Starlink discounts and deals: who gets the $100 referral credit

Who receives the credit from the Starlink referral program in the US

This section follows Starlink's US Referral Program Terms and its help page Does Starlink have a referral program?, both checked October 2026. The help page gives the amount: it "depends on the country they signed up in and is shown in your account (for example, $100 in the US)".

How a referral runs, in order:

1. An existing customer on an active Residential or Roam plan shares their unique referral link. Accounts on Priority plans, and Enterprise or Business accounts, don't earn referral rewards, the help page says.
2. The new customer orders a Starlink Kit and a plan on starlink.com through that link.
3. Once the new customer activates, they receive a reward too, "applied on their second monthly subscription invoice" (terms, section 4.1).
4. The referral matures after the new customer stays subscribed, in good standing, for two full monthly billing cycles (terms, Schedule A). The help page says the referrer's amount "is issued as soon as 60 days after they activate, depending on your country, settings, and identity check."

The help page words the new customer's timing differently: "You and the person you refer receive the same amount after they have subscribed for two months." The terms put it on the second monthly invoice. The same help page adds: "Amounts may vary for referrals outside your country." The sign-up page has the steps of an order and what is charged at each one.

Who qualifies as a referral, from section 3.1 of the terms:

• someone who is not, and has never been, a Starlink subscriber ("Existing or returning customers are not eligible", the help page adds);
• who orders the kit through the referrer's link, since "No other referral mechanism shall qualify";
• who buys the kit and the plan directly from starlink.com, not from a retail store, a reseller or a private transfer (what each seller changes);
• who stays on a high-speed plan, Standby Mode excluded, for the period in Schedule A;
• and who is an active user who means to stay subscribed.

The full list, and the rest of the conditions, are in the terms. The eligible plans, as the help page lists them in October 2026: Residential Lite, Residential, Residential 100 Mbps, Residential 200 Mbps, Residential Max, Roam 100GB, Roam 300GB and Roam Unlimited. A Mini 2 preorder is by invitation and opens from the invited account (Starlink's Mini 2 page, checked November 2026), so a referral link is not a route to one; the Mini 2 page has how that preorder works.

A referral is recorded only when the new customer orders on starlink.com through the link. An order placed without it, through someone else's link, or from a retailer or a marketplace store won't appear and "can't be added later", the help page says.

The reward defaults to service credit, "applied to your account and deducted from your next invoice". In most countries either side can take it as cash or as service credit instead, and in some it is service credit only; one side's choice doesn't change the other's. Cash is paid through Stripe. The terms add that cash "may not be available in all countries" (section 4.3).

Starlink can change the program or its reward, or end the program, with 30 days' notice (sections 5.3 and 5.4, as the terms page numbers them).

How the credit shows on the bill

Starlink's help page Billing - Credits says "Credits are automatically applied to the next bill that appears in your account". If a bill is already pending when the credit arrives, it goes on the bill after. Credits "are non-refundable, non-transferable, and will not be reimbursed if you discontinue service." A second help page says credits are "only applied to monthly subscription charges", not to reactivation, plan changes or shop orders. Both checked October 2026.

One offer in Starlink's US Special Offers document, and more in its help pages

Some of Starlink's offers depend on the service address. Starlink's help page How much does Starlink cost? says the price for an address shows on starlink.com once you enter it and click "Order Now" (checked October 2026). This page never enters an address, so it lists what Starlink publishes without one, in Starlink's words.

Starlink's Service Plan Descriptions say that breaking a bundle's terms, "e.g. by cancelling or changing an associated Service plan", can lose you the discount or bring a one-time or monthly fee "up to the amount of the benefit you received or the maximum amount allowable by law" (section 5.2, October 2026 version). Standby Mode "is not available in all countries or on certain promotional plans" (section 5.1). Starlink's terms of service say a rented kit "may be new or refurbished at Starlink's sole discretion".

To see whether a promotion or discount is on your next bill, Starlink's help page on applied promotions points to "preview invoice" on your account's billing tab (checked October 2026).

Standard monthly prices, plan by plan, are on the plans and prices page.

How to pay less for Starlink, in Starlink's own terms

Where people look to pay less, and what Starlink's US pages say about each, read in October 2026:

• Order on starlink.com through an existing customer's referral link. A new US customer who qualifies receives $100 as a credit on the second monthly bill (who qualifies). Mine is in this page's promo, after the answer and at the end, and when an order through it qualifies, Starlink gives me a reward too.
• Starlink's US help pages and legal documents describe no promo code that a new customer types at checkout (what they say about codes).
• Starlink's help page Additional FAQs - Account, under the question "How does the 30 day trial work?", says the 30-day trial "is not a 30-day free trial but rather a trial of the Starlink hardware". The US Terms of Service give a 30-day return window instead, for a kit bought on starlink.com, on the conditions in the return row above, and shipping and handling aren't refunded (what trying a kit costs).
• Starlink's US documents put a few cost lines at $0, each on its own terms: the early termination fee on the broadband labels, the kit's upfront cost at some service addresses, and a Starlink Mini rental for Residential Max subscribers (what costs $0, and on what terms).
• This page names no plan as the cheapest. Starlink's help page on changing a service address says "Pricing for US Residential service plans varies by region.", and the plans and prices page has the label files' figures and why the price for your address can differ.
• Area discounts follow the service address: Starlink's area discount pages say "Eligibility is based only on your service address." Promotional pricing shows "at the time you place your order on starlink.com" if it is "available in your area", and its terms require Roam customers to be "physically located in the country of activation". This page never enters an address; the offers table has both, with their conditions.
• On an account you already have, Starlink's US Terms of Service, under Additional Subscription Discounts, say you "may be offered" a limited number of extra "family discount" subscriptions, which "may include a discounted Starlink Kit and/or monthly subscription price", and the plans and kit versions eligible "may be limited". You stay eligible only "by continuing to subscribe to at least one full price Service offering on the same account", and cancelling that subscription removes the discount at once.
• Discounts by group (military, veterans, first responders, students, teachers): what Starlink's US help pages describe is on the group discounts page.
• The one offer in Starlink's US Special Offers document is for "Residential Max Subscribers Only": a Starlink Mini rental "for no monthly fee" and "50% off the monthly cost of eligible Roam service plans", on the conditions in its row.
• Starlink's US Retail Installment Agreement, in the version published July 2026, spreads an Amount Financed of $192.00 for "one (1) Starlink Mini Kit" over 12 monthly installments of $16.00, at a 0% annual percentage rate. The installment plan "is based on your agreement to remain continuously subscribed to a Starlink service subscription for 12 months", and cancelling service, one of its "Contract Termination triggers", makes the unpaid balance due at once as a "Kit Termination Fee".
• Two of Starlink's help pages disagree on the "$0 Starlink Kit with 12-Month Commitment": What is the 12-Month Residential Service Option? says "This service plan is discontinued for new activations.", while Additional FAQs - Service Plans says the option "is only available to new customers in select locations at this time".
• A kit bought from a retailer or reseller earns no referral reward. Starlink's referral help page says "Kits from resellers, retailers, or account transfers are not eligible."

