Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The author's Claude account was banned a month ago; they now rely on Kiro's free credits, complain about slow responses and expiring quota, and note verified accounts are sold on the black market.

A user received $100 in free Claude Code API credit but worries that actually using it could get their account banned.

The poster says their Claude accounts kept getting banned, so they moved to ZenMux and won Claude Opus 5.5 credits from a $1 Halloween box.

The post suggests using AWS new-account credits to call Claude via Bedrock, sidestepping KYC checks and IP-based bans.

Explains that after an Apple refund Anthropic is notified and membership perks and quota drop; a mistaken charge just reverts to free tier, while a banned account loses nothing extra.

The poster's new Claude account went two days on mobile without a ban, so they installed the PC app to see how long it lasts, praising the generous quota and high first-try success rate.

A user whose Claude subscription was banned and refunded asks whether re-subscribing with the same account ID carries ban risk.

Kimi K3.1 Pro nears Opus 5.5 on benchmarks and grants 25% extra quota, contrasted with Claude banning 11.4 million accounts and unstable quotas.

The author drops Codex for Claude Max 5x, citing Opus 5.5 quality, while warning that Anthropic bans accounts without warning and sharing how to claim API credits.

A close read of Anthropic's 300-page English prospectus covering ban, usage-limit and outage clauses plus ties to SpaceX, Google and Amazon, with a Claude account-rules checklist and a reading prompt.

The author says their Claude 5x account was banned, so they now subscribe via the App Store and rotate Plus plans as weekly quotas run out.

Claiming the $250 Claude Code cloud session credit for Max users got two accounts banned; the author recovered using a US Apple ID and US visa.