Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A long-time Claude user who is a US permanent resident had the account suspended two days after paying for an annual plan while temporarily in China.

A warning that paying for Claude and then traveling to or working from an unsupported region can get the account suspended — a real, not hypothetical, risk.

A user reports that an old Claude account was fine on Pro but got banned days after upgrading to Max, attributing it to stricter risk control on Max.

The same user posts that a long-standing Pro subscription had no issues, but the Claude account was banned within days of upgrading to Max due to tighter risk control.

The poster mocks people charging for advice after surviving three weeks on Claude Pro without a ban, and asks how long others have lasted.

A joke listing why people still on Claude are worth befriending: search skills, patience through repeated bans, SOTA usage, and willingness to burn $200 subscriptions.

A user shares two incidents where multiple subscriptions on the same IP led to bans: a secondary account banned same day with failed appeal, and their own account banned next day but restored on appeal.

The poster argues virtual card ranges get risk-flagged as a whole once some Claude accounts are banned, recommending physical cards or iOS/Google Play subscriptions instead.

After reading Claude ban-avoidance guides, the author says the key is regional compliance, real identity, a legitimate subscription and avoiding third-party relays, and worries most about losing an account mid-project.

A user who travels abroad often complains that subscribing to Claude is hard and bans are severe, saying Anthropic has banned 11 of their accounts so far.

The poster says that in China even a hard-won subscription does not guarantee the Claude account will not be banned tomorrow, and that stable use is all down to luck.

A user says they thought Claude subscriptions were no longer being banned, but their own account has been banned.