Already a customer? The Residential Max Mini rental, and what else applies

If you're on Residential Max, the one offer in Starlink's US Special Offers document is for you: "Residential Max Subscribers Only" get a Starlink Mini rental and "50% off the monthly cost of eligible Roam service plans" (version published November 2026). It lasts while you stay on Residential Max and keep a plan on the Mini, and the Mini goes back to Starlink when either ends (how it's claimed, kept and returned).

For an account you already have, Starlink's pages also set out:

• Referring someone new, from an active Residential or Roam plan: you and that person "receive the same amount after they have subscribed for two months", Starlink's referral help page says (who counts as a referral, and when it's paid). The same help page adds: "Amounts may vary for referrals outside your country."
• An area discount, if your service address is in an eligible zone. Eligibility "is based only on your service address", and "The discount will appear on your next bill", one of Starlink's area discount pages in the US says (the offers table).
• Extra "family discount" subscriptions on your account, which Starlink's US Terms of Service say you "may be offered" (the conditions).
• Pausing instead of cancelling (Standby Mode, its fee and who can't use it).
• Changing plans (when a change applies and what it can cost).

Two of Starlink's offers leave you out. A referral counts only for someone new ("Existing or returning customers are not eligible.", the referral help page says), and the terms for promotional service pricing in the US say "This offer is only valid for new customers." Starlink's US help pages, searched in November 2026 for existing, current, loyal and returning customers, describe no other offer for them. Anything Starlink sends to an account by email, or shows after you sign in, isn't on those pages, and this page doesn't read it.

What Starlink lists for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Starlink's US Special Offers document, in its version published November 2026 and checked November 2026, lists one offer, and it isn't tied to Black Friday or Cyber Monday. That offer is in the table above, with its conditions.

Starlink's own website text in English, checked November 2026, holds a dated offer line: "Save 30% on recurring Residential service in select areas and on all Roam service", for sign-ups by the last day of November 2026. The line names neither Black Friday nor Cyber Monday, and no country. For Residential it says "in select areas", and it gives no price, no list of areas and no length of time for the lower price. Starlink's US Special Offers document doesn't name it, and searches of Starlink's US help center in November 2026 for "Black Friday", "Cyber Monday" and "holiday" returned no page that does. Starlink's site shows the line only where its pricing data carries the promotion, and this site reads Starlink's pages without entering an address or starting an order, so it hasn't seen the line beside a US price. Starlink's help page on promotional service pricing sets general terms and doesn't name this line. It says where a buyer would see a lower price: "If discounted service pricing is available in your area, you will see the discount service price offering at the time you place your order on starlink.com." It also says "No commitment required. This offer is only valid for new customers. Discount will only apply to one service line." (Promotional Service Pricing Terms of Service, checked October 2026 and unchanged when read again in November 2026).

This page doesn't track retailers' prices or their Black Friday sales. A kit bought from an authorized retailer or reseller goes back to that seller, Starlink's help page on returning a kit says. Starlink's referral help page adds that when a new customer "bought from a retailer or marketplace store, the referral won't appear and can't be added later".

Outside the US, Starlink says the amount depends on the country

Starlink's help page says its referral program runs "in most places where Starlink is available". It says "The amount depends on the country they signed up in", that in most countries either side can take it as cash or service credit and in some it is service credit only, and that "Amounts may vary for referrals outside your country." The terms add that the reward's amount and conditions "may differ by country" (section 1.1) and that rewards are "calculated and issued in local currency" (section 4.2). All checked October 2026.

According to its help page in October 2026, Starlink pays referral rewards as a cash or credit reward, and the amount depends on the country you sign up in. If you're outside the US and order through my referral link, know that I'm a US customer, and I may get a reward.

For readers outside the US, the referral code page's table has Starlink's amount for a new customer, country by country, from the message its checkout gives for an order through a referral link (read November 2026).

What this page doesn't cover

Prices and offers for a particular address. Seeing them takes an address on starlink.com, and this page never enters one.

Offers from retailers and other sellers, and kits bought through them.

Business, maritime and aviation plans.

Other countries' offers and prices, and what a referrer receives for a referral outside their own country. The referral code page's table has Starlink's amount for a new customer, country by country.

Standard monthly prices, which the plans and prices page lists plan by plan.