Starlink military, veteran or student discount? What its pages say
Start from the discounts Starlink's US pages do describe, which go by area and by promotion rather than by group: its help page on promotional pricing says "In select areas, new Starlink customers can receive discounted service pricing", and entering your address on starlink.com previews "the price breakdown in your area" (both checked November 2026). Searched in November 2026 for military, veteran, first responder, student, teacher, Tesla, senior and disability, Starlink's US help pages describe no discount for those groups, and the Discounts clause of its US Terms of Service, which names no group, says "Starlink may offer you discounts at the time of sale" (version published August 2026). Whatever the group, someone who has never been a Starlink customer and orders an eligible Residential or Roam plan through an existing customer's referral link gets $100 as a credit on the second monthly bill, which is a referral credit and not a group discount.
Promo: $100 off Starlink with my referral link
If you've never been a Starlink customer and you order an eligible Residential or Roam plan through my link, we both get Starlink's reward for your country. In the US, that is a $100 credit on your second monthly bill, and I get $100 too. Use my referral link
What Starlink's US help pages say for each group
Starlink's US help center was searched 41 times in November 2026, through its own search set to the US, and every result was read: 23 different help pages in all. Each row is one group, with the words searched, how many help pages each search returned, what those pages are, and whether any of them describes a discount for that group.
| Group | Searched (results) | What came back | A discount for this group? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military | "military" (4), "military discount" (3) | An aviation page, Can helicopters or military aircraft use Starlink Aviation?, which sends questions about military aircraft to Starlink's government sales team; the API's data-usage fields; the aviation flights dashboard; customer testimonials; the two US area discounts and the promotional pricing terms | None describes a discount for military members |
| Veterans | "veteran" (2), "veterans" (2) | Customer testimonials and the API's data-usage fields. Neither word appears in either page's text | None describes a discount for veterans |
| First responders | "first responder" (4), "first responders" (6), "police" (2), "firefighter" (2) | Pages on authorized resellers, applying to be a dealer and tagging enterprise service lines; the API's data-usage fields; the aviation flights dashboard; a support page for Panama; and one page this site doesn't cover (see below) | None describes a discount for first responders |
| Students | "student" (2), "student discount" (4), "school" (2), "education" (3) | Customer testimonials and the API's data-usage fields; for "student discount", the two US area discounts, the promotional pricing terms and a page on partial refunds when an area's hardware discount came after an order; for "education", tagging enterprise service lines by industry | None describes a discount for students |
| Teachers | "teacher" (1), "educator" (2), and "school" and "education" in the row above | The API's data-usage fields and applying to be a dealer | None describes a discount for teachers |
| Tesla owners | "Tesla" (3) | The telemetry API, activating a Starlink through the API, and customer testimonials. "Tesla" appears in none of their text | None describes a discount for Tesla owners |
| Seniors | "senior" (2), "seniors" (2), "senior discount" (3), "senior citizen" (1), "elderly" (1), "retiree" (1), "retirees" (1), "older adults" (3), "AARP" (3) | The API's data-usage fields, customer testimonials and a page on tagging business service lines by industry; for "senior discount", the two US area discounts and the partial refund page; the Mini Kit for Travel page, a page on additional data and two aviation business pages. Only "senior" appears in their text, as a business category | None describes a discount for seniors |
| People with disabilities | "disability" (2), "disabilities" (4), "disabled" (1), "disability discount" (4), "accessibility" (4), "accessible" (3), "ADA" (3), "hearing" (2), "vision" (3), "deaf" (2), "blind" (2), "wheelchair" (1), "screen reader" (3), "assistive" (1) | The aviation flights dashboard, the API's data-usage fields, customer testimonials, the Mini's and the Standard kit's translated installation guides and the business dashboard's alerts; for "disability discount", the two US area discounts, the partial refund page and a page on regional savings outside the US. None of these words appears in their text as a word for a person | None describes a discount for people with disabilities |
The other three searches were general: "discount" (3) and "discounts" (3) returned the two US area discounts and the promotional pricing terms, and "group discount" (4) returned the partial refund page as well, the same pages as "student discount" and none of them tied to a group. The record covers Starlink's US help pages as that search returned them; what it leaves out is at the end of this page.
