A Possible Google AI Pro Student Bug: Upgrade Plus to Pro, Pay One Month, Get 351 Days

Students upgrading free Plus to Pro—pay one month, use it until next October.The checkout turns the 321 unused Plus days straight into Pro days, then adds the month you pay for: 351 days in total. People suspect a bug. Pay todayNT$160tax incl., one month You get351 daysincl. 321 left on Plus Next charge2027/10/7then NT$160 a month My checkout screen (Taiwan, 10/21). The current plan is the free student Google AI Plus, upgrading to student Google AI Pro. The red lines mark the key parts. How to get to this screen3 steps Claim the free student Google AI Plus firstA 12-month trial; you verify student status with SheerID. Pick student Google AI Pro in Google OneStudent price NT$160/month (normally NT$650), for up to 4 years in a row. Click through, but read the checkout before decidingIt lists what you pay today, how many days you get, and when billing starts. Why it might be a bug What the Help Center says Upgrading from the trial to a paid plan switches you right away; paid Plus or Pro members moving to student Pro get a prorated refund for the remaining days. Neither says the days carry over. What the checkout says The remaining 321 days are not refunded; they become Pro days, all of them. The Plus trial was free to begin with, so free days are being treated as paid days and swapped for Pro. Reports have been coming in since 10/18 on USCardForum, linux.do and Threads, with different amounts by region. Before you try it ⚠️ It doesn't match the official rules, so it may be fixed or clawed backA linux.do thread about the student offer has “clawed back” in its title. I couldn't open the post itself, so I can't tell whether it's the same trick. ⚠️ Once you go paid, you can't go back to the free trialThe Help Center says so plainly: upgrade from the 12-month trial to a paid plan and you can't get the trial again. ⚠️ Student status has to be re-verified every 12 monthsIf you skip it or no longer qualify, it switches to the full NT$650/month. To stop, cancel on Google Play's Subscriptions page. Sources: Google One Help, “Claim the Google One student offer” (switching rules, re-verification). The checkout is from my own account; I first saw this shared by @samyang.070401 on Threads. This is something users have reported, not an offer Google announced, so go by your own checkout screen. Recorded 2026-10-21.