Best Airtel, Jio, Vi recharge plans with free Amazon Prime subscription

Highlights
  • Airtel, Vi, and Jio are offering free Amazon Prime membership with their respective recharge
  • Amazon Prime membership is priced at Rs 129 for a month, while the yearly subscription costs Rs 999
  • Amazon Prime benefits include free, fast delivery on eligible items, video streaming, ad-free music, exclusive access to deals, and more

You can avail free Amazon Prime membership with your next recharge plan. All three leading telcos in India, Airtel, Jio, and Vi, have a handful of recharge packs/ plans in their portfolio that offers subscriptions to the e-commerce platform’s Prime service. It’s a great service for those who shop regularly from the site. Additionally, the Amazon Prime membership offers streaming of tons of TV shows and movies, ad-free music, free Kindle books, unlimited photo storage, and more. In this piece, we’ll be taking a look at how you can avail Amazon Prime membership for free in India with Airtel, Jio, or Vi’s recharge.

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Amazon Prime plans and benefits

Amazon Prime membership plans are divided into two categories monthly and yearly. The monthly Amazon Prime plan costs Rs 129, while the yearly membership is priced at Rs 999. If you calculate, the yearly Amazon Prime membership plan is cheaper than the monthly plan, which rounds off to Rs 1,598 for a year. However, there are still a number of use cases where people would want to opt for the short-term Amazon prime plans. Both Amazon Prime membership plans come with the same benefits, which are as follows:

Amazon Prime plansBenefitsValidity
Rs 129 Amazon Prime plan
  • Free same day/ one-day/ two-day delivery to eligible addresses
  • Free no-rush delivery to eligible addresses
  • Free scheduled delivery to eligible addresses
  • Early access to lightning deals
  • Access to Prime day sale
  • Amazon Prime Video subscription
  • Amazon Prime Music subscription
  • ebook reading
  • Access to Prime Games, among other things
30 days
Rs 999 Amazon Prime plan
  • Free same day/ one-day/ two-day delivery to eligible addresses
  • Free no-rush delivery to eligible addresses
  • Free scheduled delivery to eligible addresses
  • Early access to lightning deals
  • Access to Prime day sale
  • Amazon Prime Video subscription
  • Amazon Prime Music subscription
  • ebook reading
  • Access to Prime Games, among other things
365 days
Prime Video Mobile Edition plan
  • Amazon Prime Video subscription
28 days


There are other benefits as well. Read here for more information. Amazon also offers a 30-day free trial period of Prime membership to first-time users with the same benefits as paid members. Additionally, the company recently announced Prime Video Mobile Edition plan in India, which is a mobile-only plan that comes at an extremely affordable price point. It’s currently available for Airtel customers in India at a starting price of Rs 89. The free trial can be claimed through the Airtel Thanks app.

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How to get Amazon Prime membership for free

Amazon Prime membership is available for free in India with select Airtel, Jio, and Vi recharges. While Airtel offers the membership with its both Prepaid and Postpaid recharges, Vi and Jio offer it only with postpaid plans. Here’s a quick look at the recharges available with Amazon Prime free membership in India.

Best Airtel recharge with free Amazon Prime membership

Amazon Prime membership is available for Airtel customers with both prepaid and postpaid subscribers at the moment. These plans are also bundled with free voice calls, SMSes, data benefits and more. In addition to Prime membership, Airtel Postpaid plans also offers free subscription to Disney+ Hotstar VIP.

Airtel plans with free Prime membershipBenefitsValidity
Rs 349 prepaid pack
  • 2GB data per day
  • Unlimited voice calls
  • 100SMSes/ day
  • Amazon Prime, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Airtel Xstream app subscriptions
28 days
Rs 499 postpaid plan
  • 75GB data with data rollover
  • Unlimited voice calls and SMSs
  • Amazon Prime, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Airtel Xstream app subscriptions
30 days
Rs 749
  • 125GB data with data rollover
  • Unlimited voice calls and SMSs
  • 1 regular + add-on SIM
  • Amazon Prime, Disney+ Hotstar, and Airtel Thanks app subscriptions
30 days
Rs 999
  • 150GB data with data add-on
  • Unlimited voice calls and SMSs
  • 3 regular SIM + 1 add-on
  • Amazon Prime membership, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, and Airtel Xstream app subscriptions
30 days
Rs 1,599
  • Unlimited data
  • Unlimited voice calls and SMSs
  • 200 ISD minutes
  • 1 regular SIM + 1 SIM add-on
  • Amazon Prime, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, and Airtel Thanks app subscriptions
30 days

