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Question: Amazon Prime Student free trial

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Hi All

I have belatedly discovered that I can get six months of Prime for free because I have a .ac.uk e-mail address. The thing is, I might not still have it in September because I won't be a student in the next academic year (I don't know when the Uni cuts off your access to the student e-mail).

Will anybody who's done this trial help me out please by sharing their experiences?

Did you need to sign up for a new Amazon account using the student e-mail address in order to get the trial, or was the student e-mail only used to confirm your status as part of the application? (I already have an Amazon account registered to my normal e-mail address.)

Do you still need to be able to access the student e-mail address to cancel Prime when the six months is up? I don't want to be in a situation where I can't stop having to pay for it!

Thanks for reading. :)

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  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    I don't know the answer to your question as I've never heard of Amazon prime Student, but are you sure that your university will cut off your email address? The uni where I work allows alumni to keep their .ac.uk address indefinitely.
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    I have amazon student and never had anything sent to my ac email, so think it is just a checking process to see it is legitimate at time of application.
  • Snakey
    Snakey Posts: 1,174 Forumite
    agrinnall wrote: »
    The uni where I work allows alumni to keep their .ac.uk address indefinitely.
    Oh, that's interesting! I had just made an assumption that it would be cut off at the end of August or maybe a few months afterwards. I will check next week.

    I have been very remiss in looking in to student-style freebies and extras, and need to rectify this asap. :)
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    Have you signed up for the NUS Extras card, valid for 2 years and good savings
  • Mrs_Ryan
    Mrs_Ryan Posts: 11,834 Forumite
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    I have it and I had to re-sign up as for some reason it didn!!!8217;t like my normal account one. I do have emails sent to my ac.uk address but only because I used that to sign up with.
    Also sign up to UNiDAYS, some pretty useful discounts on there!
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