Hi everyone,
Whenever I start a new Gemini API project, I’ve tended to create a separate Billing Account per project to keep costs cleanly isolated. But the rate-limit documentation makes it sound as though tier-upgrade eligibility is based on the billing account’s cumulative spend, so consolidating projects under one high-spend account might actually loosen the rate limits. That has me re-thinking my approach.
When my billing account has already accrued more than USD $1,000 in actual charges, paid over 30 days ago, if I create this brand-new project today and link it to that same billing account, will the new project’s API Key page immediately show the “Upgrade” button so I can move it from Tier 1 to Tier 3?
Or is there any delay / extra step I should expect (e.g., waiting for spending data to propagate, re-verification, manual support request, etc.)?