Thrifty Thursday: It "pays" to sign up for online mailing lists

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It really does pay off to sign up for online mailing lists! Here are some of the things that you can get for free when you join mailing lists: (make sure you also check out my post about Birthday Freebies for Kids and Birthday Freebies for Adults)

RESTAURANT DEALS:

Chili’s ~ Join the Chili’s e-mail club and get a coupon for free chips and queso within 48 hours of signing up!

Dairy Queen ~ Join the Blizzard Fan Club and get a coupon for a Buy One, Get One Free Blizzard!

Dave & Busters ~ Join Dave & Busters Rewards and get $10 in Game Play just for joining their mailing list along with monthly e-mail specials on food, games, and fun and 10% off game play for life.

Del Taco ~ Join the Del Taco fan Eclub and get 2 free chicken soft tacos just for signing up plus a free premium shake on your birthday!

Houlihan’s ~ Get a free appetizer just for joining their e-mail list plus get a free entree on your birthday!


Outback Steakhouse ~ Join My Outback Rewards and get a free Aussie-Tizer just for joining!

Quiznos ~ Get a coupon for a free Sammie for joining the Quiznos mailing list and get a free cookie on your birthday!

RETAIL DEALS:

Bass/Izod/Van Heusen Rewards ~ This is a free program that allows you to earn rewards for purchases you make at Bass, Izod, and Van Heusen stores.  Membership is free and all members receive a free $10 reward just for joining!  Plus, you get 500 bonus points upon registration and a birthday bonus!  After that, you get a $10 reward for every $100 you spend.  You also get e-mails with special discount coupons and access to members only sales events.

Gymboree Rewards ~ Gymboree Rewards is a free program that allows you to earn rewards for your purchases made in store and online (this includes purchases made at the outlet).  You earn one point for every dollar you spend and you earn a $5 reward for every 250 points.   There are also special members-only points events.

JC Penney Rewards ~ JC Penney Rewards is a free program that allows you to earn rewards for your purchases made in store and online.  You earn at least one point for every dollar you spend (sometimes, there are promotions where you can earn double points) and you get a free $10 reward for every $125 you spend.  I have also noticed that since I signed up, I have started getting coupons in the mail for $10 off any $10 purchase.

Kohl’s ~ Sign up for Kohl’s e-mails and get a coupon for $5 off your next in-store purchase and 10% off your next online purchase.  You will also receive a heads up about upcoming sales and valuable coupons for use in store and online.

The Children’s Place ~ Register for The Children’s Place Birthday Club and get a coupon for 15% off your entire purchase in the month of your child’s birthday plus notice of sales and other valuable coupons.

Do you know of other restaurant or retail freebies you can get for joining online mailing lists?  If so, please share?

Do you have another Thrifty Thursday tip to share?  Feel free to link up below!

For more Thrifty Thursday ideas, check out Coupon Teacher, Madame Deals, and Life as a Mom.

Gap: Last day to "roll the dice" and get up to 40% off


Gap has a “roll the dice” promotion where you can save 10%, 20%, 30%, or 40% at check-out. When you are ready to check out, enter the code BG9FW9BG7GT3 and your savings will be revealed and deducted automatically from your purchase! Today is the last day to take advantage of this promotion.  Gap card holders also get free shipping when they spend $100 or more and enter the code MYCARD. Get an additional 4% cash back when you shop through the Gap link on Shop at Home.

Free goldfish crackers at Kroger!

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With two kids, we go through a LOT of Goldfish crackers, so I’m super excited about this. There is a new printable coupon for Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers:

$.50/1 Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers (6.6-8 ounces, includes original, pretzel, baby, paremsan, or pizza)

There is also a loadable coupon here for $.50 off Pepperidge Farm Goldfish (this will only work for one bag of crackers)

The Goldfish crackers are on sale 4/$5 this week, so if your Kroger doubles coupons, you end up getting paid $.25 to buy one package of Goldfish!  Or, if you print two manufacturer’s coupons and your store doubles coupons, you end up getting two bags for free!

Make sure you check out my Kroger weekly deals post for the rest of the Kroger weekly deals!

ETA:  If you have a store that is part of the “Safeway” family of stores, you can also score free Goldfish this weekend if your stores double coupons – they will be on sale for $.88 on Saturday and Sunday only!  My Randalls store is participating in this offer, but they only double one ‘like’ coupon per transaction, so I’m still planning to do the Kroger deal.

Southwest Airlines is celebrating their birthday with airfare from $39!

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Southwest Airlines is celebrating their 39th birthday by offering airfares starting at just $39!

Here’s the breakdown in pricing:

$39     for 0-450 miles
$79     for 451-1000 miles
$119   for 1001+ miles

Tickets must be purchased by 11:59 p.m. PST on June 24, 2010 and travel dates are between September 8 and November 17th, 2010.

I’m sure these tickets will go quickly – reserve yours now!

Hot deal on Huggies diapers and wipes at Target!

If you need diapers and wipes, this is a pretty good deal at Target.

There is a new printable coupon for $2 off any Huggies wipes (320 ct+). There are also new printables on Target.com for $3 off Huggies diapers (this is a manufacturer’s coupon with a Target logo) and $3.50 off Huggies diapers and wipes (this is a Target store coupon).

Here’s the breakdown on this deal:

Buy 1 jumbo pack Huggies diapers – $8.99
Buy 1 box Huggies wipes – $8.99 (320 ct wipes)

Use $2 Huggies wipes printable
Use $3 Huggies diapers printable
Use $3.50/Huggies diapers & wipes Target printable

Spend $9.48 OOP

This post is part of Becentsable’s Grocery Gathering.