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Prime price increase: $14.99 a month, $139 a year
Amazon raised Prime, which includes Prime Video, to $14.99/mo and $139/yr, up from $12.99 and $119
Was $12.99/monow $14.99/mo
What this means for you
Prime cost $2 more a month or $20 more a year; the discounted Student and government-assistance plans rose $1 a month. It was the first Prime price rise since 2018.
What you can do
Evidence
Amazon's February 3, 2022 earnings release said the US Prime membership would rise from $12.99 to $14.99 a month and from $119 to $139 a year, effective February 18, 2022 for new members. The US Prime page shows the old prices, including Prime Student at $6.49 and the government-assistance plan at $5.99, in a capture from the evening of February 17, and $14.99, $139, $7.49 and $6.99 in a capture from the morning of February 18, 2022.
- Prime Monthly
- Was $12.99/mo$14.99/mo
- Prime Annual
- Was $119/yr$139/yr
- Prime Student
- Was $6.49/mo$7.49/mo
- Qualified Gov. Assistance
- Was $5.99/mo$6.99/mo
Sources
- Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Results (Feb 3, 2022) · archived
- Amazon Prime page, US (before, Feb 17 2022, 6:35 pm ET) · archived
- Amazon Prime page, US (after, Feb 18 2022, 5:52 am ET) · archived
- New subscribers:
- Feb 18, 2022
- Existing subscribers:
- Per Amazon's Feb 3, 2022 release, the new price applied to current Prime members after March 25, 2022, on the date of their next renewal.
Effective Feb 18, 2022 · First recorded Feb 3, 2022 · Reconstructed · Verified