Get a Free Year of Amazon Prime with an .EDU Address

TLeTourneau

You don't get Amazon Instant Video or the Kindle lending library with the student version until you move to a paid version for $39.00/yr. This is from the membership page at Amazon.com Help: Amazon Student:

"As an Amazon Student member you'll also get six months of FREE Two-Day Shipping with Amazon Prime on eligible purchases, and will automatically continue receiving Amazon Prime benefits at a cost of $39 a year for up to four years with automatic renewal. After you graduate or at the end of your fourth year of Amazon Student $39 Prime benefits, whichever comes first, your subscription will automatically upgrade on its anniversary date into a full paid subscription for Amazon Prime at $79 a year. Your Student Prime benefits can't be shared with another account, but if you continue with a paid membership you'll receive access to thousands of Prime instant videos, and a Kindle book to borrow for free each month from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. Benefits are subject to restrictions, such as geographic limitations, as stated in our Amazon Prime Help pages. If you don't wish to continue with paid Prime benefits you can set them to not automatically upgrade at any time during the free period."
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"If you sign up for Amazon Student, we'll refund you the remaining months left on your current Amazon Prime subscription. However, you'll no longer have access to certain Amazon Prime benefits such as Prime instant video and Kindle Owners' Lending Library unless you sign up for a paid plan."

At $39.00 a year it's a better deal that the standard Prime account at $79.00 a year. If a person does go for the student account you also lose the ability to share the Prime benifits with others.

Just an FYI for those looking at it.

Mjstokes90

Thanks for the info, I had a free trial for Amazon Prime last year. Might give it a try again if my .edu e-mail works.