Boooo Dairy Queen! You probably saw the image above and immediately thought that Dairy Queen's birthday freebie was a free Blizzard. But then after three clicks and a printed coupon you find out that it's just a $3 off sheet cake and BOGO Blizzard drink offer.
Those sneaky punks. If there's one thing you don't toy with, it's my hopes and dreams for a free gift of liquid sugar.
Gotta Say I'm Disappointed
You know, I have a reputation of calling it like it is here on HIF. This birthday reward simply stinks.
We have a custom build database to track all these birthday offers. One category we track is national presence for each restaurant, on a scale of 1-5, based on the number of states they have physical locations. Size 1 restaurants are regionally based in up to three states. For Size 5, we're talking about “nationwide” companies with locations in at least 40+ states.
DQ is Size 5.
I would argue that Dairy Queen has the worst birthday freebie of all nationwide Size 5 restaurants that we track! A $3 coupon just … eh. The monthly Dairy Queen coupons and deals are nice, don't get me wrong! But we're talking about a birthday freebie coupon instead of an actual birthday freebie here! Hundreds of other companies figured out how to reward their fans with great annual free treats, but the DQ birthday offer is still fumbling the ball. It feels like this should be a no-brainer free blizzard coupon promo, but … that's sadly not what we get.
If you're looking for an actual free birthday drink, then I suggest the much better Starbucks free birthday reward. You can also check out our rankings of the best birthday freebies in the country to find other nationwide free birthday stuff!
It should be Free! Most places that desire business give u FREE meals. Nobody wants a bogo coupon for their bday!!! Cheapskates!
Just wanted to let you know that the link to this is not updated. Its not hard to find the new link but just wanted to give you a heads up 🙂
my birthday is october 31, 1973
When I tried to join, it told me my Oreo Promo code was invalid…I didn’t enter one because I didn’t think you needed one. There wasn’t an asterisk next to it so I don’t know what was up with that. I just wanted to share that bit of info for people trying to sign up.
Birthday on 8/14/2011
I went to Dairy Queen in Naples, Florida for my birthday cone and they say sorry but the boss say no.
The coupon expires I think 2 weeks from when you click on it – so hang onto the email and don’t click the link until you are ready to use it.
Nothing makes me madder than for something ‘free’ to require a purchase first! And on MY BIRTHDAY yet!
Hey I got this in my email today too since it’s my birthday! Does that mean you and I have the same birthday?
Even worse is when they send you BOGO coupons good only at your local DQ…..and DQ has CLOSED for the winter. Evil. Pure Evil.
There are two Dairy Queen’s within a 30 mile radius of me and they both close for most of the winter. Boo!