On November 5, Amazon swapped the free Grubhub+ perk it had given Prime members since 2022 for something different: Uber Eats restaurant delivery ordered right inside Amazon.com and the Amazon Shopping app, with no delivery fee once your order reaches $25. You don’t need an Uber account, a new app or a new password. You sign in with Amazon, pay with whatever card is already on your Amazon account, and an Uber courier brings the food.
That sounds simple, and mostly it is. But the fine print changes the math for a lot of households: the free-delivery line moved from Grubhub’s $12 to $25, service fees and tips still apply, and the perk only works when you order through Amazon, not the Uber Eats app. This guide walks through what you actually save, who should keep or drop Uber One, what happened to your Grubhub+ membership, and how to squeeze the most from the launch offers before they expire.
Eight Straight Answers About Uber Eats on Prime
These are the questions we saw people asking in the days after the switch, answered in a sentence or two. Details follow further down.
Yes, in the U.S. Prime members pay no delivery fee on Uber Eats restaurant orders of $25 or more, as long as they order through Amazon.com or the Amazon Shopping app.
No. This isn’t an Uber One membership. It’s a separate Amazon-only perk that waives the delivery fee and nothing else.
No. Orders placed in the Uber Eats app are billed as normal Uber Eats orders. The $0 delivery fee applies only to orders you place on Amazon.
The delivery fee is. Amazon has said service fees still apply, and taxes and your tip are added on top, so a “free delivery” order still costs more than the menu price.
Not for new sign-ups. The Prime deal ended November 5. Grubhub said members who had already activated Grubhub+ through Prime can keep using it through December 31, 2027.
Yes. Prime Access ($6.99 a month for qualifying assistance recipients) and Prime for Young Adults are both included, and the main member can share it with one other adult through Amazon Family.
No. The perk is described as restaurant delivery. For groceries, Amazon points Prime members to its own grocery delivery instead.
Only if you mostly order restaurant meals of $25 or more and don’t use Uber One for rides, groceries or smaller orders. Run your numbers in our planner below first.
What Changed When Grubhub Left and Uber Eats Arrived
This wasn’t a simple brand swap. The free-delivery threshold doubled, the service-fee discount went away, and the place where you order moved into Amazon itself.
When we lined up the two sets of terms, the biggest practical difference wasn’t the brand. It was the threshold. Grubhub+ waived delivery on subtotals of $12 or more at participating restaurants, which meant a single person ordering a sandwich and a drink usually qualified. The Uber Eats perk starts at $25. A solo lunch rarely gets there without an extra side or dessert, while a family dinner clears it easily. In practice, the new perk favors households and couples over people eating alone.
The second difference is what the perk doesn’t touch. Grubhub+ also trimmed service fees. Amazon told reporters that service fees still apply to Uber Eats orders placed through Prime, and neither company’s launch announcement mentions any service-fee discount. On a typical order, the service fee can be as large as, or larger than, the delivery fee you’re saving, so your real savings per order are the delivery fee alone.
The third change is convenience, and here the new setup genuinely wins for many people. There’s no separate account to create and no subscription to activate or remember to cancel. You browse restaurants in the same app you use for paper towels and dog food, pay with your saved Amazon card, and Amazon sends the delivery updates. Uber Eats sends a final order confirmation. For older shoppers who already trust Amazon but have never set up a delivery app, that’s a meaningful barrier removed.
Coverage is broad, too. Amazon says the benefit reaches nearly ten thousand cities and towns, from big metros to small rural communities, and that the restaurant selection on Amazon looks much like what you’d find in the Uber Eats app. Chains like Chipotle, Wingstop and Sweetgreen are in the mix, along with local independents. If Uber Eats delivers to your address today, it’s worth checking Amazon’s Uber Eats page to see which nearby restaurants show up.
