ChatGPT Plus Free — 1 to 12 Months Through 9 Official Doors
1 month Plus ── 2 months Plus ── 3–12 months Go ── 12 months Plus
One flow: scan the radar → open your door → run the play →
day-28 reminder →
free Plus (or Go).
| # | Door | You get | Fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 month Plus, $0 | older accounts | |
| 2 | 2 months free → 48-mo discounts | free plan + card | |
| 3 | 3–12 months Go | outside US/Brazil | |
| 4 | 7 days → 3 months Plus | free plans | |
| 5 | 1 free month | paying users | |
| 6 | 1-month Plus / Go year | ||
| 7 | student offers + packs | everyone | |
| 8 | 12 months Plus | US veterans | |
| 9 | 12 months Plus | citizens/residents |
🪄 Door 1 — 1 Month Plus at $0 (older accounts)
Full Plus month for $0 — it lights up on eligible accounts even when no banner shows anywhere
Play:
- Sign in to your ChatGPT account
- Open
chatgpt.com · Claim free offer - Plus shows $0 / “Claim free offer” → claim → add card (disposable, rule
below)
Day 28 → Settings → Billing → cancel (access runs to day 30)
Offer lights only on some accounts — the targets are never-subscribed free accounts with real usage, in covered regions →
warm the account (use the free tier daily, hit the usage caps), then recheck the promo link weekly on every account you own · offers surface by email + in-product too
🏷️ Door 2 — Business Codes: 2 Months Free → up to 48-Month Discounts
Partner codes on ChatGPT Business/Team checkout — Codex included, up to 71% off
Codes live now:
| Region | Codes |
|---|---|
madewellaius · polyagentsus |
|
madewellaica |
|
polyagentsau |
|
polyagentssg |
Play:
- ChatGPT checkout (chatgpt.com → upgrade)
- Enter a code for your region — checkout country + IP must match it
- Discount shows on the price → lock it in. No discount on screen → don’t pay, next code
- Codes die permanently — a dead code is just dead, grab the next
Any country unlock — codes follow the pattern companyname + country (madewellaius = madewell + ai + us, thinkingmachinesth = th). Hunt + validate your own with gpt-promo-scanner (950
, open source):
- Logged in at chatgpt.com → open
chatgpt.com/api/auth/session→ copyaccessToken git clonethe repo →pip install→ paste the token intoconfig.tomlpython discover_codes.py --cross→ sweeps company names × 34 countriespython auto_scan.py GB→ prints ELIGIBLE / EXISTS (wrong region — switch country) / deadpython open_stripe.py <code> <country> <token>→ the official Stripe checkout link- Pace it: ~50 checks per burst max · dead codes stay dead
Codes go on official chatgpt.com checkout only — the discount must show before paying
🏦 Door 3 — Revolut: 3–12 Months of Go Free
3 months (Standard/Plus) → 12 months (Metal/Ultra) of ChatGPT Go — worldwide except US/Brazil, running to 29 Jul 2027
Play:
- Revolut app → profile icon → Your plan
- Benefits → See all → ChatGPT Go → claim
- Needs the in-app invitation + no active ChatGPT subscription on the ChatGPT side
Needs a Revolut plan, offer skipped in US/Brazil →
Revolut runs in ~40 countries (check yours) and the free Standard plan already carries 3 months — higher tiers carry up to 12 · US/BR → doors 1 + 2
💌 Door 4 — Invite Codes: 7 Days → 3 Months Plus
OpenAI’s official gifting system — eligible users gift free Plus trials to free-plan accounts
Play:
- Watch your email
and in-product banners in ChatGPT — invites arrive there - Open the invite link → sign in on a free-plan account → trial applies
- Receiving account must have no active paid plan
Invites land only on senders in OpenAI’s per-campaign pools →
keep the free account active (that’s who campaigns target), watch email + in-product banners, and grab spares from the replies below ![]()
🔁 Door 5 — Retention Month (already paying)
1 free month for staying on an active Plus plan
Play:
- Settings → Billing → Manage subscription → start the cancellation flow
- The free-month offer appears → accept
- Close the flow — you stay Plus, the month is free
Screenshot the offer before accepting
Retention is targeted — effectively once per account, on directly-billed monthly Plus →
stack it: claim Door 1’s $0 month first, then run this cancel-flow before day 30 and take the free month if it shows
🌊 Door 6 — Country Waves (India · Japan · Indonesia)
Free offers rotate country by country —
India drops 1-month Plus on eligible accounts ·
Japan runs ¥0 trials ·
Indonesia gets 1-month drops
Play:
- Weekly, 2 min: open the
promo link signed in from your country - $0 appears → claim same day
- Japan: JP network + a regular (edu/hotmail) email triggered the ¥0 wave
- India: eligible accounts see the 1-month Plus right on the upgrade screen
Waves are country-locked →
they follow OpenAI announcements — recheck right after big news drops
🎒 Door 7 — The .edu Unlock (opens every student offer)
One real student email → ChatGPT Plus student offers + Google AI Pro 1 yr + GitHub Student Pack + Codex credits
Play:
- Apply at
apply.umgc.edu — open enrollment, fully online · fee is $50 unless a waiver window or webinar code is live (watch for it) - Pick Non-Degree / Undergraduate · location United States · every military question = None
- Register 1 class in In-Person format — Human Resources Management or Accounting subjects register reliably ← the unlock step
- Activation needs the registration, not tuition —
@student.umgc.eduopens ~6–24 h later (check Outlook) - Verifications that want proof → portal digital student ID screenshot + admission letter PDF → ~99% pass
Student offers verify against the registrar →
UMGC is open enrollment — one real class makes you a real student, worldwide · full field-tested walkthrough: our community thread
🪖 Door 8 — Veterans: 12 Months Plus ($240)
A full year of Plus — verified straight against the DoD database
Play:
- Sign in to the ChatGPT account you want it on (it can’t be moved later)
- Open
chatgpt.com · Claim Now - Enter: exact legal name + DOB + branch + discharge date (within the last 12 months)
- Instant match → approved
· instant miss → upload your DD-214 (review 24–72 h, 3 attempts)
Discharge must be inside the 12-month window →
National Guard + Reserve count the same as active
🇲🇹 Door 9 — Malta: a Free Year from the Government
12 months of Plus (or Copilot Pro — your choice) for a ~2-hour AI literacy course — Maltese citizens and registered residents, ages 14+
Play:
- Open
ai4all.gov.mt → sign in with your Malta eID - Finish the course (~2 hours)
- Claim the subscription — Plus or Copilot Pro
eID = Malta identity →
registered residency qualifies too — one free $240 per person
Disposable card, $0–1 loaded → Revolut (free first virtual card, ~40 countries) · Wise (most of the world, virtual cards outside the US) · Bybit Card (30+ countries) · Privacy.com
— pre-auth passes, renewal fails, $0 surprises
Claim date + 28 days → check billing → cancel in Settings → Billing — access runs to day 30 regardless
Official chatgpt.com pages only → every code and offer, discount visible before paying
OpenAI rotates all nine every month — the people running Plus for free are just the ones who recheck. ![]()
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