If you shop at Amazon get the Amazon Prime Visa Card. 5% Back at Amazon.com and lots more!

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Edit: To clear any confusion. There are 2 different cards. One is the Amazon Prime Store card and is an Amazon card that can only be used on Amazon. The other is the Amazon Prime Visa Card and is a regular Visa card and can be used worldwide. Details about perks and discounts below...


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I had the Amazon Prime Store card. I still have it but it can only be used at Amazon and you have to be a Amazon Prime member to use it. But with the Amazon Prime Visa Card you get:

5% Back at Amazon.com
You earn 5% Back on Amazon.com purchases with an eligible Prime membership (otherwise you earn 3% Back), including digital downloads, Amazon.com Gift Cards, Amazon Fresh orders, Amazon Prime subscriptions, and items sold by third-party merchants through Amazon.com's marketplace.

2% Back at restaurants, gas stations, and drugstores
Use your card everywhere you shop. You earn 2% Back on purchases at restaurants, gas stations, and drugstores.

1% Back on all other purchases
You earn 1% Back on all other purchases.

Plus with Amazon Prime Visa Card you can use it world wide. And unlike the Amazon Prime Store card you can also use it even without being a Amazon Prime member. Only difference is you get 3% cash back at Amazon instead of 5%.
With the Amazon Prime Store card you get to choose between 5% Back or Promotional Financing. Promotional Financing allows you to spread out the payments interest free for a certain amount of months.



A couple of months ago Amazon had a deal where if I applied for the Amazon Prime Visa Card they would give me a $70 gift card. (I don't know if they still have that) So that combined with the other benefits that the card has made me be like fuck it and apply. I got instantly approved and instantly got the $70 gift card. I got approved for a $5,000 credit limit on the spot when I applied online. When the card arrived I saw that my credit limit was increased to $8,000. I'm going to call to try to get an increase in the credit limit because it will likely be the only credit card that I will use.

I'm looking to travel abroad a lot more so the other perks will come in handy like:

No foreign transaction fees
You will pay no foreign transaction fees when you use your card for purchases made outside of the United States.

Travel Accident Insurance
When you pay for your air, bus, train or cruise transportation with your Amazon Rewards Visa Signature Card, you are eligible to receive accidental death or dismemberment coverage of up to $500,000.³

Lost Luggage Reimbursement
If you or an immediate family member check or carry-on luggage that is damaged or lost by the carrier, you’re covered up to $3,000 per passenger.

Baggage Delay Insurance
You can be reimbursed for essential purchases like toiletries and clothing for baggage delays over 6 hours by passenger carrier up to $100 a day for 3 days.

Travel and Emergency Assistance
If you run into a problem away from home, call the Benefit Administrator for legal and medical referrals or other travel and emergency assistance. (You will be responsible for the cost of any goods or services obtained.)

Makes sense to get one card or the other if you shop at Amazon. Especially if you shop there a lot.



More info here: https://www.amazon.com/Credit-Cards/b/?tag=vp314-20
 
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"I still have it but it can only be used at Amazon and you have to be a Amazon Prime member to use it."

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"I still have it but it can only be used at Amazon and you have to be a Amazon Prime member to use it."

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There are 2 different cards. One is the Amazon Prime Store card and is an Amazon card that can only be used on Amazon. The other is the Amazon Prime Visa Card and is a regular Visa card and can be used worldwide.
The perks and discount difference details are in the original post.
 
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too bad you can't add your points to chase sapphire preferred or the reserved card!


Strange thing I noticed when I got the Amazon Prime Visa Card is that I had to sign up through Chase.com to pay bill, view bill, etc.
I already have a Chase credit card account and was already using a Chase credit card regularly and paying my bill online so I didn't have to sign up again and it seems that the points were linked with the Chase credit card that I was using and the Amazon Prime Visa Card.
 

Thanks mine just came it, it took a minute because they got my home phone number wrong and needed further verification...

you do need to sign up to chase to view your bill and transactions, but you have other options to pay...

they started me off with a four thousand dollar credit limit..Im gonna see if I could get that pushed up in a few months...

what did they start you off with??
 
Thanks mine just came it, it took a minute because they got my home phone number wrong and needed further verification...

you do need to sign up to chase to view your bill and transactions, but you have other options to pay...

they started me off with a four thousand dollar credit limit..Im gonna see if I could get that pushed up in a few months...

what did they start you off with??


Upon instant approval of the Amazon Prime Visa Card when I applied online I got a $5,000 credit limit but when the actual card came in the mail the limit had been raised to $8,000.

On the regular Amazon Prime Store card I have about a $2,500 credit limit.
 
Upon instant approval of the Amazon Prime Visa Card when I applied online I got a $5,000 credit limit but when the actual card came in the mail the limit had been raised to $8,000.

