Originally Posted by
charmed18
I am sure it would be, but perhaps the person is trying to minimize any out of pocket expenses and trying to use up whatever balance they have of the credits.

Interesting strategy. I guess if OP is only going to subscribe to Prime for the few months that are reimbursed, this would work (I am not implying monthly Prime membership actually get reimbursed because I haven't tried). Unless he/she has other months covered by a different method.
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