And I just finished almost three months of emergency military service and my credit card was just cancelled before due to my own mistake. Had I been two weeks into that three month window, I would have missed the renew date.

Even after the reg term expires there’s typically a grace period before the domain is unrecoverably recycled. Find a registrar with good policy, though some things are regulated by internet orgs.

Yes, thanks.

This is a nice approach.

Having too many active domains can be a pain tho