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 routinely delayed by several minutes, presumably due to capacity issues...
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.
I previously received one and was able to activate this one too. I agree it seems like there's more to this, just wanted to add another anecdote to further confuse things. :)
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.
By contrast, OpenAI simply multiplied your subscription usage by 0.5x for the past month. For all the shit they’re rightfully getting, Codex is so nice it’s actually weird.
That's a nice gesture after they seemingly changed the rate at which my credits were being used to like less than half of what I was getting a week ago. But I'm getting tired of all of this changing all the time.
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.
Did Anthropic run Claude in a loop and tell it "work on our pricing and usage strategy", or something?
As far as I can tell, they now have Free, Pro, Max x5, Max x20, Team, and Enterprise tiers. Plus session usage, weekly usage, extra usage (up to a spend limit (set by you) and/or a monthly cap (set by Anthropic)), and now usage bundles, which are extra usage but with a lower price and a fixed amount.
I don't know, but it really feels like there's an LLM churning away somewhere, endlessly tinkering on a PRICING.md file that is gradually accreting strategic slop.
I'm honestly curious who on these plans that's not working with an unlimited enterprise budget would even choose to burn real dollars like this beyond the subscription? What is the personal use case? It seems exorbitantly expensive after you've exhausted your subscription.
Sadly, no: you'll almost certainly burn it, faster than you think.
Anthropic recently (within the last few months) gave out what amounted to around $70 CAD im free credit. I rationed it slowly, spending maybe $5 in a month, using it a few dozen times to allow a Haiku-based task to finish past my usage window.
When Opus and Sonnet 4.6 released, I made the unfortunate mistake of "experimenting" with them on some work that couldn't be thrown away. I hit my timed usage cap, allowed Claude Code to consume 'extra usage' credits, and... nearly vaporized the entire credit balance within a couple tasks.
I understand that Opus and Sonnet are (considerably) more expensive than Haiku, but watching money burn by the dollar, in real-time, was enough for me to turn off extra usage entirely.
At least for european consumers the 12 month limit is probably illegal, as it is equivalent to cash and probably also needs to be refundable (similar to prepaid phone cards).
Sales tax is charged at the "top up" point - guessing that renders the cash into non-refundable disney dollars that vanish to the balance sheet after 1 year and 1 nano second.
My interpretation: they're kicking the OpenClaw, OpenCode, etc. users off and telling them they can use extra usage for third-party tools, and they're softening the blow by offering free and discounted usage, and they're offering it to everyone else too to avoid the appearance of unfairness.
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 routinely delayed by several minutes, presumably due to capacity issues...
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.
I previously received one and was able to activate this one too. I agree it seems like there's more to this, just wanted to add another anecdote to further confuse things. :)
I'm not seeing the usage credit banner either. Didn't manage to claim it.
> I suspect that there's an unstated additional qualification: that your account hasn't previously received an extra usage credit.
My account has never received any credit. I subscribed to Pro only a few weeks ago.
I received the old one and I've received the new one too, so that's not the rule.
Yeah, same here. I think it's just rolling out gradually, mine wasn't showing for the longest time then just randomly appeared.
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.
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.
Auto-reload is off by default, is it not?
As in, what you're toggling on is "use my extra usage balance" not "automatically spend money by adding to my extra usage balance".
I read it as they'll invoice me up to $20. Not sure?
Yes it works exactly like that. Beware
By contrast, OpenAI simply multiplied your subscription usage by 0.5x for the past month. For all the shit they’re rightfully getting, Codex is so nice it’s actually weird.
OpenAI is in deep trouble and are doing everything they can to get back in the game. If they get back in, they will monetize.
And you can also use the long context version on their cheaper plans, where as with Anthropic it's only available to enterprise and Max customers
It eats more tokens than before, but is still more token efficient than Claude Code.
That's a nice gesture after they seemingly changed the rate at which my credits were being used to like less than half of what I was getting a week ago. But I'm getting tired of all of this changing all the time.
You mean this?
https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14063676-claude-march...
I can “buy extra usage” for “up to 30% off” right now, but no free credits to be claimed on profile dashboard at the moment.
Did you have extra usage enabled before checking? Mine was disabled and I received the $20 credit.
I'm also not seeing it. Did you have the "Auto-reload" on or off?
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.
Same
Did Anthropic run Claude in a loop and tell it "work on our pricing and usage strategy", or something?
As far as I can tell, they now have Free, Pro, Max x5, Max x20, Team, and Enterprise tiers. Plus session usage, weekly usage, extra usage (up to a spend limit (set by you) and/or a monthly cap (set by Anthropic)), and now usage bundles, which are extra usage but with a lower price and a fixed amount.
I don't know, but it really feels like there's an LLM churning away somewhere, endlessly tinkering on a PRICING.md file that is gradually accreting strategic slop.
For you, there's only one Anthropic. For them, there are thousands of you, and it's a non-trivial question how to group them.
I'm honestly curious who on these plans that's not working with an unlimited enterprise budget would even choose to burn real dollars like this beyond the subscription? What is the personal use case? It seems exorbitantly expensive after you've exhausted your subscription.
> Your credit expires 90 days after the date you claim it.
I am guessing the vast majority of eligible credit will not be claimed or expire unspent.
Worth mentioning that normal credit expires after 12 months too, use it or lose it.
Sadly, no: you'll almost certainly burn it, faster than you think.
Anthropic recently (within the last few months) gave out what amounted to around $70 CAD im free credit. I rationed it slowly, spending maybe $5 in a month, using it a few dozen times to allow a Haiku-based task to finish past my usage window.
When Opus and Sonnet 4.6 released, I made the unfortunate mistake of "experimenting" with them on some work that couldn't be thrown away. I hit my timed usage cap, allowed Claude Code to consume 'extra usage' credits, and... nearly vaporized the entire credit balance within a couple tasks.
I understand that Opus and Sonnet are (considerably) more expensive than Haiku, but watching money burn by the dollar, in real-time, was enough for me to turn off extra usage entirely.
That free credits have some kind of short expiry date seems to be normal for me.
At least for european consumers the 12 month limit is probably illegal, as it is equivalent to cash and probably also needs to be refundable (similar to prepaid phone cards).
Sales tax is charged at the "top up" point - guessing that renders the cash into non-refundable disney dollars that vanish to the balance sheet after 1 year and 1 nano second.
Getting an error claiming it, but I assume they’re getting pelted by people claiming it right now.
I received the error, but then my account reflected that I had been credited the $20 eventually but still showed that I could claim it.
Wow they really are scrambling huh. London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down…
Why would I want this, if I already have a subscription?
Because they're turning off OpenClaw being able to use your subscription quota, so you'll have to pay Extra Usage in order to use it.
Because it lets you ignore your 5 hour quota for a while.
Why is this company so desperate? Are they running out of cash?
My interpretation: they're kicking the OpenClaw, OpenCode, etc. users off and telling them they can use extra usage for third-party tools, and they're softening the blow by offering free and discounted usage, and they're offering it to everyone else too to avoid the appearance of unfairness.
No, they’re being eaten alive by Openclaw usage and need more people on metered billing as opposed to subscription.
EDIT: I guess that means they are indeed running out of cash.
I assume it was to make-up for the token overconsumption bug.