Amazon’s side of the deal is over, but your Grubhub+ may not be. Grubhub told reporters that Prime members who had already activated Grubhub+ can keep using it through December 31, 2027. That means some households now have two delivery perks running at once: Grubhub+ for smaller orders from $12, and Uber Eats on Amazon for $25-plus orders. Open the Grubhub app, go to your account and look at the membership screen to see whether it’s still active and when it ends.
One caution: if you ever paid for Grubhub+ yourself before linking Prime, check your card statements. Grubhub’s terms allow it to bill a payment method on file, and a forgotten paid membership is the kind of $9.99 monthly charge that slips by unnoticed.
What a “Free Delivery” Order Actually Costs You
The delivery fee is only one line on a delivery receipt, and usually not the biggest one. Seeing the full receipt makes it easier to judge what the Prime perk is really worth.
We found that the easiest way to think about this perk is as a coupon worth exactly one line of the receipt. On the example above, the delivery fee might otherwise have been a few dollars. Removing it is real money over a year, but the order still comes in about 40% above the menu price once the service fee, tax and tip are added. If your goal is the cheapest possible dinner, pickup still beats delivery every time.
Restaurant menu prices on delivery apps can also run higher than in the restaurant itself, because many restaurants raise app prices to cover the commission they pay. That’s not unique to Amazon or Uber, and it’s not something the Prime perk changes. If you order from the same place every week, compare a couple of menu items on the app with the restaurant’s own menu or website. A $2 markup on each entrée can quietly erase the delivery fee you think you’re saving.
Tips deserve a word, too. Couriers rely on them, and a “free delivery” banner can make it tempting to tip less. The perk doesn’t change the work of bringing your food, so it makes sense to tip as you normally would. If budget is tight, the better lever is ordering less often or picking up, not shaving the courier’s share.
Order once for the whole household rather than three separate small orders; one $45 cart pays one service fee and clears the $25 line easily. Check the restaurant’s own site or the pickup price for your usual order; if the gap is big, consider pickup on nights you’re out anyway. And look at the receipt line by line after your first two or three orders so you know what your typical service fee actually is in your area.
Prime’s Uber Eats Perk vs Uber One vs Paying as You Go
Prime’s perk and Uber One overlap, but they’re built for different eaters. This side-by-side shows where each one pays off.
| Option | Cost | Delivery fee | Service fee | Groceries & rides | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uber Eats on Amazon (Prime perk) | Included with Prime | $0 on $25+ restaurant orders | Full fee applies | Not covered | Prime households ordering $25+ dinners |
| Uber One (in Uber apps) | $9.99 a month or $96 a year | $0 at eligible stores above their minimums | Discounted on eligible orders | Groceries, plus credits on rides | Heavy users, small orders, rides |
| Uber Eats app, no membership | Free | Charged on every order | Full fee applies | Pay as you go | Once-in-a-while orderers |
| Grubhub+ activated through Prime | Free until it ends | $0 from a $12 subtotal at participating restaurants | Reduced | Not covered | Existing members, through Dec 31, 2027 per Grubhub |
| Pickup | Free | None | Often lower or none | — | Lowest total cost |
Here’s how we’d read that table. If you already pay for Prime, the Amazon route costs nothing extra, so any $25-plus restaurant order you’d have placed anyway gets cheaper. Uber One costs $96 a year on the annual plan, but it does more: it lowers service fees on eligible restaurant orders, covers grocery and convenience deliveries, and gives credits on Uber rides. Amazon has said the two memberships run separately, so an Uber One member keeps those benefits in the Uber app; they just don’t stack on top of an order placed through Amazon.
Amazon’s headline claim is that members could save more than $175 a year. The fine print explains that the figure assumes a typical number of Uber Eats orders and compares ordering on Amazon with ordering in the Uber Eats app without Uber One, using August order data and including Prime-only promotions. That’s a reasonable comparison for someone who pays full price today. It isn’t a promise, and it doesn’t compare against Uber One, which already waives delivery fees for its members.
