Where To Get Birthday Freebies and Discounts for Completely Free
Treat Yourself
While an incredible number of freebies revolve around free birthday meals, there are plenty of companies out there that will give you discounts and gifts on practically everything else on your special day. Company loyalty programs often offer free birthday stuff to their members in return for signing up for a card, newsletter, or club (which is almost always free). Here are more than 50 ways you can get birthday freebies and discounts for you and your loved ones, from car washes to beauty samples to rounds of golf.
Ace Hardware Birthday Freebie: $5 or $10 Reward
How to get it: Join Ace Rewards program
This cooperative of independent hardware stores fashioned itself a rewards program that offers cash back through points. You get a $5 birthday reward, or $10 if you spend $750 or more in a 12-month period.
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Aerie Birthday Freebie: 15-25% Off Coupon
How to get it: Join Aerie/American Eagle rewards program
Aerie offers three levels of rewards depending on how much you spend over the course of a year. You'll get a coupon for 15% off for your birthday no matter what, though if you spend $150 or $250 annually, that amount goes up to 20% and 25% off, respectively.
AMC Theatres Birthday Freebie: Free Large Popcorn
How to get it: Join AMC Stubs members club
Everyone wants popcorn when they see a movie, and you can get a large popcorn for free if you see a movie at AMC Theatres on your birthday. Just sign up for the free AMC Stubs Insider club. If you pay a membership fee, you get a free soda (and other perks) as well.
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American Eagle Birthday Freebie: 15-25% Off Coupon
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
The vintage styles of American Eagle can be yours for less if you sign up Real Rewards with your birthday. You'll get a coupon for 15% off, though if you spend $150 or $250 annually, that amount goes up to 20% and 25% off, respectively.
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AMF Bowling Birthday Freebie: $5 Discount Per Person
How to get it: Sign up for loyalty club
This chain of bowling alleys and its MVB Rewards club offers $5 off bowling per person for a group of up to four for signing up, and also fills your inbox with lots of other offers. In previous years, they've included offers for children's birthdays to members who have signed up their kids, as well.
Anthropologie Birthday Freebie: 20% Discount
How to get it: Sign up for Antrhoperks loyalty program
Anthropologie's most die-hard adherents consider this clothing and home store a lifestyle. The company offers a bevy of perks if you sign up for its loyalty program, and also doles out a discount for each AnthroPerks member's birthday.
Athleta Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
Free gift
How to get it: Join loyalty club
This athletic apparel chain shares its rewards club with three other outlets since they're all owned by the same company. For your birthday, you'll get a free bonus — usually a discount code or coupon. But as a member of the loyalty club, you'll get free shipping on $50 orders all the time, which is definitely worth the sign-up.
Aveda Birthday Freebie: Free Gift and Double Points
Free gift and double points
How to get it: Sign up for Aveda Plus Rewards program
This beauty and spa brand lets its rewards members rack up points toward products, treatments, and three-day resort stays. For their birthdays, members can receive a gift, redeemable in-store or online, and a certificate for double points on their next Aveda product purchase.
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Banana Republic Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Join loyalty club
This apparel chain shares its rewards club with three other outlets since they're all owned by the same company. For your birthday, you'll get a free bonus — usually a discount code or coupon. Holders of the store's credit card get bigger and better birthday gifts.
BareMinerals Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for Good Rewards loyalty program
Members of this beauty chain's loyalty program get a free birthday gift. After signing up, you will be added to BareMinerals' email list and get other reward codes in your inbox.
Barnes & Noble Birthday Freebie: Special Offer
How to get it: Sign up for B&N Rewards loyalty program
Unfortunately Barnes & Nobles recently sunset their Kids' Club rewards program which gave away a free cupcake from the bookstore's cafe.
They've since replaced it with the new B&N Rewards program which promises a "special offer for your birthday" which will be delivered by email.
Bath & Body Works Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for loyalty program
Love smelling like cucumber and melon? Sign up for Bath & Body Works' loyalty program and you'll get a coupon for a free body care item $7.50 or less, including things like lip balm and travel size shower gel.
Benefit Cosmetics Birthday Freebie: Free Brow Arch
How to get it: Bring valid photo ID
There are three great words that make any birthday freebie better: no purchase necessary. Benefit Beauty Brow Bar beauty lounge will give you a free brow arch on your birthday with no purchase or membership required. Just bring a valid government-issued photo ID to prove it's your birthday.
