[TXSTYLE]

Just got this email and boy do I already love me some AMAZON Prime! Now Chase has revamped/expanded the Reward tier from 3% to 5% on all Amazon purchases! - 2% Restaurant, Gas, Drug Stores and 1% everywhere else) No foreign transaction fees - 24hr Concierge Service - Visa Signature Hotel Collection and more!


We have exciting news to share.

As an Amazon Rewards Visa Signature Cardmember, you'll continue to earn big rewards on every purchase ... but now, with no foreign transaction fees.
And now, eligible Prime members earn 5% Back at Amazon.com. Most eligible Prime members have been automatically upgraded to the NEW Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card.
action required in your amazon.com account
To see if you earn 3% Back or 5% Back on Amazon.com purchases:
• Visit amazon.com/youraccount;
• Click "Manage Payment Options" under the "Payment Methods" section; and
• Expand the details of your Amazon Rewards Visa Signature Card to see how much you are earning on Amazon.com purchases. If your Amazon Rewards Visa Signature Card is earning 3% Back on Amazon.com purchases and you have an eligible Prime membership, you can learn how to verify your card and earn 5% Back on Amazon.com purchases.
You can start taking advantage of these new benefits immediately by using your existing card. A new card with a new design will be mailed to you in 2017.

You still have no annual credit card fee, no earning caps and built-in travel benefits and purchase protections.2

Learn more about your rewards and redemption options at amazon.com/myrewardscard.

I logged in and indeed saw the 5% already activated. I also called Chase to verify some things and the replacement card is now metal! Sweetness!

[M_Six]

The no foreign transaction fee thing would have been nice for us back in September. Not that it added up to a whole lot.

Did you have the blue card before? We have Chase/Amazon Visa as well.

EDIT: I just went into my Amazon account and upped the rewards to 5%. Thanks for the heads up.

[BayMoWe335]

Meh, the only good thing about it is 5% cash back at Amazon. The sign up bonus is a joke and I already get 3% at restaurants.

Let me know when they offer a huge sign up bonus and I might consider getting it as my Amazon.com only card.

Sapphire Reserve + Freedom is still way better than this.

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by M_Six

The no foreign transaction fee thing would have been nice for us back in September. Not that it added up to a whole lot.

Did you have the blue card before? We have Chase/Amazon Visa as well.

EDIT: I just went into my Amazon account and upped the rewards to 5%. Thanks for the heads up.

Sure thing!

I've had the regular store card since day one. Not used anymore. And then got the Chase/Amazon Visa (black and silver) late 2015. At the time they gave me a $80 Amazon credit for sign up.

[peterparker]

I got this email too! Woot woot! I can't wait to get the new card! Is this like the Chase sapphire card? But without the fee's?

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by BayMoWe335

Meh, the only good thing about it is 5% cash back at Amazon.

That's kinda the point.

The other perks are cool but as someone who regularly spends @ $500 a month at Amazon like me, VERY nice no question. $300/year makes for some nice gifts.

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by peterparker

I got this email too! Woot woot! I can't wait to get the new card! Is this like the Chase sapphire card? But without the fee's?

Pretty much!

[EALm4]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

Just got this email and boy do I already love me some AMAZON Prime! Now Chase has revamped/expanded the Reward tier from 3% to 5% on all Amazon purchases! - 2% Restaurant, Gas, Drug Stores and 1% everywhere else) No foreign transaction fees - 24hr Concierge Service - Visa Signature Hotel Collection and more!


We have exciting news to share.

As an Amazon Rewards Visa Signature Cardmember, you'll continue to earn big rewards on every purchase ... but now, with no foreign transaction fees.
And now, eligible Prime members earn 5% Back at Amazon.com. Most eligible Prime members have been automatically upgraded to the NEW Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card.
action required in your amazon.com account
To see if you earn 3% Back or 5% Back on Amazon.com purchases:
• Visit amazon.com/youraccount;
• Click "Manage Payment Options" under the "Payment Methods" section; and
• Expand the details of your Amazon Rewards Visa Signature Card to see how much you are earning on Amazon.com purchases. If your Amazon Rewards Visa Signature Card is earning 3% Back on Amazon.com purchases and you have an eligible Prime membership, you can learn how to verify your card and earn 5% Back on Amazon.com purchases.
You can start taking advantage of these new benefits immediately by using your existing card. A new card with a new design will be mailed to you in 2017.

You still have no annual credit card fee, no earning caps and built-in travel benefits and purchase protections.2

Learn more about your rewards and redemption options at amazon.com/myrewardscard.

I logged in and indeed saw the 5% already activated. I also called Chase to verify some things and the replacement card is now metal! Sweetness!

Good looking out. I havent received an email but logged in to see I have the 5% back activated.

I use Amazon for pretty much everything so this is clutch

[BayMoWe335]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

That's kinda the point.