The discounts Starlink does describe go by area and by promotion
None of these is tied to a group. Each is one line here, and the page linked from it has the conditions.
- Starlink's promotional pricing terms say new customers can receive discounted service pricing "In select areas", shown when they order (the offers table).
- Starlink's area discounts follow the service address, and its help pages for them say "Eligibility is based only on your service address." (what costs $0, by address).
- The Discounts clause of the US Terms of Service, in the version published August 2026, names no group and says "You must maintain your eligibility for these discounts." (what the promo code page says about it).
- The one offer in Starlink's US Special Offers document, in the version published November 2026, is a Starlink Mini rental for "Residential Max Subscribers Only" (its row in the offers table).
- On an account you already have, the same Terms say you "may be offered" extra "family discount" subscriptions (the offers page's list).
What any group can use: the $100 referral credit
The referral credit is not a group discount. It goes to any new customer who qualifies, whatever their group.
Starlink's referral help page, checked November 2026, gives the amount "(for example, $100 in the US)". The new customer has never been a Starlink customer ("Existing or returning customers are not eligible.", the help page says) and orders an eligible Residential or Roam plan on starlink.com through an existing customer's referral link. An order placed without the link doesn't count, and the help page says such a referral "can't be added later". Starlink's US Referral Program Terms, in the version published October 2026, apply the credit "on their second monthly subscription invoice" (section 4.1).
The sign-up page has who counts as a new customer and when the $100 lands on your bill, and the offers page has the rest of the conditions. My referral link is in the promo after this page's answer and again at its end.
What this page doesn't cover
Government, income-based or disaster-relief programs, the page the first-responder searches returned among them.
Business and government sales pages and forms, which weren't read.
Prices and offers behind a sign-in or an address: no account page was opened and no address entered.
Other sites' reports of group discounts. None was read, and a report isn't a source here.
Other countries: every search here was of Starlink's US help center.
Promo: $100 off Starlink with my referral link
If you've never been a Starlink customer and you order an eligible Residential or Roam plan through my link, we both get Starlink's reward for your country. In the US, that is a $100 credit on your second monthly bill, and I get $100 too. Use my referral link
Sources
- Promotional Service Pricing Terms of Service, Starlink, accessed
- How much does Starlink cost?, Starlink, accessed
- Can helicopters or military aircraft use Starlink Aviation?, Starlink, accessed
- Starlink Terms of Service (US), "Discounts" and "Additional Subscription Discounts", Starlink, accessed
- Special Offers (US), version published November 2026, Starlink, accessed
- Does Starlink have a referral program?, Starlink, accessed
- Referral Program Terms (US), section 4.1, Starlink, accessed
Retest log
- Correction In November 2026 the table of what Starlink's US help pages say for each group gained two rows, for seniors and for people with disabilities, from 23 more searches of Starlink's US help center. None of the pages those searches returned describes a discount for either group. This is an addition; nothing on the page was corrected.
Related guides
- Starlink discounts and deals: who gets the $100 referral credit
Starlink's US referral program gives a new customer who orders through an existing customer's referral link $100, which its Referral Program Terms apply to the new customer's second monthly bill, and gives the existing customer a reward too, according to Starlink's help page and terms in October 2026.
- Starlink referral code or promo code? $100 in the US, by country
The referral code travels in the link: open Starlink's site through an existing customer's referral link.
- How to get Starlink for free: what costs $0, and on what terms
To see what your own address pays, enter it on starlink.com and click "Order Now", which Starlink's help page says previews "the price breakdown in your area", because where Starlink waives the kit's upfront cost it does so by address: in the areas its area-discount help pages cover, "For new customers, there is no upfront hardware cost for Residential service" (checked November 2026).