Big Lots Birthday Freebie: Free Surprise
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Big Lots chooses to keep it rewards program birthday gift a surprise, but some people have gotten 15% off coupons in the past. Watch your email around the first of your birthday month for more information.
The Body Shop Birthday Freebie: $10 Reward
How to get it: Sign up for membership club
The Love Your Body Club is a rewards program like most others, but it's a little more generous when it comes to celebrating members' birthdays. It doles out $10 in rewards, which club members would otherwise have to spend $100 to earn.
Build-A-Bear Workshop Birthday Freebie: Discounted Bear
How to get it: Sign up for bonus program
Build-A-Bear knows how to do kids' birthdays right. If you're a member of the Bonus Club program and you bring your child into the store during their birthday month, you can buy a special Birthday Treat Bear and pay only your child's age. So if they're turning six, that bear's only $6. Plus, you'll get a special undisclosed award on the account holder's birthday, too.
Chico's Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Members of the rewards program at Chico's get an undisclosed birthday gift that some have reported is a $10 reward. The more you spend, the better the gift.
The Children's Place Birthday Freebie: 20% Discount
How to get it: Sign up for loyalty club
This children's clothing retailer doesn't give loyalty club members rewards for their own birthdays, but they get a 20% discount for their kid's big day (25% if they use a My Place Rewards credit card). Even better, they get that discount on the birthday of every child they have, up to four.
Chuck E. Cheese Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Join email list
Chuck E. Cheese has always been a birthday destination. To keep that business coming, the namesake mouse and friends offer kids a free treat for their birthday and half-birthday if parents join the pizza chain's rewards club.
Cinemark Birthday Freebie: Free Popcorn, Coupon, and Gift
How to get it: Join email list and sign up for membership program
Joining Cinemark's weekly email list will score you a free popcorn and coupon on your birthday. Also, if you sign up for the movie theater chain's Cinemark Connections membership program, you'll receive an undisclosed gift on your birthday.
Clinique Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Beauty brands just love giving away free stuff on your birthday, and Clinique is no exception. To receive a birthday gift, you have to sign up for Clinique Smart Rewards, provide your birthdate in your profile, receive an offer code in the mail, make a purchase during your birth month, and apply the offer code to your purchase.
Cobblestone Auto Spa Birthday Freebie: Free Car Wash
How to get it: Sign up for rewards club
It's simple: You join the rewards club for free and get a free car wash on your birthday (or the day before or after) each year. If only all birthday perks were this straightforward.
Columbia Sportswear Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for rewards club
Want a sweet down vest or fleece jacket for your birthday? Columbia probably won't hand you one, but it will give you a free mystery gift if you join its rewards club.
The Container Store Birthday Freebie: 15-25% Off Coupon
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
All those closet and pantry organizers can really add up at The Container Store, so it behooves you to sign up for Organized Insider. Every member gets a 15% off coupon for their birthday, while those who spend at least $300 get 20% off, and anyone who spends a whopping $1,000 will get 25% off.
Crumbl Cookies Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for loyalty program
A free dessert on your birthday? Yes please. Sign up for Crumbl Cookie's loyalty program, input your birthday, and you'll get a free cookie voucher emailed to you every year on your birthday. We're partial to the triple berry cobbler over the chocolate chip.
CVS Birthday Freebie: $3 Reward
How to get it: Sign up for ExtraCare Beauty Club
Members of the health and beauty chain's ExtraCare Beauty Club get $3 in rewards as a birthday gift.
Del Taco Birthday Freebie: Free Shake or Dessert
How to get it: Join rewards program
Want to score a free dessert on your birthday? Members of Del Taco's Del Yeah! Rewards program can redeem a free shake or dessert, depending on how many points they have.
There are also other ways to get free fast food deals throughout the rest of the year.
DSW Birthday Freebie: $5 or $10 Gift Certificate
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
This hangar-size shoe chain sends members of its free rewards program $5 gift certificates. For the true shoe junkie who spends $500 or more annually at DSW, that goes up to $10.
Edible Arrangements Birthday Freebie: Free Chocolate-Dipped Fruit Box
How to get it: Join rewards program, make a purchase of $29 or more previously
You can score your own 12-piece chocolate-dipped fruit box from Edible Arrangements if you sign up for the rewards program an spend at least $29 in the year before your birthday. You don't have to make a purchase to redeem your birthday freebie, but you will have to order it and pick it up in store.
e.l.f. Cosmetics Birthday Freebie: Free Full-Size Beauty Product
How to get it: Join loyalty program
Fans of e.l.f. Cosmetics products get a free full-size item for their birthday when they sign up for the company's free Beauty Squad rewards program. If you spend at least $100, you also earn bonus rewards points during your birth month.
