Chick-fil-A
Something sweet on the house for your birthday.
How: Join Chick-fil-A One in the app. On your birthday, check the Rewards tab.
Chick-fil-A's rewards pageFree food, drinks and treats on your birthday at places in Nashville, TN. Most need you to join a free rewards program first.
Most of these need you to join the chain's free rewards program a week or more before your birthday, so sign up early. Every one was checked on the chain's own website.
Something sweet on the house for your birthday.
How: Join Chick-fil-A One in the app. On your birthday, check the Rewards tab.
Chick-fil-A's rewards pageFree slice of cheesecake or layer cake for your birthday with any purchase.
How: Join Cheesecake Rewards (free) in the app or online.
Purchase required.
The Cheesecake Factory's rewards pageFree birthday reward: pick chips, guac, queso or a drink.
How: Join Chipotle Rewards and add your birthday. Choose the reward during your birthday month.
Chipotle's rewards pageFree birthday reward: dessert at the base tier, a small or regular entree at higher tiers.
How: Join Noodles Rewards and add your birthday. Reward size depends on your tier.
Noodles & Company's rewards pageA free cup of queso or guac for your birthday.
How: Join Moe Rewards and add your birthday.
Moe's Southwest Grill's rewards pageA free birthday smoothie.
How: Join Jamba Rewards and add your birthday.
Jamba's rewards pageA $2 20 oz smoothie on your birthday (free for Champion members).
How: Join Healthy Rewards and add your birthday. The deal loads to your account.
Champion status needs 35,000 points a year.
Smoothie King's rewards pageA special birthday treat on the house.
How: Join Hardee's My Rewards and add your birthday.
Hardee's's rewards pageA free bakery treat on your birthday.
How: Join Corner Bakery Rewards in the app and add your birthday.
Corner Bakery's rewards pageA special birthday treat during your birthday month.
How: Join Fridays Rewards and add your birthday.
Birthday offers expire after 30 days.
TGI Fridays's rewards pageA free full stack of Original Buttermilk pancakes (5 PanCoins) in your birthday month.
How: Join International Bank of Pancakes (IHOP rewards) and add your birthday at least 7 days before it.
IHOP's pages differ on the sign-up deadline; joining early is safest.
IHOP's rewards pageFree You Pick Two on your birthday for MyPanera+ and Sip Club members.
How: Be a MyPanera+ or Sip Club member and add your birthday. Pick the reward at checkout.
Up to $18; good 7 days; no lobster items, catering or third-party orders. Free MyPanera members may get a bakery treat.
Panera Bread's rewards pageA free dessert for your birthday.
How: Join Club Applebee's (free) before your birthday.
Needs a $15 minimum purchase; exclusions may apply; must be 13 or older.
Applebee's's rewards pageA free medium sub on your birthday with the purchase of any item.
How: Join Firehouse Rewards, add your birthday, and make a $1+ purchase in the 6 months before (at least 7 days before) your birthday.
Use it the day before, day of, or day after. One per year, participating locations.
Firehouse Subs's rewards page72 Shore Points on your birthday, enough for a free regular sub.
How: Create a MyMike's account, add your birthday, opt in to emails, and buy a sub, wrap or sub bowl in the 12 months before.
Opt in at least 24 hours before your birthday.
Jersey Mike's's rewards pageFree chips and queso for your birthday; Gold members get a free entree.
How: Join QDOBA Rewards and add your birthday. Gold status takes 12 visits in a year.
Qdoba's pages differ on this; check the app.
Qdoba's rewards pageA free cookie on your birthday; higher tiers can pick a shake or entree.
How: Join Potbelly Perks at least 7 days before your birthday, add it, and make one purchase before it each year.
Valid on your birthday only.
Potbelly's rewards pageA free chicken sandwich and a free treat on your birthday.
How: Join Zaxby's Rewards and add your birthday.
Kids 10 and under in Zax Kidz Club get a free kids meal card on their birthday.
Zaxby's's rewards pageA special birthday offer.
How: Join Bojangles Rewards and enter your birthday when you sign up.
Use within 7 days. Must be 18 or older.
Bojangles's rewards pageA free drink on your birthday.
How: Join the Caniac Club and add your birthday.
Offers are up to Cane's and can change.
Raising Cane's's rewards pageA free item on your birthday (Whopper Jr., cheeseburger, soft serve and more) plus 2x Crowns all month.
How: Join Royal Perks, add your birthday at least 7 days ahead, and make one purchase in the prior 12 months.
Burger King's rewards pageOne free dessert for your birthday.
