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The Offer
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- Amazon is offering a $40 discount on Amazon Prime for veterans and active military. Cost will be $79 instead of $119. Valid for new Prime members and for existing Prime members.
The Fine Print
- Available November 6 – November 11
- To receive this promotion, you must be a verified U.S. veteran, Active Duty or Reserve or National Guard member. You can attempt verification a maximum of three times.
- This promotion is available Nov 6–11.
- Prime Student and discounted Prime members are not eligible for this promotion.
- Amazon and Partner Rewards points can’t be applied towards this promotion
Our Verdict
Really a nice discount, and it’s nice that they are giving the discount for existing Prime members too. Existing Prime members will pay the $79 now and extend their current membership for an additional year.
I love that Amazon is doing this for those who’ve served. For our readers who are veterans and military, hats off to your for your service. Happy Veteran’s Day!
Verification failed -so as it is getting late, I called and the rep said she would refund $40 to the card I paid for Prime with in July- (paid in full the $119) guess that is better than extending it – Thank you for posting about this!
I failed verification two times using my most recent separation date from the National Guard. However, I was asked by support to try a third time. This time I used my separation date from Active Duty and it worked. So for anyone in a similar situation, try your active duty separation date instead.
I stacked this with the current $15 off $75 Citi Dividend offer I just got in email. Thanks DOC!
My husband, who is a veteran, tried to take advantage of the Veteran’s Day deal ($79 for Prime Membership). He entered his information and due to an error on the Amazon site, it didn’t go through. We contacted Amazon who told us to try again. Again, we tried and it didn’t work. Contacted Amazon again. We were told to wait 48 hours. Tried again tonight and it still won’t work. Contacted Amazon again and now we are told we have exceeded the maximum amount of tries and they won’t honor the $79 deal. I hope everyone else has better luck. We didn’t do anything wrong and Amazon should honor the deal. Not very happy with Amazon right now and thinking of canceling our subscription.
Sorry to hear that. I was able to take advantage of this deal after entering my name and separation date. I’d create an account at https://www.id.me/, take a screenshot, and send it to Amazon as a proof. Shame on Amazon if they don’t honor it. Veterans deserve better. Thank you to your spouse for his service.
You might consider opening up the account in your name, and then trying with your husband’s details. Ken reported that worked in his case earlier.
— > IF using your DD-214, then figuring out your “Separation Date” is NOT OBVIOUS!!
— > The date you should use is the one in BOX 11-D – “Effective Date”, and should be about the same date as the date your DD-214 was issued/created.
Do NOT use the “Terminal Date of Reserve Obligation”, BOX 16, which will be about 2 years AFTER your DD-214 was issued.
— > For those LEAVING the military in the future, here’s a TIP: Get about 10 or 15 CERTIFIED NOTARIZED original copies of that DD-214, and file them away. That’s been a huge help over the past 49 years. 🙂
— > Thanks Doc!! — I heard this was only for NEW Prime members, but it was also for existing members as well.
— > I had to try this TWICE, since the Amazon Prime AMEX card had a credit, which I tried to apply when checking out. Had to start all over again, because then it wanted to charge me $119 instead! (It WILL however, take GIFT cards if you try to apply them at checkout).
— > By getting this offer, I DID PROVE, which date works as the “official date” to use.
Try calling 888.280.3321 Its US based CSR and they can escalate to a supervisor – who should have the power to issue you a $40 GC or account credit.
I had the exact same experience. Emailed the veterans email they provided on website and got no response. Chatted with amazon 11/9 and was told there is nothing they can do and I should sit tight and the email I sent on 11/7 will be answered. 11/13 still no answer emailed and chatted again. Now all they say is the deal has ended and their is nothing they can do. I elevated to supervisor and was told the same thing. I am active duty so it really should not be hard to do on their end. Their website never worked for me. Its a shame they offer such poor customer service for veterans.
Had Prime, but bought this and it automatically extended my Prime until 2021. Thanks for posting.
Does anybody have a reasonable guess how this will interact with the Verizon PRIMEONUS promotion (https://www.verizonwireless.com/military/)? I submitted for that yesterday, so I won’t have it until after this promotion is over. If I could reasonably expect that doing both would simply add two years to my current membership, I’d do this one as well, but if doing this one would somehow mean I wouldn’t be able to use the Verizon one, that would be a bummer (free is better than $79).
The Verizon promotion came today (earlier than they had stated). It, too, allows you to simply add a year, so I don’t see any reason the two can’t be combined. Now I just have to decide if I really want to pay $79 now to extend my Prime membership when I’m already paid through March 2021. How common are such deals?
Thanks, Doc, for the news. I never would have know.
They just charged my credit card for my renewal two days ago so I had to go through chat to cancel my Prime membership and get my $119 refunded and then immediately subscribe to Prime again at the $79 rate. It was a bit of a hassle, but worth it for $40.
Again, thanks, Doc.
Our Prime membership is in my wife’s name and she’s not a veteran but I am. Logged into her account and entered my info for the promo and her (our) Prime membership was extended for 1 yr for $79. SWEET!
I got the email. I want to pay with the combo of money and a gc through SB (Swagbucks). Do you know if it will track?
Thanks for posting this!
How many veterans’ Prime memberships come up for renewal between Nov 6 and 11? Doubt it is very many unless they got in on the same deal in previous years.
IDK but I think that unless your current subscription is GoP (Gift of Prime) or a discounted in some way I would imagine that you can pre-pay or renew ithe next year of in advance – Only guessing as waiting till my current GoP sub expires in next day or two to try.
Looks like the fixed the GOP glitch. I was not able to sign up yesterday but was able to do so this morning.
It gets added to the end of your current subscription.
It extends your membership.
Or you can cancel, get a prorate, and then buy a year.
Doesn’t matter when your Prime ends. If you’re eligible for this, buy it. Your Prime will automatically extend one year. Mine extended from June 2020 to June 2021.