Express Birthday Freebie: Free $5 Gift
How to get it: Join loyalty program
If you sign up for the clothing retailer's Express Insider's club, a free $5 birthday and half-birthday gift awaits. If you also have an Express credit card, that gift goes up to $20 or $40, depending on how many points you earn.
Famous Footwear Birthday Freebie: $5 or $10 Discount and Double Points
How to get it: Join loyalty program
If you scratch Famous Footwear's back, it'll scratch yours. The shoe chain has a loyalty program that nets you $5 off plus double points earned on purchases made during your birthday month. Spend $200 within a year, and that $5 becomes $10.
Fandango Birthday Freebie: Discounted Movie Ticket
How to get it: Join rewards program
Fandango is an app that allows you to buy movie tickets at theaters all over the United States. If you sign up for the Fan Rewards program, you get a discounted movie ticket emailed to you.
Finish Line Birthday Freebie: $10 Off Coupon
How to get it: Join rewards program
Sign up for the Status loyalty program at Finish Line and you get a $10 birthday coupon. You also get free mystery gifts for signing up and on your anniversary of joining. If you spend at least $500, you'll be eligible for "upgraded" birthday gifts.
Gap Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Join rewards program
This apparel chain shares its Gap Good Rewards club with three other outlets since they're all owned by the same company. For your birthday, you'll get a free bonus — usually a discount code or coupon. Holders of the store's credit card get bigger and better birthday gifts.
GreensKeeper Birthday Freebie: Free Round of Golf
How to get it: Sign up for mailing list
There are a lot of free or discounted birthday golf specials out there, but the folks at GreensKeeper keep all that info on one tidy page. The Oakmont Golf Club in Santa Rosa, California, for example, offers a free round of golf on your birthday with ID. The Perdido Bay Golf Club in Perdido Bay, Florida, also offers a free birthday round, though you have to register first.
Gymboree Birthday Freebie: 20-25% Off Coupon
How to get it: Join rewards program
If you sign up for Gymboree's rewards club and enter your child's birthday, you'll get a 20% off coupon for their birth month. If you have a store credit card, you'll get a 25% off coupon. You can enter birthdays for up to four children.
H&M Birthday Freebie: 25% Off One Item
How to get it: Sign up for loyalty program
You'll be looking swanky in new birthday duds from H&M if you join the free loyalty program. For your birthday, you get a coupon for 25% off one item, along with a 10%-off coupon for signing up.
Hallmark Birthday Freebie: Discount and Other Perks
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
This card giant's Crown Rewards program offers $5 off your next purchase for joining and comes with some interesting birthday perks. While its website doesn't specifically say what it offers for birthdays, Hallmark has previously offered members a free card for their special day as well as 20% off their next purchase.
Harkins Theaters Birthday Freebie: $5 Credit for Concessions
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Just about no movie theater is going to give you a free movie on your birthday. However, Harkins' rewards program gives members $5 toward concessions on their birthday no matter how many points they earn during the year.
Helzberg Diamonds Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Subscribe to newsletter
When you subscribe to its newsletter, this jewelry shop offers a discount of roughly 25% on a $200 purchase and also alludes to a free birthday gift. A few years back, that gift was a set of pearl earrings.
Hot Topic Birthday Freebie: $5 Off Coupon
How to get it: Join rewards program
Relive your best high school fashion days by joining Hot Topic's rewards program. For your birthday, you'll get a $5 coupon, no matter how much you spend in the previous year.
IHG Hotels Birthday Freebie: 1,000 Points
How to get it: Join rewards program
While IHG doesn't explicitly describe its perks for joining its rewards program, folks who keep an eye on loyalty programs have confirmed that IHG offers 1,000 points to rewards club members on their birthday with no stay required.
Ikea Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Join Ikea Family, the chain's loyalty program, and you'll receive a pretty great gift for your birthday: a $10 coupon. If that's not enough reason to sign up, you'll also get 5% off eligible furniture and decor purchases all the time.
JCPenney Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Join rewards program
Yes, JCPenney still exists, despite closing many stores and filing for bankruptcy. If you've actually shopped there in the past year and signed up for the free rewards program, you can get a surprise birthday gift on your special day — probably in the form of a coupon.
