Amazon Prime

xiggi
Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:16:20 +0000

If I already have an amazon.com account with amazon prime, how can I add my student to get a year free?



Why not the share features of YOUR account. See http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_navbox_manage_share?nodeId=200444180#share



Sharing Amazon Prime Benefits
Prime members under a free trial or paid subscription can share their benefits with up to 4 additional family members living in the same household, or up to 4 coworkers to shop for the related account.
To invite family members to share your Amazon Prime membership, sign in to Your Account and click on the link to “Manage Prime Membership.” You’ll see your current membership details, the status of all members linked to your Amazon Prime membership, and options to add or remove members.

Amazon Student members with Amazon Prime benefits will not be able to share their benefits with additional people. Customers who receive their Amazon Prime shipping benefits through Amazon Mom can share their benefits with 1 person within or outside of their household. All existing shared household members will continue to receive shipping benefits if the primary member switches to the Amazon Prime shipping benefits offered by one of these programs, however, the primary member will not be able to add or change shared household members if they move to one of these programs.



The free account has limitations, and will cost your student 39 dollars next year. One such limitation is “Customers who receive their Amazon Prime shipping benefits through Amazon Student will not be able to share their benefits with additional people.”

Regardless of the view that Amazon is crazy like a fox, sharing the student account is not authorized. And, fwiw, unauthorized uses of the benefits might have to be reimbursed.