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Amazon Prime Days 2026 is now live will run June 23-26, 2026. Beyog the “early” deals, I always look out for reset points credits and extended free trials to try out again. As usual, I recommend checking for discounts on the things you already buy. Check your “Buy Again” past purchases here. I’ve listed a few of my favorite things below as well.

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As the name suggests, most deals require a Prime membership. New members can sign up for a 30-day free trial. Amazon Prime for Students (age 18-24) has a 7-day trial for 99 cents and $7.49/month after that (50% off regular). If you’ve already done the trial, you can simply buy a single month of Prime for $14.99 ($6.99 with SNAP, EBT or Medicaid card).

Deals and Offers

• List of all current product-specific Prime deals (updated constantly). This list appears to be targeted to your browsing history.
• Live Amazon Device Deals (Echo, Blink, Eero, Ring, Kindle, Fire, etc).
• $5 Large Pizza from Little Caesars. Will be live 6/15-6/26. Up to 5 redemptions. Once per order, per day.
• $200 Instant Amazon Gift card bonus with Prime Visa. Will be live 6/1-7/9. “Get a $200 Amazon gift card instantly upon approval for Prime Visa (June 11–July 9) or $120 for Prime Store Card (June 23–26). Earn 10% back or more on exclusive deals, plus unlimited 5% back year-round at Amazon.com, Whole Foods Market, and more—with no annual fees. During Prime Day, cardmembers can also earn 7% back on eligible Amazon.com purchases (June 23-26) when they choose No-Rush Delivery.”

Amazon Free Trials

• Kindle Unlimited – 3 month free trial. Usually $11.99 a month. Might be a different length for you. Targeted.
• Amazon Music – 4 month free trial. Usually $11.99 a month. Targeted.
• Audible Standard – 3 month free trial. Usually $8.99 a month. This is the basic plan that doesn’t allow you to keep any audiobooks, but you can stream during the trial. Targeted.
• Remember that you can cancel these trials immediately after activation, and they will still work until the end of the trial period. This avoids you forgetting to cancel.

“Shop with Points” Promos (Check again if reset/targeted)

• Discover Cash Back.
• Chase Ultimate Rewards points.
• American Express Membership Rewards points.
• American Express Rewards Dollars (Ex. Blue Cash, Blue Cash Preferred).
• U.S. Bank Rewards points.
• Capital One Rewards points
• Citi Thank You points.

Random Favorite Things & Recent Discoveries (Not necessarily on sale right now)

• Amazon Eero 6E mesh WiFi router system 3-pack (sale). If you have WiFi coverage issues and haven’t upgraded your router recently, I do recommend an upgrade. It just makes WiFi something you don’t worry about anymore. No more dead spots. This “6E” model supports speeds up to 2.5Gbps and up to 6,000 sf, while the cheaper “6” version supports up to 500 Mbps and 4,500 sf.
• COSORI Air Fryer. We still use our air fryer nearly every day; heats things up like a microwave, except it keeps them crispy instead of soggy. Easy to clean in dishwasher.
• Coway Airmega AP-1512HH True HEPA Air Purifier. I have two of these air purifiers, one in each of the kids’ rooms. I think they are over 5 years old now and still going fine. Simple design, reliable, and easy to change filters. I use these cheaper VEVA brand replacement filters that are still of good quality.
• Bosch ICON windshield wipers. These are the most expensive, but they are also the best and longest-lasting in my experience. No longer mess with the rest.
• Tiptree Passion Fruit Curd. Delicious on so many things, their lemon curd is excellent as well but the passionfruit (aka “lilikoi butter”) flavor is one of those things that I can only find easily on Amazon.

Plynk is a standalone brokerage app that is quietly a subsidiary of a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments. It seems to be a place where they can experiment with a younger target audience with tools like automatic recurring investments, simulated trading, educational tools, etc. They’ve also offered a few worthwhile bonuses in the app. Plynk just underwent another design reboot, and – surprise! – the interface now looks a lot more like Robinhood.

Plynk also just added a new promotion called Dividend Match (hat tip DoC), which pays you a bonus of 25% of the dividends your taxable brokerage account holdings earn each calendar month, up to $250 max per year. Important highlights:

• Dividend match is available to both existing and new customers. No opt-in required.
• Eligible shares. For common stock and non-daily accrual mutual funds and ETFs, you must hold for at least 30 calendar days prior to the ex-dividend date to receive the Bonus. For mutual funds and ETFs that accrue daily interest and generally pay a dividend at the end of each month, there is no required holding period.
• Formula: Eligible_Shares × Dividend_Per_Share × 25% subject to the $250 annual cap on Bonus amount.
• The annual cap resets on January 1 of each year.

An interesting bonus that would seem to incentivize customers to maintain their (dividend-paying) holdings at Plynk. The S&P 500 dividend yield is only around 1% now, but if you moved over around $100,000 and normally would get $1,000 in annual dividends, now you could get an extra $250 in dividends.

iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV) is a daily accrual ETF that holds short-term Treasury bills and can be a useful approximation of cash. Right now, SGOV has a 30-day SEC yield of 3.54%. If you got a 25% bonus on that yield, you would be getting 4.43%.

You could also do this with Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF (VBIL) which has a slightly lower expense ratio and thus slightly higher SEC yields, but a tiny bit higher bid/ask spread at times (although it is pretty much one cent like SGOV).

You’d have to hold a little over $28,000 in SGOV/VBIL in order to reach the $1,000 in annual dividends to max out this promo.

I’m guessing the money would be reported as 1099-MISC, so the tax rate would also be higher than normal interest.

This would be nice if it was a permanent or guaranteed feature. I’m considering it especially as I already have an open account, but I’m afraid Plynk will end the promo quickly even though it is meant as an ongoing offer with no set expiration date.