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Extra usage credit for Pro, Max, and Team plans

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Re: Extra usage credit for Pro, Max, and Team plans

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Post by joecot »

2bluesc wrote: post #4

TBH, it looks to me as a trick to enable extra usage by baiting me with $20 credit by toggling on the feature that lets me burn another $20 without realizing it. Toggling it again to turn it off immediately after (which I assume most people will miss) seems to guard against this.

That's not the purpose of the trick. The purpose is to soften the blow for turning off support for OpenClaw and other third party connectors. Now to use OpenClaw et all you'll have to pay at extra usage pricing, it won't count against your normal quota.

I'd actually be happy with this if they turned OpenCode support back on.

Re: Extra usage credit for Pro, Max, and Team plans

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Post by smeej »

j_bum wrote: post #19
2bluesc wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you have extra usage enabled before checking? Mine was disabled and I received the $20 credit.

Yes, I did have it enabled. Though the terms say you "must have it enabled", not "must not have had it enabled". Perhaps there is a roll-out difference.

Well this feels scammy, or at least annoying AF. I tried toggling it on to see if that would make the credit appear, even though I'd never had it on before and never needed to use it, and since my balance was under $5, it auto-charged me $15. All I wanted to do was try to make the free $20 banner appear, and I didn't get that either.

Re: Extra usage credit for Pro, Max, and Team plans

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Post by aenis »

modeless wrote: post #25

The only listed qualification is "You’ve subscribed to a Pro, Max, or Team plan by April 3, 2026 at 9 AM PT", however I am not getting the banner for this credit. I suspect that there's an unstated additional qualification: that your account hasn't previously received an extra usage credit. I don't know if they should be handing out more credits right now considering that my Sonnet requests in Claude Code are routine…

Dunno, maybe there is a bug. I was both a subscriber, and had the extra usage enabled, and paid for extra usage before, and didn't get the extra credits. I am on the max plan, so was rather looking forward to the extra $100 to burn on /fast mode.

Re: Extra usage credit for Pro, Max, and Team plans

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Post by mh- »

arjie wrote: post #37
modeless wrote: post #25

The only listed qualification is "You’ve subscribed to a Pro, Max, or Team plan by April 3, 2026 at 9 AM PT", however I am not getting the banner for this credit. I suspect that there's an unstated additional qualification: that your account hasn't previously received an extra usage credit. I don't know if they should be handing out more credits right now considering that my Sonnet requests in Claude Code are routine…

I received the old one and I've received the new one too, so that's not the rule.

I agree. I happened to see Boris' tweet about it as soon as it posted, and the endpoint for redeeming the credits (the one that fires when you click it on the usage page) was already returning sporadic 400s for everyone.

I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled it back so they could spread out the load.

edit: whoops, meant to leave this as a reply to the (now-sibling) comment from 'flutas.

Re: Extra usage credit for Pro, Max, and Team plans

#46

Post by smeej »

smeej wrote: post #42
j_bum wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I did have it enabled. Though the terms say you "must have it enabled", not "must not have had it enabled". Perhaps there is a roll-out difference.

Well this feels scammy, or at least annoying AF. I tried toggling it on to see if that would make the credit appear, even though I'd never had it on before and never needed to use it, and since my balance was under $5, it auto-charged me $15. All I wanted to do was try to make the free $20 banner appear, and I didn't get that either.

It got extra fun. I tried to talk to the Fin AI and it closed the chat twice without even responding. It just told me I'd have to try again.

Fin isn't half as useful as Claude, and if that's not telling, I don't know what would be.

Re: Extra usage credit for Pro, Max, and Team plans

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Post by modeless »

youknownothing wrote: post #36
modeless wrote: post #25

The only listed qualification is "You’ve subscribed to a Pro, Max, or Team plan by April 3, 2026 at 9 AM PT", however I am not getting the banner for this credit. I suspect that there's an unstated additional qualification: that your account hasn't previously received an extra usage credit. I don't know if they should be handing out more credits right now considering that my Sonnet requests in Claude Code are routine…

maybe they've changed the page since you checked but there are two requirements, the second one being: - You’ve enabled extra usage If you haven't, then you don't get the credit.

That's not really a qualification so much as a required step, as you can do it anytime in the next two weeks to get the credit. And I have, but no credit.

Re: Extra usage credit for Pro, Max, and Team plans

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Post by modeless »

modeless wrote: post #25

The only listed qualification is "You’ve subscribed to a Pro, Max, or Team plan by April 3, 2026 at 9 AM PT", however I am not getting the banner for this credit. I suspect that there's an unstated additional qualification: that your account hasn't previously received an extra usage credit. I don't know if they should be handing out more credits right now considering that my Sonnet requests in Claude Code are routine…

I guess it was just delayed. I received the credit banner just now and redeemed it successfully.
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