One more distinction matters for smaller orders. Uber One’s own delivery-fee waiver uses minimums shown on each store’s page, and for many restaurants that bar sits below $25. If your usual order is a single meal in the high teens, Uber One or Grubhub+ (if you still have it) will waive the fee where Amazon’s perk won’t.
Delivery Savings Planner: Prime Perk or Uber One?
Enter how you actually order. The planner estimates what the Prime perk saves you in a year, what you’ll still pay in service fees, and which setup fits your habits.
Your best setup will appear here.
Planning estimate only. Real fees vary by restaurant, distance, time of day and your area.
The planner counts the delivery fee as saved only when your typical subtotal reaches $25, because below that the Prime perk doesn’t apply. It then multiplies by twelve months. Service fees are shown separately so you can see the part of the bill the perk leaves untouched. “Net after membership cost” subtracts what you’d newly pay to get the perk: zero if you already have Prime, the yearly Prime price if you’d join just for this, and $96 back in your pocket if you drop an Uber One plan you only use for restaurant food.
When we ran the defaults, four $32 dinners a month with a $3.99 delivery fee, the Prime route avoided roughly $190 a year in delivery fees, while service fees still came to more than $200 a year. That second number surprised us more than the first. It’s the clearest sign that the perk is a nice discount, not a reason to order more often. Try lowering the subtotal to $22 and you’ll see the savings drop to zero, which is the $25 rule at work.
How to Place Your First Uber Eats Order on Amazon
The steps are short, but a few small choices along the way decide whether you get the $0 fee and the launch discount.
Start from Amazon, not the Uber Eats app
Open the Amazon Shopping app and search “Uber Eats,” or go to Amazon’s Uber Eats page on the website. Sign in with the Amazon account that holds your Prime membership. If someone in your household shares your Prime through Amazon Family, they should sign in with their own Amazon account.
Confirm your delivery address
The restaurant list depends on the address you choose. Pick the address where you’ll actually be when the food arrives, and double-check the apartment number and any gate instructions. A wrong address is one of the most common reasons delivery orders go sideways.
Build a cart of at least $25
Amazon’s terms tie the $0 delivery fee to orders of $25 or more from a qualifying restaurant. To stay on the safe side, aim for food items that add up to $25 before tax, tip and fees. If you’re a dollar or two short, a side or a drink is usually cheaper than paying the delivery fee.
Read the checkout screen before you pay
Look for the delivery fee shown as $0, then check the service fee, taxes and tip. If you’re using a launch promotion, make sure the discount appears as a line before you confirm. Pay with a card on your Amazon account; if you have the Prime Visa, it earns 5% back on Uber Eats orders placed this way through December 5.
Track the order and keep the confirmations
Amazon sends delivery updates by email and push notification, and Uber Eats sends a final order confirmation. Keep both until the food arrives and you’ve checked the bag. If something is missing or wrong, the order details and times in those messages make a refund request much easier.
For the program’s first 14 days starting November 5, Prime members could take $20 off each of their first two Uber Eats orders of $25 or more on Amazon. That’s up to $40 off, on top of the waived delivery fee. If you read this after the window closed, check Amazon’s Uber Eats page anyway; Amazon has said Prime-exclusive offers will keep appearing, and those offers are part of how it reaches its “more than $175 a year” estimate.
Which Situation Sounds Like Yours?
The same perk is a great deal for one household and close to useless for another. Find the description that fits you best.
This is the group with the most money on the table. Look at your last three months of Uber Eats orders. If nearly all of them were restaurant meals of $25 or more, and you rarely use Uber for groceries or rides, the Amazon route now covers most of what Uber One was doing for you, and dropping Uber One saves $96 a year on the annual plan or about $120 on monthly billing. If you regularly order groceries, convenience items or quick single meals under $25, or you take Uber rides often, Uber One still earns its keep. Remember that Uber One also reduces service fees, which the Prime perk doesn’t.
