Amazon’s annual Prime Day, promoted as Amazon’s biggest event ever with 24 hours of deals, is fast approaching on July 12. And Amazon is doing everything it can to remind customers of that fact. This includes offering deals to those who use its credit cards.

Amazon’s credit cards

Amazon has 2 co-branded credit cards: the Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card and the Amazon Prime Store Card. For an in-depth comparison, and to read about other options for your Amazon purchases, see this page.

Prime Day deals

In celebration of Prime Day, Amazon has rolled out a couple of deals for those who use its co-branded cards:

• Get $30 off your purchase of $150 with the Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card on July 12.
  To redeem this offer:
  1. On July 12, add $150 or more of items shipped and sold by Amazon.com to your cart.
  2. Enter promo code VISA30 at checkout.
  3. Pay with your Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card.

  This offer excludes Amazon.com Gift Cards and gift cards redeemable at other retailers.

• Get 10% cash back on all purchases through July 12 with your Amazon Prime Store Card
  This particular offer is only available to Amazon Prime Store Card members who received an email regarding the promotion. The Amazon Prime Store Card normally gives its cardholders 5% cash back on all Amazon.com purchases. Under this promo, targeted cardholders earn an additional 5% back for a total of 10% on all purchases up to the limit specified in their email. People have been reporting getting the bonus for up to either $1,000 or $2,000 in spending through July 12.

As Amazon is quick to remind everyone, to take advantage of Prime Day deals, you’ll need to have a Prime account. Don’t have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping and other exclusive deals and promotions.

If you’re not a student, you can sign up for a free 30 days trial of Amazon Prime here. In addition to free 2-day shipping, you get instant access to video streaming of movies and TV shows, unlimited music streaming, photo storage and more.