Where To Get Birthday Freebies and Discounts for Completely Free

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.

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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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. 

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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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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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.

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.

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.

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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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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.