J.Crew Birthday Freebie: $10-$20 Coupon
How to get it: Join rewards program
Signing up for J.Crew Passport rewards program gets you all kinds of perks, including free shipping and a $10 birthday offer even if you haven't spent a dime at the store yet. If you've spent $500 or $1,000 in a year, you'll get $15 or $20 birthday freebies instead.
Kendra Scott Birthday Freebie: Free Treat
How to get it: Sign up for email newsletter
Beautiful baubles are on the docket during your birthday month from Kendra Scott. Sign up for the site's email newsletter and you get coupon codes for 50% off one fashion jewelry item and 25% off one fine, sterling silver, or home collection item. Plus an undisclosed free treat on your birthday.
Kiehl's Birthday Freebie: Free Lip Balm and Deluxe Sample
How to get it: Join rewards program
Kiehl's, a skincare retailer, will give you a free lip balm and "deluxe sample" for your birthday if you sign up for the rewards program. If you earn more points during the year, you'll earn more sample freebies, as well.
Kohl's Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Join Kohl's Rewards program and the store will send you a "special birthday gift." In the past that gift was a $5 or $10 coupon, but it appears the retailer might now be adding points to customers' rewards totals — which still translate into savings at Kohl's.
Lacoste Birthday Freebie: Discount
How to get it: Join loyalty club
Treat yourself to a new Lacoste polo for your birthday. When you're a member of Le Club Lacoste, you get a discount code valid for your entire order, although the percentage off is kept a secret.
Lancôme Birthday Freebie: $20 Off Coupon
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program and make a $100 purchase
Skincare and makeup products at Lancôme are not cheap, so we'll take any discount we can get. Sign up for the company's rewards program and you'll get a $20 off $100 coupon for your birthday. If you reach higher rewards tiers, you'll also get bonus points.
Lane Bryant Birthday Freebie: $20 Discount
How to get it: Join rewards program
Plus-size fashion often comes at a price premium, but Lane Bryant will give you a discount for your birthday. Members of the Lane Rewards program receive an undisclosed "birthday offer," although members say it's $20 off, with a minimum order of $20.01, which is a pretty great deal.
Lufthansa Birthday Freebie: Free Benefits
How to get it: Sign up for rewards plan
This is not the sort of thing Lufthansa advertises, but its previous birthday benefits for Miles & More members have included a free upgrade or complimentary breakfast for an entire stay at Swissôtel locations. Even better, those gifts were valid for a full year. While Lufthansa keeps those birthday benefits a well-guarded secret, they don't seem out of line with the other perks of the airline's rewards plan.
Marriott Birthday Freebie: Free Reward
How to get it: Join membership program
Marriott sometimes gives away a free night at its hotels to select rewards-club members on their birthdays, according to its customers, but promotions shift from year to year. If you sign up for the program and add your birthday to your profile page, you might be one of the lucky ones who receives a reward on your special day.
Medieval Times Birthday Freebie: Free Admission
How to get it: Sign up for email newsletter
It's dinner theater with horses, and Medieval Times gives away the theater part for free on your birthday. While you have to bring a friend and pay for the finger-food meal, the cost of admission is waived when you join Medieval Times' Queen's Court mailing list.
Men's Wearhouse Birthday Freebie: Discount
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
For members of the Perfect Fit rewards program, $30 off tuxedo rentals alone is a great perk, but the special birthday offers are a big plus. Even a little discount can go a long way if you know what to shop for.
Old Navy Birthday Freebie: Free Gift and Bonus Points
How to get it: Join loyalty club
This apparel chain shares its Navyist Rewards club with three other outlets since they're all owned by the same company. For your birthday, you'll get free bonus rewards points, plus an undisclosed extra — usually a discount code or coupon. If you have a store credit card, you'll get an even better birthday gift.
Origins Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Join rewards program
Skincare company Origins treats members of its rewards program to an undisclosed free gift for their birthday, whether you spend any money at the store or not. You'll also get a free gift on the anniversary of your joining the program, plus free samples with every online order.
Petco Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for loyalty program
Do you think your pet doesn't notice when you miss its birthday? Petco knows better. In the past it gave members of its loyalty program 10% off on all purchases made on their pet's birthday. The store now promises a free gift.
PetSmart Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
PetSmart's rewards program is appropriately named Treats, and that may be what your pet gets on their birthday as their undisclosed free surprise. You'll also get free shipping on orders over $49, so don't worry about lugging those giant bags of dog food around the store.