Amazon Prime Video mobile only plan is available with the respective Airtel prepaid packs

  • Rs 89 Airtel recharge pack
  • Rs 299 Airtel recharge pack

Best Jio recharge with free Amazon Prime membership

Jio only has postpaid plans in its portfolio that offer Amazon Prime membership for free. The plans are also bundled with free Netlfix and Disney+ Hotstar subscriptions. Free voice calls, SMSes, and data plans are also available with these Jio postpaid plans.

Jio Plans with free Prime membershipBenefitsValidity
Rs 399 Jio Postpaid Plus
  • 75GB data
  • Unlimited voice calls and SMSs
  • 200GB data rollover
  • Amazon Prime membership, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Netflix, and Jio apps subscriptions
30 days
Rs 599
  • 100GB data
  • Unlimited voice calls and SMSs
  • 200GB data rollover
  • 1 additional SIM card with Family Plan
  • Amazon Prime membership, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Netflix, and Jio apps subscription
30 days
Rs 799 Jio Postpaid Plus
  • 150GB data
  • Unlimited voice calls and SMSs
  • 200GB data rollover
  • 2 additional SIM card with Family Plan
  • Amazon Prime membership, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Netflix, and Jio apps subscription
30 days
Rs 899 Jio Postpaid Plus
  • 200GB data
  • Unlimited voice calls and SMSs
  • 500GB data rollover
  • 3 additional SIM card with Family Plan
  • Amazon Prime membership, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Netflix, and Jio apps subscriptions
30 days
Rs 1,499 Jio Postpaid Plus
  • 300GB data
  • Unlimited voice calls and SMSs
  • 500GB data rollover
  • Unlimited voice calls and data benefits in UAE and USA
  • Amazon Prime membership, Disney+ Hotstar VIP, Netflix, and Jio apps subscriptions
30 days

Best Vi recharge with free Amazon Prime membership

Much like Jio, Vi also offers free Amazon Prime membership to its subscribers only with postpaid plans. The plans also come with a free voice, SMSes, data, and subscription to ZEE5 premium. Here’s a quick at them

Vi Plans with free Prime membershipBenefitsValidity
Rs 499 Vi postpaid recharge plan
  • 75GB data
  • up to 200GB data rollover benefit
  • 100 SMSes/ month
  • Amazon Prime membership, Zee5 premium, and Vi movies and TV subscriptions
30 days
Rs 699 Vi postpaid recharge plan
  • Unlimited data
  • 100 SMSes/ month
  • Amazon Prime membership, Zee5 premium, and Vi movies and TV subscriptions
30 days
Rs 1,099 Vi postpaid recharge plan
  • Unlimited data and voice calls
  • 100 SMSes/ month
  • ISD calls to USA & Canada @ 50p/min, UK @ Rs3/min- special rates to 14 countries
  • Free access to International and Domestic airport lounges
  • Amazon Prime membership, Netflix, Zee5 premium, and Vi movies and TV subscriptions
30 days

FAQs

How to activate free Amazon Prime membership with Jio, Airtel, and Vi

Your service provider will share the link with you to activate Amazon Prime membership subscription for free. You can also head to Airtel, Jio, and Vi’s respective Airtel Thanks, My Jio, and Vi app, login with your number to activate the subscription.

What will be the validity of Amazon Prime membership

The free Amazon Prime membership that you get from Airtel, Jio, and Vi will be valid for a year. After that, it’ll not be covered in-house. The renewal will be on a chargeable basis. “Amazon Prime is a one-time benefit, applicable only if not already availed with any other Postpaid plan,” says Vi on its website.