Amazon Prime Settlement Payments Are Going Up To $200, Here's How You Can Claim Yours
If you were enrolled in Amazon Prime without your knowledge or struggled to cancel between June 2019 and June 2025, more money may be coming to you, automatically, without any paperwork.
A federal court approved a joint motion from the FTC and Amazon this week updating the terms of the historic $2.5 billion Amazon Prime settlement, originally reached in September 2025.
Three significant changes: the maximum payout has been raised from $51 to $200, millions of additional consumers will now qualify for refunds, and all future payments will be made automatically through Venmo, PayPal or mailed check, no claims form required.
Specifically, the revised order expands eligibility to consumers who used between 11 and 20 Prime benefits during a one-year period, a group previously excluded.
Those consumers start receiving automatic payments on October 1, 2026. Consumers who already received a payment under the original order are eligible for an additional $149, bringing their total to $200, with those supplemental payments starting by April 2027.
Amazon has already issued more than $845 million in redress payments. The total required under the settlement is $1.5 billion.
The original lawsuit accused Amazon of using dark pattern design, internally nicknamed "The Iliad," to trap people in subscriptions and make cancellation nearly impossible. No action is required by consumers to receive future payments.
