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[Hack] Multiple Extensions to Amazon Australia Prime 30-Day Free Trial (User Reported 6 Months Extension) @ Amazon AU

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[Hack] Multiple Extensions to Amazon Australia Prime 30-Day Free Trial (User Reported 6 Months Extension) @ Amazon AUAffiliate
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alexshel on 10/12/2021 - 22:31 amazon.com.au (2801 clicks)
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it appears that the deal is back - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/614361

My new 1-month Trial membership was about to expire in 2 days, on 12 Dec. Using Amazon Android app, I just went to Cancel - clicked "Continue to cancel", then accepted offer to change plan to Annual. Then again went to cancel, clicked continue to cancel button, switched back to Monthly plan and my trial got reset with expiry on 9 January now ! It now says "29 days left in your trial".

There was no message to extend the trial for another 30 days or anything like that. It just happened without prior notification.

Update: according to xyzzyxyzzy, this "hack" could be used multiple times and extend your Trial up to at least 6 months !!

Update2: Do not change your Prime membership card details, as this may cancel Trial "extendibility" (read this comment) Update 3: read this comment

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    • karnage1020 on 21/02/2022 - 13:02

      Same thing happened to me last month, and now I can't renew it for a 3rd time.

      Was fun while it lasted I guess.

  • PurpleClover on 21/01/2022 - 22:32
    +1

    Thanks OP!

  • elenia on 24/01/2022 - 11:55

    didnt work for me on first 1 month trial

  • Foreveryone on 26/01/2022 - 11:32
    +1

    Tried this just now and it works well for me! Got another 29 days left for free trial. Thanks OP!!

  • UosdwisRDewoh on 30/01/2022 - 00:52
    +1

    Still works :)

  • Rodo on 31/01/2022 - 18:33
    +4

    Did not work for the 4th time. No idea why. Have tried switching multiple times over the past few days but no good. Oh well, managed to get just over 2 months for free which is great considering.

  • JasonLDZ on 01/02/2022 - 21:25

    Didnt work for me anymore..Not sure why.

  • Postal Dude on 02/02/2022 - 19:46
    +1

    Worked on pc

  • tatnal on 03/02/2022 - 09:31
    +1

    still works, onto 3rd month now

  • alexshel on 04/02/2022 - 18:08

    Just extended mine 3rd time (for 4th month) 2 days before expiry. It gave me another 29 days.

  • NeverMissABargain on 05/02/2022 - 18:46

    What a hack! Tried and it worked

  • muzzheng on 05/02/2022 - 21:51
    +3

    Update - mine has stopped working on the third time trying to do this hack.Never really used my account to do anything, didn't change card details.

    1 day out from expiry, went to end membership. Got offered to change to annual payments as usual. Clicked accept, Amazon says this action was successful. However, it still confirms I would be on the monthly payment, not annual. Go to cancel again, get offered to change to annual payments again. Clicked accept and same story, site says success but nothing actually happens and I can't change over to annual payment. An infinite loop.
    When trying to manually change to annual payment in the "see more plans" option, I get the message "Due to a technical problem, we could not process your request completely. Please check after a few minutes."

    Looks like I'm out! It was fun to do while it lasted, and I didn't get too much out of prime membership in the end.

    • Gazette on 12/02/2022 - 14:58

      Tried just now and came across this same exact problem

      • sandscruise on 12/02/2022 - 16:24

        I am also having the same issue.

        • sandscruise on 13/02/2022 - 09:42
          +3

          Update: I’ve updated the payment method and now the above issue is fixed. Switched to annual membership and then again switched back to monthly membership. Showing 29 days left in your trial. Just for reference, its my third month of trial and I’ve done this on the iOS app. Hope this helps others who are having the same issue.

  • aveeno bb on 11/02/2022 - 08:51
    +1

    I just tried this (first time), and it worked.

  • vawiyoci on 12/02/2022 - 16:44

    Used up my first trial years ago, it became available again last month, today I'm 2 days out from the trial expiring and followed the above steps and now back to 29 days left. Cheers!

  • crazyboy on 02/03/2022 - 21:22

    Tried this 2 days before expiry on the Android Amazon app.
    Followed the exact instructions, but didn't work.
    I believe I have multiple Amazon accounts from same IP address and Amazon knows this :)

    • stuartwhinnery on 25/03/2022 - 05:33
      +2

      Mine wouldn't work on the app this time (end of 4th month) but worked on chrome browser on PC.

      • crazyboy on 31/03/2022 - 12:09

        Good to know.
        I subscribed to prime for 1 month as needed something urgently. Might cancel after 1 month.

  • Sambino on 03/03/2022 - 09:32
    +1

    Worked for me this morning, per OP's instructions

  • alexshel on 05/03/2022 - 10:16
    +1

    Just extended mine for the 5th free month !!!
    Important to click through Continue to Cancel to get to the option to switch to Annual

  • rain-e on 06/03/2022 - 13:47
    +1

    Also on my 5th free month! I've been doing it 4 days before the end of the trial every month with no issues… Cheers OP

    • Neoika on 12/03/2022 - 07:54

      Just worked for one day before renewal.

