Ran out sonnet 4.0 in 35 requests - any ideas on how to to get back old pricing option?

All this and gone in 1 day, what’s the point of new pricing system? not even max mode, and all it was doing was fixing unit tests. Is there a way to still opt for 500 requests per month?

hi @umerqr

Cursor does not track requests but token and model usage which depends on details reported by AI providers through API.

Your screenshot shows high token consumption.

This may mean

  • Very heavy coding usage
  • Large context used

Recommendations

  • Use thinking models only when there is a clear requirement to use them as they do not have much higher quality output than non-thinking models, but consume much more tokens.
  • Check and avoid attaching too much context like files, rules, MCPs,…
  • Keep chats focused on single tasks and short.

For more see following, incl. how to optimize your usage:

Hi,
I have had same usage patterns before as well, when the plan was at 500 requests, and then went on to unlimited and now to this new tier system. Is there a way to revert to 500 premium requests or is that expired? This is a big turn off as claude code can do so much more than cursor with these new changes in. at least with older format it could compete against claude code.

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Please contact [email protected] for switching to the legacy plan.

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