i dunno, can you?

app/controllers/letter/batches_controller.rb

@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ class Letter::BatchesController < BaseBatchesController
 
       # Only require payment account if indicia is selected
       if letter_batch_params[:us_postage_type] == "indicia" || letter_batch_params[:intl_postage_type] == "indicia"
+        authorize @batch, :process_batch_with_indicia?, policy_class: Letter::BatchPolicy
+
         payment_account = USPS::PaymentAccount.find_by(id: letter_batch_params[:usps_payment_account_id])
 
         if payment_account.nil?

app/policies/letter/batch_policy.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ class Letter::BatchPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
 
   alias_method :set_mapping?, :map_fields?
   alias_method :process_form?, :map_fields?
+
   alias_method :process_batch?, :map_fields?
+
+  def process_batch_with_indicia?
+    user.present? && user.can_use_indicia?
+  end
+
   alias_method :mark_printed?, :update?
   alias_method :mark_mailed?, :mark_printed?
 

app/policies/letter/queue_policy.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ class Letter::QueuePolicy < ApplicationPolicy
     user.present?
   end
 
-  alias_method :create_instant_letter?, :create_letter?
+  def create_instant_letter?
+    return false unless user.present?
+    return true unless record.indicia?
+    user.can_use_indicia?
+  end
 
   def batch?
     record_belongs_to_user || user_is_admin

app/policies/letter_policy.rb

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class LetterPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
   end
 
   def buy_indicia?
-    record_belongs_to_user || user_is_admin
+    user&.can_use_indicia? && (record_belongs_to_user || user_is_admin)
   end
 
   def mark_printed?