Eligible ChatGPT subscribers can claim API credits; activation and expiry apply
Pro/Business benefits are separate from chat allowances; purchased API credits may be used after promotional credits run out.
OpenAI announced the benefit on October 28. Eligible Pro/Business subscriptions must have been paid for at least seven days. Activation requires ownership of both the subscription/workspace and receiving API organization; both accounts must use the same email. Subscribing alone does not issue a grant.
Full monthly allowances are USD 100/200/500 for the corresponding Pro tiers. Business contributes USD 20 per paid Standard seat or USD 100 per Premium seat, capped at USD 500 per workspace per month. Annually prepaid Business receives a yearly grant capped at USD 6,000. The first grant is prorated; unused credits expire at the billing-cycle end. The offer may change.
Credits fund the linked API organization, not additional ChatGPT or signed-in Codex usage, and exclude Codex through API keys. After promotional credits run out, purchased credits are consumed if available; requests fail for exhausted credit only when no balance remains. Existing rate and model limits still apply.
This is not extra web/app chat usage or a regional launch. Taiwan is API-supported; Hong Kong and Macau are not listed. Individual eligibility, local prices and Traditional Chinese performance are unconfirmed. No claim or API test was performed.
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001626-api-credits-benefit-for-eligible-chatgpt-subscriptions
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/chatgpt-api-credits
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/supported-countries
Full monthly allowances are USD 100/200/500 for the corresponding Pro tiers. Business contributes USD 20 per paid Standard seat or USD 100 per Premium seat, capped at USD 500 per workspace per month. Annually prepaid Business receives a yearly grant capped at USD 6,000. The first grant is prorated; unused credits expire at the billing-cycle end. The offer may change.
Credits fund the linked API organization, not additional ChatGPT or signed-in Codex usage, and exclude Codex through API keys. After promotional credits run out, purchased credits are consumed if available; requests fail for exhausted credit only when no balance remains. Existing rate and model limits still apply.
This is not extra web/app chat usage or a regional launch. Taiwan is API-supported; Hong Kong and Macau are not listed. Individual eligibility, local prices and Traditional Chinese performance are unconfirmed. No claim or API test was performed.
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001626-api-credits-benefit-for-eligible-chatgpt-subscriptions
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/chatgpt-api-credits
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/supported-countries
Usage conditions
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong is absent from OpenAI’s API support list. This benefit is not a local launch; local plan pricing and claim eligibility are unconfirmed. No circumvention guidance.
- Macau
- Macau is absent from OpenAI’s API support list. This benefit is not a local launch; local plan pricing and claim eligibility are unconfirmed. No circumvention guidance.
- Taiwan
- Taiwan is on the API support list, but the benefit is not guaranteed for every account. Paid-duration, plan and ownership rules apply; local prices, activation timing and Traditional Chinese performance are unconfirmed.