How: Join Cracker Barrel Rewards, add your birthdate before your birth month, and make a purchase in the 12 months before.
Loads within 72 hours of the 1st of your birth month; use within 45 days. Not candy.
Cracker Barrel's rewards pageA free appetizer or dessert during your birthday month.
How: Join P.F. Chang's Rewards and add your birthday month to your profile.
Participating U.S. locations; no airports, third-party delivery or other offers.
P.F. Chang's's rewards pageA free bagel and cream cheese with purchase for your birthday.
How: Join Bruegger's Rewards and add your birthday.
Good for 14 days around your birthday.
Bruegger's Bagels's rewards pageA free dessert for your birthday.
How: Join Papa Rewards, add your birthday, and make a purchase in the past year. Order online or in the app.
Good for 14 days from your birthday; online only.
Papa Johns's rewards pageOne free handcrafted drink, food item or bottled drink on your birthday.
How: Join Starbucks Rewards at least 7 days before your birthday, add your birthday, and make one Star-earning purchase before it. Reward appears in the app.
Green level wording; excludes alcohol, merchandise, packaged coffee and multi-serve items.
Starbucks's rewards pageA free drink on your birthday.
How: Download the Dutch Bros app and add your birthday. The reward shows up on the day.
No app? Tell your broista. Half-birthday reward ended in Dec 2023.
Dutch Bros's rewards page3x points on purchases for a day around your birthday.
How: Join Dunkin' Rewards and add your birthday. Activate the offer the day before, on, or the day after your birthday.
Not a free drink.
Dunkin''s rewards pageA free pretzel for your birthday.
How: Join Auntie Anne's Rewards and add your birthday.
You must make at least one purchase each year to qualify.
Auntie Anne's's rewards pageA free cold brew for your birthday.
How: Join Cinnabon Rewards and add your birthday.
Terms apply; see the reward for details.
Cinnabon's rewards pageA free Bundtlet (single-size cake) on your birthday.
How: Join Bundtastic Rewards (free) and add your birthday.
Nothing Bundt Cakes's rewards pageA free birthday scoop through the Birthday Club.
How: Create a Baskin-Robbins account in the BR app or online and finish your profile. Coupon appears in the app on your birthday.
Most U.S. shops accept it, but not all; call first. Must be 13 or older. Add up to 5 family members.
Baskin-Robbins's rewards pageA free birthday gift.
How: Join Krispy Kreme Rewards and add your birth date to your profile.
Good for 30 days after it arrives.
Krispy Kreme's rewards pageA birthday offer in the DQ app.
How: Join DQ Rewards and place an order of $1 or more while signed in within the 45 days before your birthday. Check the Deals tab.
Good for 7 days.
Dairy Queen's rewards pageChoice of a birthday gift plus 2x points during your birthday month.
How: Join Ultamate Rewards (free), add your birthday and opt in to emails.
Members only; email opt-in and birthday needed.
Ulta Beauty's rewards pageA gift on your pet's birthday or Gotcha Day.
How: Join PetSmart Treats Rewards (free) and add your pet's birthday or adoption day.
PetSmart's rewards pageA birthday gift every year for Target Circle members.
How: Join Target Circle (free) and add your birthday in your account.
Target's rewards pageA $5 birthday gift.
How: Join Hot Topic Rewards (free) and add your birthday.
Hot Topic's rewards pageA free birthday gift once a year.
How: Join Beauty Insider (free). Redeem in your birthday month in store with no purchase, or online with a $25 order.
In store you can pick 250 points instead. Gift choices change each year.
Sephora's rewards pageOne free item (regular price up to $9.95) for your birthday.
How: Join My Bath & Body Works Rewards and add your birth month and day. Reward appears in the app Wallet.
Good for 30 days. Birthday can't be changed once added.
Bath & Body Works's rewards pagePay your child's age for a Birthday Treat Bear during the birthday month.
How: Join Bonus Club. Bring the child to a store in their birthday month.
In store only; account holder 18+ and child must be there.
Build-A-Bear Workshop's rewards page$5 off one purchase during your birthday month.
How: Join Real Rewards and add your birthday. The offer is sent around the 1st of your birth month.
One-time use.
American Eagle and Aerie's rewards pageA $5 off birthday coupon ($10 at Bestie level).
How: Join C•Club (free, 13+) and add your birthday. Offer comes by email.
Claire's's rewards pageA birthday offer during your child's birthday month.
How: Join Carter's Rewards, add your child's birthday, opt in to emails, and make a purchase in the past 12 months.
Kids 14 and under; account open 30 days before the birth month.
Carter's's rewards page