      • stuartwhinnery on 25/03/2022 - 05:33

        Mine worked on the day of renewal this morning.

  • rippernz on 12/03/2022 - 15:55
    +1

    Just done my 4th month.

  • discountguy on 14/03/2022 - 13:49

    Just tried it with 4 days to go of my 30 day membership but no bingo :(
    Should I try again in 2 days time?

    • Neoika on 14/03/2022 - 13:57
      +1

      I think one hidden factor may be that if you had purchased a lot during the free trial period. In other words, no purchase (or one/two) may let you have another period of free trial.

      • discountguy on 14/03/2022 - 13:59

        OK …. good point…. Amazon had told me I saved $92.40 in shipping during the trial …. speak volumes :)

  • gungirlyuna on 17/03/2022 - 13:53

    Not working for me now it seems

  • Foreveryone on 25/03/2022 - 02:19

    I tried to extend for the 3rd time this month with no success - it was 5 days before my trial ends. Today, 2 days before my trial end, I tried again one more time and it extended my prime trial to 24 April 2022! I don't even need to cancel twice. I cancelled the first time, switched to annual and the prime trial extended to 24 April! Happy day!

  • stuartwhinnery on 25/03/2022 - 05:31
    +2

    I was on 4th month of free trials and tried to do it again one day before my trial ended on the android app. This wasn't working, it didn't seem to change over to annual, just kept saying payments will be monthly.
    I tried again today (the day of renewal) on PC (chrome browser) and it worked just switching to annual, so will be heading for 150 days of free trial..

  • Techie4066 on 30/03/2022 - 18:43

    My switch to annual subscription button doesn't work on Android app, a day out from trial ending.
    On desktop attempting to switch to annual, it's the same - "after your free trial, you will be charged $6.99 for a month of Prime."

  • alexshel on 03/04/2022 - 09:07

    6th month unlocked today

  • RichardF89 on 05/04/2022 - 10:30

    I tried on PC doesn't work for me 3 days before expire

    • szy2k on 05/04/2022 - 20:35

      4 days before didn't work either.

      • alexshel on 05/04/2022 - 21:10

        Worked for me 1 day before. Using Android app.

  • SmiTTy on 06/04/2022 - 12:03

    Tried on PC .. didn't work (previously has). Had about a 4 month run !
    Good while it lasted I guess!

  • mrhugo on 06/04/2022 - 13:35

    No longer working so I've just cancelled Prime. I'm starting to think this is capped on total postage saved. I think I save a little over $100 on postage, got about 3 months.

    The only thing I used Prime was for shipping. Most off my orders are over the min for local/international shipping.

  • hannfaye on 09/04/2022 - 12:23
    +2

    Update: This worked for about 3 months but now it only extends for 1 day, not 30 days

    • tdw on 10/04/2022 - 02:03

      i had that same problem. i changed the payment method to a prepaid coles mastercard with $0.48 left on it. my prime membership now shows a 2023 expiry date…but who knows for how long lol

      • Ladideeda on 11/04/2022 - 11:58

        I just tried to change payment methods - still didn't work :'( also only extends for 1 day

  • Neoika on 10/04/2022 - 08:57
    +1

    No longer work for me. 1 Day before renewal. I also tried to manually switch to annual plan.

    Important Message
    Due to a technical problem, we could not process your request completely. Please check after a few minutes.

  • eepykate on 12/04/2022 - 01:24
    +1

    Stopped working for me, but it could have been because I accidentally left it until 2 days before (instead of 3-5 like the previous 2 uses of this hack)

    Regardless; Thank you for posting, it was neat while it lasted!

  • marlco on 12/04/2022 - 11:51
    +1

    They found the bug

  • HK Refugee on 13/04/2022 - 07:17
    +3

    not working anymore!!!!

  • w1nthrophy on 18/04/2022 - 22:24

    Got 3 months free trial, Amazon tells me I saved A$18 postage…

    .

  • Newgod on 20/04/2022 - 23:36

    Amazon cancelled my current extended Prime trial when I still have one week left. Guess they found the bug and forcefully fixed any account benefitted from this.

    • alexshel on 21/04/2022 - 11:43

      oh, how long did it take for them to fix the bug…

      • Newgod on 21/04/2022 - 12:25
        +1

        Maybe I just had bad luck when they checked my account, just a warning if anyone need Prime. I should have ordered some more earlier.

        Thanks OP for the hack anyway, save me heaps those months.

        • truetypezk on 21/04/2022 - 16:08
          +3

          You can always open up a new account to get free prime. Amazon doesn't seem to enforce address-based restrictions (at least when you are not doing it too much).

  • sd4399340 on 29/04/2022 - 19:58
    +3

    I've been using this trick for 5 months, it just stopped working recently.

    • rain-e on 30/04/2022 - 19:11

      Same here. Just went to renew today and it didn't work for me. Was great while it lasted though

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