On the regular Amazon Prime Store card I have about a $2,500 credit limit.

nice, these card benefits shit on my wells fargo credit card..

good lookin out!!
 
I grabbed one since I do a lot of shopping on Amazon. Been using that and the costco card. Put the Amex on the back burner for a while.
 
1. too bad more people don't read and/or have poor reading comprehension.

2. it is okay to have more than one credit card. this is for the people saying get/use another card, why? the amazon prime VISA SIGNATURE is only one of two cards that gives you 5% off at amazon year round and is the only CREDIT card that does so.

3. reading is fundamental!
 
Strange thing I noticed when I got the Amazon Prime Visa Card is that I had to sign up through Chase.com to pay bill, view bill, etc.
I already have a Chase credit card account and was already using a Chase credit card regularly and paying my bill online so I didn't have to sign up again and it seems that the points were linked with the Chase credit card that I was using and the Amazon Prime Visa Card.

Chase underwrites the Amazon Visa card. This card can be used anywhere.

Synchrony underwrites the Amazon STORE card. This card can only be used at Amazon.
 
1. too bad more people don't read and/or have poor reading comprehension.

2. it is okay to have more than one credit card. this is for the people saying get/use another card, why? the amazon prime VISA SIGNATURE is only one of two cards that gives you 5% off at amazon year round and is the only CREDIT card that does so.

3. reading is fundamental!

Fuck their APR though
 
Fuck their APR though

1. APR doesn't matter if you PIF. And i do my best to PIF.

2. The APR for the store card is the one that sux. Something stupid like 26%. The only reason to have the store card is for the special financing.

3. The APR for the Visa card depends on what your profile looks like when you get the card. If Chase likes your profile you get a low APR in some cases sub 15%. If not, you can end up with near 23% card
 
Too many people are confused and not understanding that Amazon has two cards.

1. A store card that only be used at Amazon. You can get 5% back OR special financing if the purchase is more than 149 bux. You choose if you want the money back or the financing.

2. A co-branded credit card backed by Chase that can be used anywhere. And the co-branded card gives you other benefits as well.

  • 5% back at Amazon
  • 2% back at gas stations, restaurants and drugstores
  • 1% back on all other purchases
  • No foreign transaction fees
 
Too many people are confused and not understanding that Amazon has two cards.

1. A store card that only be used at Amazon. You can get 5% back OR special financing if the purchase is more than 149 bux. You choose if you want the money back or the financing.

2. A co-branded credit card backed by Chase that can be used anywhere. And the co-branded card gives you other benefits as well.

  • 5% back at Amazon
  • 2% back at gas stations, restaurants and drugstores
  • 1% back on all other purchases
  • No foreign transaction fees
The Amex blue cash is still the best 6% on groceries and 3% on gas 1% on everything else
 
The Amex blue cash is still the best 6% on groceries and 3% on gas 1% on everything else

definitely good for groceries. but you can easily do better on gas. that is why is said who made it a rule that you only have one card. if i had a BCP i would definitely use it for groceries. but that would be it. i prefer costco gas because they have tier 1 gas at a decent price and i get 4% off with my citi costco visa sig. but if i didn't care about tier one i could get 5% back with my sams's club mastercard.

different cards have different uses. figure out what works strategy works best for you. pay in full or keep a balance on 0% card and make the cash back!
 
With the 100,000 Sign up points the Chase Sapphire is still the best card...

best card is relative. if you don't want to pay that 495 annual fee and can't meet the spend for the bonus (4k in 90 days) then it is not the best card. Also, the bonus is now only 50k as of 3/12/2017.
 
best card is relative. if you don't want to pay that 495 annual fee and can't meet the spend for the bonus then it is not the best card. Also, the bonus is now only 50k as of 3/12/2017.
it's 450 annual fee.. the 100k point would offset that.. plus this card is for people who travel with 720+ credit score
 
it's 450 annual fee.. the 100k point would offset that.. plus this card is for people who travel with 720+ credit score

as i said, the 100k bonus is over with as of yesterday. it is now only 50k. and not everyone who travels wants to pay a 450 annual fee for a card. not only that not everyone can meet a 4k spend in 90 days. also if you check the creditboards database people with 680's (or less) and 4ok annual incomes are getting that card as well.

https://creditboards.com/forums/index.php?s=9fe37f761bf54ddbcb7c10cf34789bd3&app=creditpulls

one card is not the best for everyone.
 
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Amazon doesn't have the best prices anymore though, even with 5% you can should around and get better prices.

true, but I like their free two day shipping and customer service/return policies..

to me that sets them slightly apart from the rest..

even though if you dont purchase a certain amount of items a year, then you are payin for that two day service, with the annual prime fee...but with perks like on demand video included its still not a bad deal at all

I seen other companies beat amazon prices up to forty percent, but the customer service was horrible and you payin for that two day shipping.
 
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