Prime Access, at $6.99 a month for people who receive qualifying government assistance or pass Amazon’s income check, includes the Uber Eats perk exactly like full Prime. That’s a real benefit, but delivery is still one of the most expensive ways to eat. Use the perk for the occasional night when cooking isn’t possible, order one larger meal that covers leftovers for the next day, and skip add-ons that push the bill up. Pickup from the same restaurant is almost always cheaper.
The big advantage here is simplicity. A parent who already shops on Amazon doesn’t need to learn a new app or set up an Uber account. If you share Prime, Amazon Family lets the main member share benefits including this one with one other adult in the household. For a parent living elsewhere, it’s usually simpler to place the order from your own Amazon account to their address than to have them navigate it alone. Pick restaurants with soft, easy-to-reheat dishes and order enough for two meals so the $25 line is easy to reach.
The $25 threshold works against you. A single burrito bowl and a drink often lands in the mid-teens. Your options: add a second meal for tomorrow’s lunch, keep using Grubhub+ if you activated it through Prime before it ended, or compare Uber One, whose own delivery-fee minimums are set per store and are often lower. Paying a $3 to $5 delivery fee now and then is fine; just don’t inflate every order to $25 for food you won’t eat.
Prime for Young Adults costs $7.49 a month or $69 a year after a six-month free trial for eligible new members, and it includes the Uber Eats perk. Split orders with roommates into one $25-plus cart instead of several small ones; one order means one service fee and a free delivery. If you were using Grubhub+ through Prime Student before, check whether your Grubhub membership is still active.
Through December 5, Prime Visa cardholders earn 5% back on all Uber Eats orders placed through Amazon. On a $40 total that’s $2 back, on top of the waived delivery fee. After December 5, check your card’s current reward categories; Amazon described the 5% on Uber Eats orders as running through that date.
Amazon highlighted rural communities in its launch, and says the perk reaches nearly ten thousand cities and towns. Still, whether you can use it depends on whether Uber Eats couriers and restaurants serve your address. Check Amazon’s Uber Eats page with your address before you count on it. If only one or two restaurants appear, the perk may be more of an occasional treat than a weekly habit.
At $139 a year, Prime would need you to avoid about 35 delivery fees of $3.99 before the Uber Eats perk alone pays for the membership, roughly three qualifying orders a month. If you also use free shipping, Prime Video or Amazon’s grocery delivery, it’s easier to justify. If not, a monthly Prime plan at $14.99 that you cancel when you stop using it, or a free 30-day trial if you’re eligible, is a lower-risk way to test it.
Restaurant Scout Map: See What’s Near You
Before you commit to a routine, see which restaurants are close by. Pick a type of food, open a Bing map around your location, then look up your favorites on Amazon’s Uber Eats page.
Why bother with a map at all? Delivery fees, wait times and how hot your food arrives all depend on distance. A restaurant two miles away tends to show up faster and in better shape than one eight miles away, even when the app lists both. When we compared listings, the closest cluster of restaurants is usually where the best experience is, so start your Amazon search there.
Fee Traps, Scams and What to Do When an Order Goes Wrong
New perks attract confusion and, sometimes, scammers. A few minutes of caution protects both your wallet and your Amazon account.
Any big, well-publicized perk is a gift to phishing scammers. Messages claiming you need to “verify” your Prime account, “activate” Uber Eats, or pay a small fee to unlock free delivery are red flags. The real perk needs no activation fee and no separate sign-up beyond logging in to Amazon. Go to Amazon yourself by typing the address or opening the app, rather than tapping a link in a message. If you get a suspicious message, report it to the FTC.
The most common money leak we found isn’t a hidden fee. It’s overlapping subscriptions: Prime, Uber One and a paid Grubhub+ or DoorDash plan all running at once for a household that orders twice a month. List every delivery subscription on your card statements, write down what each one is actually doing for you, and cancel the ones the Prime perk now covers.
