Amazon may owe you even more money now. See if you qualify for an expanded Prime settlement payout

In 2025, Amazon settled allegations brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it used deceptive practices to enroll customers in its Prime membership. Although the e-commerce giant did not admit to any wrongdoing, Amazon agreed to pay affected customers a total of $1.5 billion, with each individual getting up to $51. Now, however, the FTC has announced that additional monetary compensation will be coming to affected Prime subscribers, with each individual potentially entitled to as much as $200. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Yesterday, the FTC announced additional payouts to affected individuals covered by its Amazon Prime settlement. While the original settlement paid affected individuals up to $51 each, they may now be eligible for another payment of up to $149. In addition, more people are now entitled to receive a payout than were in the original settlement offer. The reason for the potentially larger payout and larger pool of eligible individuals is that, under the original settlement, Amazon agreed to pay out $1.5 billion to affected Prime subscribers. However, to date, the company has distributed only about $845 million of that pot. That means ther…