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I'm trying to figure out how much promotional credit I have before I make a purchase (stupid 1-click for digital purchases).

I do not want to check my gift card balance. I want to know how much promotional credit I have.

For example: As of writing this question, Amazon gives $1 MP3 credit with the purchase of any CD album. I've purchased a few of those, but I don't know how many MP3 credits I have. Where can I check that?

I know I've seen a page in the past with it on it, but I can't find that page now.

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    it's kind of crazy how ridiculously hard it is to find this page unless you already know where to look. Commented Nov 30, 2010 at 6:30
  • I want to know this as well. My circumstance is the same as in the original post. The answer above does not take me to the place where I can see my CREDIT BALANCE. (This should not be difficult. So why am I - are we - having such a hard time with this simple thing?)
    – user8706
    Commented Feb 16, 2011 at 0:08
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    If I were a cynic, I'd suspect Amazon deliberately obscure your promotional credit so you forget to use it. I've certainly forgotten about mine before and lost it (the expiry date can be as short as two months). Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 16:33
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    Worse than that: on 15th August I received promotional credit that expired 1st September--only 17 days to spend it. Previous orders I made in June and July gave me credit to expire October. The way Amazon choose the expiry date seems unpredictable and unfair. Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 10:18
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    amazon.com/norushcredits via December 2016 comment in thread
    – qyb2zm302
    Commented Jan 15, 2017 at 11:22

5 Answers 5

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  1. Log in to your Amazon account
  2. Click the Credit Redeem page.
  3. Click the "Enter Your Code" button. It will bring up a dialog with almost all your credit balances.
  4. Visit this NoRushCredits link to see your Your No-Rush Reward Balances and when they expire. (Includes Digital Rewards and Prime Now Rewards)

The Amazon UK site has an equivalent page with a "Check your balance" button.

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    Perhaps worth noting: I have never seen any credit appear in the "Kindle Editions" box, but I have definitely had these credits apply to kindle books. Unfortunately there is no way to know that they will be applied until after you purchase the kindle book (because you can only buy them with one-click).
    – Jer
    Commented Apr 30, 2015 at 16:22
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    Is there any UI element on Amazon.com that will take you to the Credit Redeem page, or must you use a link such as the one above?
    – Senseful
    Commented Dec 29, 2015 at 17:50
  • I made a blog post (ad-free) about this process to make it easier to understand: calebbron.com/stuff/amzn-no-rush-promo-credits.html
    – cbron
    Commented May 8, 2016 at 20:05
  • As of September 2016, the 'check your balance' button has been removed. Sleazy Amazon. Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 10:04
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    It seems that this doesn't work for new types of credit like Prime Now. Now you need to go to amazon.com/norushcredits
    – Carl Walsh
    Commented Jul 11, 2017 at 18:32
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You can tweak the other answer's link to get directly at the promotional credit. (You must be signed into your Amazon.com account first.)

Just append to the link https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000296831

&gcIsProcess=0

This will cause the Credit Balances to instantiate without any clicking. Additionally, to automatically scroll down to this popup, append

#gc

Direct link (no clicky, must be signed in) https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000296831&gcIsProcess=0#gc

Lists individual credit balances:

  • Amazon Gift Card
  • Amazon MP3
  • Amazon Instant Video
  • Kindle Editions
  • Software/Video Games
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If you're looking for a more stable link, I recommend you use:

Amazon publicizes this URL in emails as follows:

For redemption instructions and additional information, click here http://www.amazon.com/mp3redeem.

Since its publicized, and it looks like a marketing URL, I'm guessing Amazon will ensure this link always points to the most recent version of the Credit Redemption page.

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    If you're an Amazon Smile user, that links also works if you change "www." to "smile."
    – cjm
    Commented Mar 5, 2016 at 0:05
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    An update: they now seem to be promoting this version of the URL: amazon.com/norushcredits Commented Dec 11, 2017 at 17:57
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Reposting something stated in the comments:

Use https://www.amazon.com/norushcredits

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    norushcredits is better than the mp3redeem page because it shows the expiration date.
    – wisbucky
    Commented Aug 8, 2020 at 6:16
  • As of 1/24/2022, norushcredits is the only answer I found to be useful.
    – Ben
    Commented Jan 25, 2022 at 3:46
  • norushcredits is useful for those credits, but there are other kinds of credits too that don't show up there.
    – McKay
    Commented Jan 27, 2022 at 20:45
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I'm curios why Lam Chau's helpful answer in the comments to the OP is not listed as an answer:

amzn.to/mp3-balance

easy to remember short link: amzn.to/mp3-balance :) – Lam Chau Oct 6 '12 at 3:10

It's been working for years and is basically a short link to what adam and Senseful answered above (showing breakdown of credits into categories including Amazon Gift Card, Amazon MP3, Prime Video, etc.). All three resolve to slightly different URLs (note the different docId in each), but all three seem to work fine.

Nevertheless, Senseful's "canonical" link (http://www.amazon.com/mp3redeem) seems like the best bet for a bookmark if you don't mind the extra click on the "Check your balance" button.

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    I get "Sorry we couldn't find that page" at amzn.to/mp3-balance. Perhaps it's since been removed.
    – M. Justin
    Commented Aug 31, 2021 at 18:32
  • @M.Justin Looks like you're correct. It was working for several years.
    – McKay
    Commented Dec 10, 2021 at 4:46

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