) if not user
       return @sendForbiddenError(res) unless req.user and (req.user.isAdmin() or req.user.get('_id').equals(user.get('_id')))
-      return @notFoundError(res) if not customerID = user.get('stripe')?.customerID
+      return @sendNotFoundError(res) #if not customerID = user.get('stripe')?.customerID
       stripe.customers.retrieve customerID, (err, customer) =>
         return @sendDatabaseError(res, err) if err
         @sendSuccess(res, JSON.stringify(customer, null, '\t'))