--- title: That free $100 Fable 5 promotion changed how Claude... description: Anthropic's free $100 Fable 5 credits promotion quietly enabled 'Usage Credits' on Claude accounts, switching users from a hard rate-limit model to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/that-free-100-fable-5-promotion-changed-how-claude-charges-you-and-most-people-never-noticed-lze6rrbgm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: That free $100 Fable 5 promotion changed how Claude charges you, and most people never noticed | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic's free $100 Fable 5 credits promotion quietly enabled 'Usage Credits' on Claude accounts, switching users from a hard rate-limit model to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/that-free-100-fable-5-promotion-changed-how-claude-charges-you-and-most-people-never-noticed-lze6rrbgm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lZE6rRBGM.png og:image:alt: That free $100 Fable 5 promotion changed how Claude charges you, and most people never noticed og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # That free $100 Fable 5 promotion changed how Claude charges you, and most people never noticed **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Anthropic's free $100 Fable 5 credits promotion quietly enabled 'Usage Credits' on Claude accounts, switching users from a hard rate-limit model to pay-as-you-go billing. Many Pro and Max subscribers were surprised by unexpected charges because Claude kept responding past their normal usage limits without warning. Anthropic disclosed the billing change during enrollment, but most users skipped past it. To avoid surprise charges, users should check their Claude Billing page and disable Usage Credits if they don't need overflow billing. Anthropic has since updated the promotion flow to either not auto-enable Usage Credits or to set a monthly spending cap. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did I get charged extra on Claude after claiming the free Fable 5 credits? Claiming the Fable 5 promotion enabled Usage Credits on the account, which switches billing from a hard usage cap to pay-as-you-go. Instead of stopping at the normal Pro or Max limit, Claude kept responding and billed every response beyond the included allowance. Anthropic disclosed this during enrollment, but many users accepted it without reading closely. _daily.dev surfaces stories like this so subscribers catch billing changes before the next statement._ ### How do I stop Claude from charging me past my Pro plan usage limit? Go to the account's Billing page and check whether Usage Credits are enabled, then disable them if the goal is to have Claude stop once the included Pro or Max usage is exhausted. Leaving Usage Credits on means the service draws from pay-as-you-go credits instead of enforcing the normal wait-and-reset rate limit. _Developers relying on Claude daily can track billing quirks like this through daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yossuf** · 0 upvotes > its basicly no fable in pro now if you want fable you have to use max or you should have millions of dollars ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Anthropic rolls out up to $250 in free Claude Code credits, but only for cloud sessions](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-rolls-out-up-to-250-in-free-claude-code-credits-but-only-for-cloud-sessions-09xrdatai) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic) [View this post on 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