Claude Doubles Usage Limits Outside Peak Hours Through March 27

Claude

Mar 15, 2026 · Updated Jun 5, 2026

Claude is running a two-week promotion doubling usage limits during off-peak hours for Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans. The 2x boost applies outside 8 AM–2 PM ET on weekdays and all day on weekends — no settings change needed.

Claude is running a limited-time promotion from March 13–27, 2026 that doubles usage limits during off-peak hours — outside 8 AM–2 PM ET / 5–11 AM PT on weekdays, and all day on weekends — for Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans. Enterprise is excluded. The boost applies across Claude web, desktop, mobile, Cowork, Claude Code, Claude for Excel, and Claude for PowerPoint with no account changes required. Extra usage doesn’t count against weekly limits.

This gives every plan tier significantly more headroom for the next two weeks. For anyone running intensive Claude Code sessions, iterating on long documents, or working through bigger projects, there’s twice the runway during off-peak hours and full weekends.

Schedule your heavier tasks — coding runs, batch document work, extended research — during off-peak hours or weekends to get the most from the 2x capacity before the promotion closes March 27.

View the full update on support.claude.com

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@claudeaiMar 14

A small thank you to everyone using Claude: We’re doubling usage outside our peak hours for the next two weeks. https://t.co/W7TEBPditq

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