Amazon Prime, the $139/year subscription service, is known for its free 2-day shipping, but it offers a plethora of additional perks that may surprise you. For instance, did you know that you can get GrubHub+ for free? The price for Prime has steadily increased over the years, but so have the perks associated with it, making it a fairly easy cost to justify if you take advantage of all (or most) of the perks.
Prime members have access to a large number of feature-length movies and hit original TV shows like The Boys and The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, as well as an Amazon Music Prime library featuring 2 million songs and thousands of curated playlists. Prime members can also download movies and TV shows for watching later offline. If a show or movie you want to watch is not included as part of your basic Prime subscription, you can subscribe to premium channels such as HBO, Showtime, and Starz for $5 to $15 a month, with no need for cable or satellite service. Music lovers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited to get a library of 90 million songs that can be streamed to multiple devices for $9 a month or $89 a year.
If you don’t need your purchase to be delivered quickly, you can opt out of two-day or shorter delivery options by selecting “no-rush shipping” and receive your package in about six days. In return for your patience, Amazon will give you rewards. There’s no standard for no-rush shipping rewards – they vary from item to item – but they generally provide discounts on products and services that you might buy from Amazon. Some common rewards are $1 credits for Amazon digital services like movies, music, and ebooks, $3 coupons for Amazon’s Happy Belly-branded snacks, $10 to $20 off TV or furniture purchases, and $10 to $20 off Amazon Home Services. The value of no-rush shipping will depend on whether you’ll use any of the rewards. It might not seem like much, but a few no-rush shipping selections could easily earn you the $3 to $4 you need for a free movie rental from Prime Video.
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