Claude Opus 4.6 extra usage promo

Meanwhile codex is running a free tier for a month right now for anyone who wants to experiment with it: https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-codex-app/

Doesn't appear to include the new model though, only the state-of-yesterdays-art (literally yesterdays).

Is this one of those, Hey turn off the overcharge protection because you can go $50 into debt for free, and then maybe you'll just keep going and not notice you owe us an extra $500 type of situations?

Considering all the problems they've been having with over-charging Claude Code users over the past few weeks it's the very least they could do. Max subscribers are hitting their 5 hour usage limits in 30-40 minutes with a single instance doing light work, while Anthropic have no support or contact mechanism for users that they respond to.

You can use this if you started your Pro or Max subscription before Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT.

Go to https://claude.ai/settings/usage, turn on extra usage and enable the promo from the notification afterwards.

I received €42, top up was not required and auto-reload is off.

I mean, it's a nice gesture. I use extra usage a little bit when the quota runs out and I'm still in the middle of a task. (Afterwards I switch to other agents that track limits monthly instead of by 5 hour window.) This $50 credits should last a while.

They are trying to breed more whales

So much cynicism here, I for one am loving Opus and appreciate this

You started your Pro or Max subscription before Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT.

Ah well. Back to Codex.