Act the same day. Take photos of the bag and receipt, note the time it arrived, and start from your order in Amazon, since that’s where you paid. Keep the Uber Eats confirmation email too, because it contains Uber’s order details. Uber’s own help pages for restaurants note that order errors reported long after the fact may not qualify for an adjustment, so speed matters. If you can’t get a fair answer and paid by credit card, you can dispute the charge with your card issuer.
A note on how Amazon and Uber split the job, because it affects where you look for help. Amazon handles the sign-in, payment and delivery notifications. Uber Eats runs the restaurant network and the couriers, and sends the final order confirmation. In our review, neither launch announcement spelled out a separate support process for Amazon-placed orders, so for now the practical approach is to begin with the place you paid, Amazon, and keep Uber’s confirmation handy in case you’re routed to Uber.
Our Verdict
If you already pay for Prime and order restaurant dinners of $25 or more, the Uber Eats perk is free money: same restaurants, no delivery fee, no extra account. Order through Amazon every time, tip normally, and keep an eye on the service fee, which is now the biggest extra on your bill.
Groceries, convenience orders, smaller meals and Uber rides are all outside the Prime perk. If those make up a meaningful part of your month, Uber One at $96 a year still earns its price, and you can send your big restaurant orders through Amazon when it’s convenient.
Questions people still ask
Do I need an Uber Eats account to use the Prime perk?
No. You sign in with your Amazon account and pay with a payment method saved on Amazon. Uber Eats still prepares and delivers the order and sends a confirmation.
Can I use my Uber One benefits on an Amazon order?
The two memberships work separately. Uber One benefits apply in Uber’s own apps, while the Prime perk applies to orders placed on Amazon. Don’t expect them to combine on a single order.
Is the $25 minimum before or after fees?
Amazon’s terms describe orders of $25 or more without spelling out every detail. To be safe, make sure your food items alone add up to $25 before tax, tip and fees, and confirm the $0 delivery fee on the checkout screen before you pay.
Does the perk work for Uber Eats grocery or alcohol orders?
Amazon describes it as a restaurant delivery benefit. Grocery and convenience-store orders aren’t part of it, and Amazon points members to its own grocery delivery for those.
Can my spouse or adult child use my Prime for Uber Eats?
Amazon says Prime members can share benefits, including restaurant delivery through Uber Eats, with one other adult in the household through Amazon Family. That adult signs in with their own Amazon account.
What happened to my free Grubhub+?
Amazon’s Grubhub+ deal for Prime members ended November 5. Grubhub has said members who already activated Grubhub+ through Prime can keep using it through December 31, 2027. Check the membership screen in your Grubhub account.
Is the Uber Eats perk available outside the United States?
This launch covers Prime members in the U.S. Prime benefits differ by country, so members in Canada, Australia or elsewhere should check their local Amazon site.
Do restaurants charge more on Amazon than in the Uber Eats app?
Amazon says the restaurant selection on its Uber Eats page is broadly similar to the Uber Eats app. Prices are set by restaurants, and delivery-app prices can be higher than in-store prices, so compare your usual order if price matters to you.
Does Prime Access really include the same perk?
Yes. Amazon specifically named Prime Access and Prime for Young Adults as included when it launched the benefit.
Can Amazon change or end this perk?
Yes. Like any promotional benefit, the terms say offers can change or be canceled. The Grubhub deal it replaced lasted a little over four years. Enjoy it, but don’t build your budget around it lasting forever.
How this page was checked. Perk details, launch promotions, Prime Visa terms and the savings estimate come from Amazon’s and Uber’s November 5 announcements. Grubhub+ continuation dates reflect statements Grubhub gave to reporters. Prime and Uber One prices come from the companies’ published membership pages. Fee examples, the planner and all figures in our illustrations are our own estimates for planning. Offers can change at any time; the checkout screen is the final word.
This page is independent and not affiliated with Amazon, Uber or Grubhub. Brand names are used only to identify the services discussed.
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