The other perks are cool but as someone who regularly spends @ $500 a month at Amazon like me, VERY nice no question. $300/year makes for some nice gifts.

Yeah, but one store only perks are pretty limiting. The no sign up bonus totally kills the card. It's like a $50 gift card to Amazon for signing up. Fail.

Freedom gave 10% cash back a couple years ago at Amazon. They have regularly done 5%.

[gtron]

I'm jelly. Two weeks until closing so I can't apply at the moment. With all my Amazon spending, it would be awesome. I've had the Amazon Prime Card with 5% for so long that I never felt the need to grab the Visa Prime but now...

[David70]

Originally Posted by BayMoWe335

Meh, the only good thing about it is 5% cash back at Amazon. The sign up bonus is a joke and I already get 3% at restaurants.

Let me know when they offer a huge sign up bonus and I might consider getting it as my Amazon.com only card.

Sapphire Reserve + Freedom is still way better than this.

Agree. I don't spend enough at Amazon to make it worth getting another card and dealing with it.

Currently getting about 2% on general purchases, this would get me 3% more for Amazon purchases, or $15 on every $500 spent on Amazon.

[TXSTYLE]

Didn't say it was for everyone. But avid/regular Amazon shoppers the benefits are great!

*edit* For the record, I agree that if you were applying for a NEW card and wanted more spending flexibility and rewards in general, The AMEX Everyday Cash or Chase Sapphire or even Discover IT are better options. BUT, if like me, you spend alot at Amazon, this card is a must have!

[M_Six]

Got the email today. No foreign transaction fee will come in handy. Wifey buys lots of Brit books and we go overseas every year.

[dreamingat30fps]

Hmmm I've had some Amazon card for a while now that has always been 5%. I only use it for Amazon, in fact, I don't even think it's a physical card. It's just stored on Amazon.

[RABAUKE]

I'm pissed at Amazon Prime, it finally comes to Canada and I sign up for the free trial because they have some interesting content. Then I go to watch something and I get this error message saying I need to update my Silverlight, (I use Mac BTW), and have never needed Silverlight in the past so I go on line to a Mac forum to see what to do. It turns out that it was never activated on my Air so I fire it up, same message needs update. I try several times and have challenges so I uninstall and re-install. Then go to Amazon and same error message. After about 90 minutes of screwing around with Amazon Prime I send them a note and tell them I'm not interested as I have no way in hell of using it. The Silverlight is up to date just to be clear. A shame, but you'd think this would be a simpler process from a company as big as Amazon.

[BMW F22]

Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

Hmmm I've had some Amazon card for a while now that has always been 5%. I only use it for Amazon, in fact, I don't even think it's a physical card. It's just stored on Amazon.

Amazon offers 2 different cards: one is the Amazon store card which is online but they should have sent you a physical card as well; the other is the Amazon Visa card. I have the former and never use the physical card as it doesn't really do me any good vs a card like the Sapphire Reserve.

[dkmesa]

my wife is excited about this news. one of three chase rewards cards between the two of us. used almost exclusively on amazon, as our chase sapphire, delta amex, or chase freedom provide better rewards on most purchases.

[John 070]

I'm anti jeff, but I admit I've had prime trials over and over and have this card. I don't use it for any reason. Discover was doing 5% the last quarter of 2016, and I had some huge amount on my gift card balance as I was a su***** and bought at 10% in 2015. That was before I became anti Jeff. The free prime came in handy when I needed those plastic interior tools to fix something, and they cost like $5. But the pricing is off the wall. Do you know, CR2032 coin cells are like $2.48 now, but they are almost $6 yesterday? And, sometimes when you buy the retail packing, they come from 3 rd parties as knock offs? But being a JPM shareholder, I think you in advance for using the card lol (c'mon don't accept anything less than 5% on gas)

[Hawkeye]

My Citi Forward card gives 5% cash back at Amazon, Bars, Restaurants, and book stores.

I think I will stick to that with my AMEX with the 6% cash back on gas and groceries and 3% at department stores.

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

My Citi Forward card gives 5% cash back at Amazon, Bars, Restaurants, and book stores.

I think I will stick to that with my AMEX with the 6% cash back on gas and groceries and 3% at department stores.

What Amex gives 6% on groceries AND gas?

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by Xtabi

What Amex gives 6% on groceries AND gas?

Sorry, I was getting posts mixed up. My grocery store has it's own gas station so I can buy a gift card for the grocery store while I am buying groceries and use it for gas as well, effectively getting 6% instead of the 3% the card gives on gas everywhere else.

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Sorry, I was getting posts mixed up. My grocery store has it's own gas station so I can buy a gift card for the grocery store while I am buying groceries and use it for gas as well, effectively getting 6% instead of the 3% the card gives on gas everywhere else.

Ahh ok. I thought I missed a cc.