You check eight major theme parks for a birthday perk, expecting at least a few to have one. Almost none currently do. Busch Gardens actually used to give pass members a free ticket for a…
You check five movie theater chains for a birthday perk, and four of them genuinely have one: popcorn, a drink, or a treat loaded onto your account. The fifth chain’s benefit turned out…
You check a footwear retailer’s loyalty program expecting the birthday perk you remember from a few years back, and for one major chain, it’s gone. Aldo’s ALDO Crew program,…
You check seven clothing brands for a birthday perk. Five of them have one, genuinely defined and confirmed in their own program rules. The other two are worth knowing about for different…
You’ve probably seen the phrase “birthday gift” tucked into a furniture retailer’s rewards page and assumed it meant a discount code waiting in your inbox. Sometimes it…
You’d assume the biggest names in home improvement have the best loyalty perks, since they’re the ones with the resources to build a real rewards program. Home Depot and…
You search “Walmart birthday rewards” and land on a real page with that exact name. It’s a shelf of party-favor merchandise, goodie bag stuffers and “Birthday…
You check three different grocery chains for a birthday reward, and all three genuinely have one. Then you read the fine print on two of them and realize “having an account” was…
You check Whataburger’s app for a birthday reward, and it wants you to log in before it’ll tell you anything. Seven other fast food and casual chains just tell you outright, no…
You search “Costa Coffee birthday freebie” and every result describes a free cake. What none of them mention: that program is British, and the six US locations don’t have a…