Pet Supplies Plus Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Join rewards program
Showering your pet with gifts is one of the greatest joys in life. You can do more of it if you sign up for Pet Supplies Plus Rewards, because you'll get a coupon for a free gift emailed to you for their birthday or "gotcha" day.
Rack Room Shoes Birthday Freebie: Free $10 Off Coupon
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
New kicks are always an appropriate treat for your birthday. I you sign up for the rewards program at Rack Room Shoes, you'll get a $10 reward emailed to you to use during your birth month.
Redbox Birthday Freebie: Free $2 Rental Coupon
How to get it: Join rewards program
Still rent movies? Redbox gives its Perks rewards program members a $2 reward code for a rental at a kiosk or on demand for their birthday. You'll also get a free one-night movie rental just for signing up.
Reebok Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Join loyalty program
Treat yourself to new kicks for your birthday. Reebok's new loyalty program (the company just phased out Unlocked) will send you a free gift for your birthday. In the past, that's included $10-$40 coupons, so it's worth signing up.
Savory Spice Shop Birthday Freebie: Free Spice Blend
How to get it: Sign up for loyalty club
Spices are not cheap, and this spice-shop chain knows it. As part of its rewards program, Savory will let you rack up points toward free spices and also send you a small spice-blend bottle for your birthday.
Sephora Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
Free gift
How to get it: Join loyalty program and spend $25
Joining Sephora's Beauty Insiders club gets particularly fun around your birth month, when the beauty chain gives you a choice of a pretty great free gift if you spend $25.
Shoe Carnival Birthday Freebie: $5-$10 Off Coupon
How to get it: Join rewards program
Shoe Carnival's Shoe Perks rewards program gives members a $5 coupon for their birthdays. If you spend $200 in a year at the store, that increases to $10. You have a month to use it, so you might as well make your birthday last.
ShopBop Birthday Freebie: 10-20% Off Discount
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program and spend
Online clothing retailer ShopBop is another company with a merit-based birthday rewards system. While those in its bronze spending level don't receive any benefits, the ones who've spent enough to earn silver, gold, or platinum status get 10%, 15%, or 20% birthday discounts, respectively.
Smashbox Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Join rewards program
SmashBox's SmashCash members get a free gift on their birthday. While you used to have to spend at least $75 to get it, that requirement has been dropped. But if you spend more than $250 in a year, you'll get a "bigger + better" birthday gift.
Starbucks Birthday Freebie: Free Beverage or Food Item
How to get it: Join rewards program
Members of the Starbucks Rewards program will receive a free drink or food item on their birthday. Yup, you can even get one of Starbucks' secret menu items for free.
Sur la Table Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Join rewards program
Sign up for Sur la Table's rewards program and opt in to emails from the company in order to get free birthday surprises. You'll get your email about it a couple days before your birthday, and it — presumably a coupon or freebie — will be valid for 30 days.
Talbots Birthday Freebie: 10% Discount
10% discount
How to get it: Shop with rewards club membership within the past two years
Members of this women's clothing retailer's rewards program get one day of discounts during their birthday month. It's 10% off for Classic Awards Loyalty members but 15% off for Talbots credit card holders. You can't use other discounts or gift cards with your purchases, and in order to activate the birthday perk, rewards club members need to have shopped at Talbots at least once within the last 24 months.
Ulta Beauty Birthday Freebie: Free Gift and Double Points
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Everyone in the Ultamate Rewards program gets a birthday gift and double points on their birthday. However, if you spend more than $450 a year, you also get a $10 birthday coupon and points that never expire.
Urban Outfitters Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Sign up for UO Rewards and you get a present on both your birthday and your half-birthday. The program also offers the chance at tickets to exclusive events, artist meet-and-greets, and live performances, as well as 10 ways to win a $5 reward all year long.
Victoria's Secret Birthday Freebie: Free $10 Off Coupon
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Victoria's Secret finally launched a rewards program in early 2023 to the delight of lingerie fans everywhere. If you put in your birthday when you sign up for Collective Rewards, you'll get a $10 reward no matter your loyalty level.
World Market Birthday Freebie: Free Gift
How to get it: Sign up for rewards program
Can't get enough of the international foods at World Market? If you sign up for the rewards program, you'll get a free birthday surprise, which some have reported is a 15% off coupon for any of the store's food and non-alcoholic beverages.
