Usage drain complaints spiked as a 50% extra-usage promotion ended September 13.

A 491-upvote thread reports a single session consuming 15% of a weekly limit. The thread's consensus identifies the trigger most people missed: a promotion running May through September 13 has ended. The widely repeated complaint is that current drain feels worse than pre-promotion levels, which the expiry alone wouldn't explain. Reported across Pro, Max 20x and Claude Code, with a visible wave of cancellations to Codex, and several switchers reporting comparable limits there. I don't know what's true here. What I'd do before cancelling anything: turn off prompt suggestions per the measurement above, and instrument your own usage rather than arguing from feel.