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Claude March 2026 usage promotion

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Re: Claude March 2026 usage promotion

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Post by colingauvin »

Presumably they have unused compute in those hours and figure they may as well enable people to use it and get more invested into their ecosystem.

What I wish Anthropic would do is be a lot more explicit about what windows apply when. Surely they have the data to say "you get X usage from hours A to B, Y usage from B to C"

Re: Claude March 2026 usage promotion

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Post by timmg »

I’m trying to figure out how this affects weekly limits, since those overlap peak hours. My observation is that it doesn’t. But I could be wrong.

If they are doing it “right” I think any off peak usage should count 50% toward your weekly limits.

Edit: it does look like they are doing it the "right" way.

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Post by itsyonas »

timmg wrote: post #3

I’m trying to figure out how this affects weekly limits, since those overlap peak hours. My observation is that it doesn’t. But I could be wrong. If they are doing it “right” I think any off peak usage should count 50% toward your weekly limits. Edit: it does look like they are doing it the "right" way.

> Does bonus usage count against my weekly usage limit?

> No. The additional usage you get during off-peak hours doesn’t count toward any weekly usage limits on your plan.

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Post by linolevan »

timmg wrote: post #3

I’m trying to figure out how this affects weekly limits, since those overlap peak hours. My observation is that it doesn’t. But I could be wrong. If they are doing it “right” I think any off peak usage should count 50% toward your weekly limits. Edit: it does look like they are doing it the "right" way.

> Does bonus usage count against my weekly usage limit?

> No. The additional usage you get during off-peak hours doesn’t count toward any weekly usage limits on your plan.

Re: Claude March 2026 usage promotion

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Post by linolevan »

itsyonas wrote: post #4
timmg wrote: post #3

I’m trying to figure out how this affects weekly limits, since those overlap peak hours. My observation is that it doesn’t. But I could be wrong. If they are doing it “right” I think any off peak usage should count 50% toward your weekly limits. Edit: it does look like they are doing it the "right" way.

> Does bonus usage count against my weekly usage limit? > No. The additional usage you get during off-peak hours doesn’t count toward any weekly usage limits on your plan.

Oops! Looks like we posted at the same time.

Re: Claude March 2026 usage promotion

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Post by yokoprime »

timmg wrote: post #3

I’m trying to figure out how this affects weekly limits, since those overlap peak hours. My observation is that it doesn’t. But I could be wrong. If they are doing it “right” I think any off peak usage should count 50% toward your weekly limits. Edit: it does look like they are doing it the "right" way.

all weekend is off-peak
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