# Increasing Tier Level Faster

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-tier-level-faster/1244710>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** api-usage-tiers\
**Created:** [April 28, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-tier-level-faster/1244710 "2025-04-28T05:21:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Portiss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/portiss/32/511497_2.png) [@Portiss](https://community.openai.com/u/Portiss)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-tier-level-faster/1244710/1 "2025-04-28T05:21:00Z")

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Hi,

I am currently on the Free Tier account for Model 4.1. I am wanting to get to Tier 2 and have already loaded $50 credit to my account.

My current API call uses minimal Tokens with Model 4.1 and therefore reaching the $50 Tier 2 threshold will take a very very long time (months).

Is there a way to speed up the process and allow me to reach Tier 2?

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**Author:** ![phyde1001](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/phyde1001/32/711957_2.png) [@phyde1001](https://community.openai.com/u/phyde1001)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-tier-level-faster/1244710/2 "2025-04-28T05:27:26Z")

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Hi,

Welcome to the forum,

You only have to wait 7 days after _first successful payment_… Not usage of all $50 credit

[Usage Tiers](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/rate-limits/usage-tiers)

 ![The image displays a table outlining the usage tiers, qualifications, and monthly usage limits for an API service, ranging from a free tier to Tier 5. (Captioned by AI)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/c/e/b/cebc6e7c67970434b4f2142d6e63d386edb8dc48.png)

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**Author:** ![\_j](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/_j/32/766292_2.png) [@\_j](https://community.openai.com/u/_j)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-tier-level-faster/1244710/3 "2025-04-28T05:42:37Z")

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> [@Portiss](#):
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> Is there a way to speed up the process and allow me to reach Tier 2?

**Do not add more money** until an ongoing problem with tiers and recalculation not working **at all** is fixed. Tier 1 should have been instantly delivered with any payment.

Then, not more than another five dollars to trigger a recalculation and see that the tier 2 works, which should be instant after that waiting period elapses.

Usage is not required. I’m sure if you added lots of money for credits that expire after a year, and don’t use them for services, OpenAI would be quite happy.

If it has been more than a week with you sitting on $50, you could just send a message through “help” - "_action needed: fix my tier to match the amount paid and waiting period."_

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**Author:** ![Portiss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/portiss/32/511497_2.png) [@Portiss](https://community.openai.com/u/Portiss)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-tier-level-faster/1244710/4 "2025-04-28T09:11:18Z")

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Great thank you both for your help!

I will wait 7 days until it recalculates and see if I instantly upgrade to Tier 2.