API credits benefit for eligible ChatGPT subscriptions

Summary

OpenAI now gives subscribers on its $100, $200, and $500 per month ChatGPT plans an equal amount of expiring API credits, which they can apply to one of their API organizations. This matches the benefit Anthropic introduced for Claude Max and Team plans on 2026-10-20. The help article returned 403 to this run, so the details here come from Simon Willison's write-up of it (https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/29/), dated 2026-10-29.

Key points

• Amounts: credits equal to the plan price: $100, $200, or $500 a month.
• Use: you apply them to one API organization of your choice.
• Expiry: the credits expire; how long they last was not confirmed from the primary page.
• How to claim: not confirmed; see the help article.
• Willison, who pays for both vendors, says it lets him publish public demos funded by subscriptions he already has.

Why it matters

Both major vendors now bundle API spend into their top subscriptions, so a subscriber can run small scripts, agents, or demos against the API without separate billing.