The only program that I think beats Amazon Prime is Zappos VIP, which gives you free next day shipping. Zappos seems to hand out VIP memberships right and left

The only program that I think beats Amazon Prime is Zappos VIP, which gives you free next day shipping. Zappos seems to hand out VIP memberships right and left to keep customers happy. Of course, now Zappos is owned by Amazon. Edit: I have both Zappos VIP and free student Amazon Prime, so I'm pretty happy sending my cash to Amazon (not to mention AWS).