Amazon Store Card now getting 5% back

[Anonymous]

Just wondering if anyone knows what's up with Amazon Store card...I have the store card and was not getting the 5% back when I opened it because I am not the Prime member, my husband is, and the account is in my name. Which we unfortunately found out after a painful phone call to customer service. So we weren't really using the card, just buying a 50 cent giftcard each month.  All of a sudden last month we noticed that I am now getting the 5% Prime statement credit on my account.  This card is now useful to me because none of our other cards right now are beating that deal.  Has this happened to anyone else?  I'm not complaining just confused.

[score_building]

DH Prime membership + Shared Amazon account = 5% Enjoy!

[UncleB]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Just wondering if anyone knows what's up with Amazon Store card...I have the store card and was not getting the 5% back when I opened it because I am not the Prime member, my husband is, and the account is in my name. Which we unfortunately found out after a painful phone call to customer service. So we weren't really using the card, just buying a 50 cent giftcard each month.  All of a sudden last month we noticed that I am now getting the 5% Prime statement credit on my account.  This card is now useful to me because none of our other cards right now are beating that deal.  Has this happened to anyone else?  I'm not complaining just confused.

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That's great news!

Perhaps with the change to 'family' accounts (with both adults having access to each other's payment methods) they now allow a person's Prime benefits to apply to the other person's credit account? 

It would make sense, and does make converting old 'grandfathered' accounts to the new 'family' account less painful.

[Anonymous]

I share my Amazon Prime account with my mom under household and with my DH and both of them receive the 5%back on their cards have been for about a year now. I don't know if it's supposed to happen like that but my DH always says it asks him to upgrade to his own Prime account although that negates the household feature.

[Anonymous]

Isn't it nice when something unexpected actually works out in your favor!

[fot1]

I have prime and only receiving %3

Edit I have the rewards card not store card..Thus %3 versus %5

[UncleB]

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@tamaralig wrote:

I share my Amazon Prime account with my mom under household and with my DH and both of them receive the 5%back on their cards have been for about a year now. I don't know if it's supposed to happen like that but my DH always says it asks him to upgrade to his own Prime account although that negates the household feature.

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I have the same Prime setup you have (myself and two others), and I plan on keeping it as long as I can, but that's different from what they call "Amazon Household".

Last summer Amazon changed the offering; what they call "Amazon Household" is only for the Prime member and one adult.  Also, that other adult will have access to your payment methods, and vice versa. 

I can no longer change the people on my Prime unless I change over to 'Household'... I can't even change the two who are already there (I used to be able to add up to four). 

This is the message I get when I navigate to the screen:

Hopefully they won't force an "upgrade" anytime soon. 

For the time being, it's nice to know that any existing additional people on a Prime membership are covered under the 5% discount when they use an Amazon store card. 

[takeshi74]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Just wondering if anyone knows what's up with Amazon Store card...I have the store card and was not getting the 5% back when I opened it because I am not the Prime member, my husband is, and the account is in my name. Which we unfortunately found out after a painful phone call to customer service.

Always carefully reearch the cards you're considering.  The Amazon Store card's page does state that the cardholder must be an Eligible Amazon Prime Member for 5% and defines what an Eligible Amazon Prime Member means.  Always read the terms and ask questions first if needed.

[Anonymous]

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@takeshi74 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

Just wondering if anyone knows what's up with Amazon Store card...I have the store card and was not getting the 5% back when I opened it because I am not the Prime member, my husband is, and the account is in my name. Which we unfortunately found out after a painful phone call to customer service.

Always carefully reearch the cards you're considering.  The Amazon Store card's page does state that the cardholder must be an Eligible Amazon Prime Member for 5% and defines what an Eligible Amazon Prime Member means.  Always read the terms and ask questions first if needed.

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Excellent advice! I love my Amazon Store card! I was a Prime member for a while before I apped for it and have loved it!

[BallBounces]

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@UncleB wrote:

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@tamaralig wrote:

I share my Amazon Prime account with my mom under household and with my DH and both of them receive the 5%back on their cards have been for about a year now. I don't know if it's supposed to happen like that but my DH always says it asks him to upgrade to his own Prime account although that negates the household feature.

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I have the same Prime setup you have (myself and two others), and I plan on keeping it as long as I can, but that's different from what they call "Amazon Household".

Last summer Amazon changed the offering; what they call "Amazon Household" is only for the Prime member and one adult.  Also, that other adult will have access to your payment methods, and vice versa. 

I can no longer change the people on my Prime unless I change over to 'Household'... I can't even change the two who are already there (I used to be able to add up to four). 

This is the message I get when I navigate to the screen:

Hopefully they won't force an "upgrade" anytime soon. 

For the time being, it's nice to know that any existing additional people on a Prime membership are covered under the 5% discount when they use an Amazon store card. 

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@UncleB:

I think I have seen something different.  I have always had Prime via my spouse.  Not the household type, but the old fashioned authorized Prime user. 

When I received the Amazon store card in mid 2015, I was hoping it would see the connection and give 5% on my store card purchases.  After monthly purchases every single period, I have concluded it does not.   Last night we converted to the household membership with me as second adult.  If what I am reading from others here is true, that should initiate the 5% discount for me.  (We don't have any others we need to share with, so Household should be perfect - now Prime videos can more easily be watched by either account for example).