Claude guest passes, explained: a free week of Pro for a friend, $10 in credits for you

What a guest pass actually is

A guest pass is a personal referral link, not a code. There is nothing to type at checkout, and Anthropic issues no public Claude promo codes at all. The deal runs entirely through links that start with claude.ai/referral/:

• Recipient: 7 days of full Claude Pro at no cost, including Claude Code, Cowork, and Claude Design.
• Sender: $10 in usage credits, but only if the friend converts to a paid plan after the trial. No conversion, no credit.
• Pass count: the app shows 3 passes per eligible account (3 of 3 left in the screenshot), and used or expired passes do not refill.
• No cash anywhere: passes have no cash value, cannot be transferred, and the $10 is overage usage credit on the sender's account, not a payout.
• Not an affiliate program: there is no public affiliate signup and no commission. Anthropic's partner referral form is a separate business route.

How to send one, and where to find yours

Passes only appear if your account is eligible, and Anthropic notifies eligible subscribers when they start a Claude Code session, a Cowork task, or a Claude Design session. If you see nothing, your account does not hold passes yet.

1. 1In Claude Code, type /passes. Eligible accounts see their pass cards, each with its own claude.ai/referral link.
2. 2In the Claude desktop app, open Settings, then the Cowork tab, where the 'Give the gift of Claude' screen shows how many passes are left.
3. 3The same passes appear in Claude Design settings. Every surface shows the same links.
4. 4Copy one link per friend and send it. If you share with more friends than you have passes, redemption is first-come, first-served.
5. 5Track status in your referral dashboard: how many passes are left, which were redeemed, and which converted.

What your friend gets, and what it costs them

The week itself is genuinely full Pro, not a limited demo. The catch is entirely in what happens on day 7:

The fine print that matters

Five details decide whether this deal is good or a trap, and all five come from Anthropic's own pages:

• The $10 is what the app shows today. The help article only promises 'a specified amount' of overage credits, so the amount can vary by account or over time.
• Credits expire one year from issuance, and they become void if the referrer downgrades to the Free tier.
• Passes expire or can be withdrawn, and once all are redeemed or expired, no new passes appear.
• A link shared publicly can be claimed by anyone, and public links usually go within minutes.
• Only trust links starting with claude.ai/referral/. Never pay anyone for a pass, and never enter Claude credentials anywhere but claude.ai.

How to get a pass if you do not know a subscriber

The honest answer: you need a subscriber, and there is no public signup that hands you a pass. What works, in order:

• Ask a friend or colleague on Pro or Max. Since Pro accounts are now eligible too, far more people hold passes than when the program was Max-only.
• Community boards list spare passes, but they are claimed fast and some exist to harvest clicks or logins. Treat any board as untrusted until the link itself checks out on claude.ai.
• If no pass is available, the free plan is the fallback, and our free AI tools with no credit card guide covers routes that need no card at all.
• Students should check the student roundup first: a school plan or education route can beat a 7-day trial.

Verdict: worth it, with one calendar reminder

For the recipient, this is the best official way to try paid Claude: a full week of Pro, Code, Cowork, and Design, with the only cost being a payment method on file and a cancellation if you walk away. For the sender, three conversions are $30 in usage credits for doing nothing but sharing links. The whole deal stands or falls on one habit: set a reminder before day 7, because the auto-conversion to $20 a month is the only way this free week costs money.

Like VEED and Higgsfield, Claude's best discount is a link, not a code, which is exactly why code aggregators list it badly. Our promo code verification guide explains why referral routes beat code lists, and why a masked code with no test date should be treated as no code at all.

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