Google cloud free credits

[Aadesh]

Hi I am new to Google cloud platform. I am currently using Google cloud free trail. I am planning to upgrade my billing account, but I have tons of credit left. What happens to my remaining credit after I upgrade to paid subscription? Will these credit expire after end of 3 months trial period even if I upgrade my subscription?

[glen_yu]

You will still have the free trial credits, but anything that's not used will disappear after the 90 days.  Even if you enable billing, the free trial coverage restrictions still apply (i.e. it doesn't cover the cost of GPUs if you add them to your VMs).  Once the 90 days or credits get depleted (whichever comes first), the charges will go directly towards your billing (so don't spin up an instance group of 10 VMs behind a load balancer and forget about it 😂)

Hope that helps!

[Adry]

Hi Glen, It seems like you are the right person to ask.

I upgraded my account a few days ago and now I can t find my credits anymore and I had about 290 USD left. Do you know where they have gone? I d love to use them before they expire and I remember having at least 3 weeks left of usage.

Thank you!

I hope you can help me out 

[glen_yu]

If you have money and time left, if you go into Billing, you should see it on the lower right hand side (a box there that says "Credits")