# Increasing Usage Tier Payment Question

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-usage-tier-payment-question/888889>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** api-usage-tiers\
**Created:** [July 31, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-usage-tier-payment-question/888889 "2024-07-31T17:32:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![djohnson1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/djohnson1/32/512248_2.png) [@djohnson1](https://community.openai.com/u/djohnson1)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-usage-tier-payment-question/888889/1 "2024-07-31T17:32:31Z")

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Will paying the tier minimum in one payment automatically qualify my account for that tier?

I’m in Tier 2 right now and get this error message from the API when I try to create a fine tuning job using gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18:

Your organization must qualify for at least usage tier 4 to fine-tune gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18. See [https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/rate-limits/usage-tiers](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/rate-limits/usage-tiers) for more details on usage tiers.

I’ve only spent $60. If I click “Add to credit balance” and make the amount $190, will that automatically bump my account into Tier 4?

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**Author:** ![jr.2509](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@jr.2509](https://community.openai.com/u/jr.2509)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-usage-tier-payment-question/888889/2 "2024-07-31T17:41:48Z")

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Welcome to the Forum!

Provided that 14 days have elapsed since your first payment, you should be upgraded to Tier 4 after adding another $190. However, it might still take a couple of days for this to come into effect.

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**Author:** ![djohnson1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/djohnson1/32/512248_2.png) [@djohnson1](https://community.openai.com/u/djohnson1)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/increasing-usage-tier-payment-question/888889/3 "2024-07-31T18:21:11Z")

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It worked! It updated the tier instantly