New US customers: Starlink adds $100 account credit after two months subscribed when you order through a referral link.$100 credit for new US customers. How it works

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Eligibility

Who qualifies for the Starlink $100 credit?

You qualify if you’ve never had Starlink and you buy the kit and plan on starlink.com through a referral link, as a person with a US service address, then stay on a high-speed plan for two full billing cycles.

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Will you get the $100 credit?

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Where is the address you’ll get service at?

Only which side of the border it’s on. We never ask for the address itself.

Have you ever had a Starlink subscription?

Any plan, any address, even years ago or for a few weeks.

Who will the account be for?

Starlink’s terms say the new customer must be a person.

How will you get the kit?

The reward only attaches to a kit and plan bought on starlink.com through the link.

Will you buy the kit or rent it?

Starlink’s terms say the new customer must purchase a kit. Your order page shows what it offers at your address.

Which kind of plan do you want?

Not sure yet? Pick “Not sure”. Starlink says it shows the eligible plans at sign-up.

Do you expect to keep a high-speed plan for the long run?

The reward needs two full billing cycles without Standby, and Starlink checks that referred customers actually stay.

Runs on this page. Nothing you pick is saved or sent anywhere, and we never ask for your address.

The rules behind the questions

The seven questions check the six conditions below, in Starlink’s own words, and two more: a plan that counts (the list) and meaning to stay, not only for two full billing cycles. And the decision on whether an order qualifies is Starlink’s alone, and it’s final[2].

The six conditions behind the $100, in Starlink’s words

  1. A person, not a company Referred Subscribers must be natural persons.
  2. A US service address The Referred Subscriber activates a Starlink subscription with a service address in the same country as the Referrer’s service address. With a US customer’s link, that’s the US.
  3. Never had Starlink The Referred Subscriber is not, and has never been, a Starlink subscriber.
  4. Bought on starlink.com The Referred Subscriber must purchase a Starlink Kit and subscription directly from www.starlink.com.
  5. Through the referral link The Referred Subscriber places an order for a Starlink Kit using the Unique Referral Link provided by the Referrer.
  6. Two paid high-speed cycles Stay subscribed for two full monthly billing cycles, counted by the number of monthly service invoices paid, on a high-speed service plan (excludes Standby Mode).

Each rule, with the terms and the help center side by side: the rules.

Illustration Six conditions decide the $100: you sign up as a person, with a US service address, never having had Starlink, buying on starlink.com through the referral link, and you stay two paid billing cycles on a high-speed plan. Rules: Starlink’s US Referral Program Terms and referral help, read Nov 3, 2026

Does a rented kit qualify? Not confirmed

It’s unconfirmed whether renting the kit still earns the reward: the terms require that the new customer “must purchase a Starlink Kit and subscription directly from www.starlink.com”, and Starlink has never said if a rental qualifies unverified[2] (Referral Program Terms §3.1(d)). That matters for home service: rental kits are for Residential plans only[4], and Starlink’s US Residential order list prices the kit as a rental, at $0, $99 or $199 one-time, depending on your address and plan ($99 is a professional-installation add-on; $199 is a rental kit with professional installation)[7].

The order page can still show “Referral Code Applied” on a rental order. That panel shows the link is attached to the order, nothing more: the decision on whether an order qualifies is Starlink’s alone, and it’s final[2]. If your order page offers the kit only as a rental, wait until Starlink says whether rentals count before you count on the $100.

Do phone or AI-agent orders count?

Starlink’s terms name one channel, starlink.com: Signing up through any other channel is not eligible for a Reward. A call with Starlink, or with its AI phone agent, isn’t starlink.com, and the referral rides in the link you opened in your browser.

Reported In an r/Starlink post of Sep 9, 2026 (written under the earlier free-month terms and since deleted by its author; we read the archived copy on Nov 2, 2026), a buyer who started through a friend’s link let Starlink’s AI phone agent finish the order after it said the referral would still apply. The second month was billed in full, and Starlink support replied that the referral applies only when the link is used to sign up on starlink.com. Finishing in the Starlink app is an open question too: whether a referral opened in a browser survives when the order is completed in the Starlink app unverified[1].

Does a link from another country work?

A US service address needs a US customer’s link. Starlink’s terms ask that your service address and the referrer’s are in the same country (for this site, the US)[2]; Starlink’s referral help article adds that amounts may vary for referrals outside your country (the US terms still require a service address in the same country)[1]. Territories, moves and the other cross-border cases: the same-country rule, explained.

Personal Maritime isn’t on the list

Starlink’s Personal Maritime plan isn’t on its list of referral-eligible plans[1]. The plans that count are Residential 100 Mbps, Residential 200 Mbps, Residential Max, Roam 100GB, Roam 300GB and Roam Unlimited (plus the older Residential and Residential Lite)[1], and Starlink’s help center adds that Priority, Business and Enterprise accounts don't earn referral rewards[1].

Workarounds that cost the $100

Some ideas passed around online try to make a household that already has Starlink look new. Starlink’s rules point the other way:

  • A second account with a new email. The reward is for someone who is not, and has never been, a Starlink subscriber; a new email doesn’t make a past subscriber new (our reading).
  • An order in a spouse’s or relative’s name, for a home that already has Starlink. The terms don’t mention households, and Starlink alone decides who counts as a new customer. A second account opened to collect the reward is the kind of abuse the terms let it act on (our reading).
  • Referring yourself. Starlink’s referral page has a reason for an ineligible sign-up that says exactly that: “Cannot refer your own account” (our reading of starlink.com’s code)[6].
  • Cancelling and ordering again through a link. Once you’ve had service, you’ve been a subscriber. Starlink doesn’t say how it treats an order cancelled before it ships, and it alone decides.

And if Starlink finds one later: Starlink can cancel or take back a reward, even after it's issued, for fraud, abuse or a terms violation[2].

Does a Mini or a Roam plan qualify?

Roam plans count, and a Roam kit is one you buy (rental kits are for Residential plans only[4]), so the rental question doesn’t come up. The referral attaches to a Roam order the same way, and the same two billing cycles apply.

Starlink Roam order page: the “Referral Code Applied” panel under the Checkout button.
Screenshot of starlink.com, taken . The panel on a Roam order: it shows the referral link is attached, not that the order qualifies. Full size

Standby doesn’t count toward the $100

The $100 comes only if your service stays active and in good standing, without a break, through two complete monthly billing cycles[2], and Starlink’s terms count only time continuously subscribing to a high-speed service plan (excludes Standby Mode). So switching a new kit to Standby can cost you the $100, and the person whose link you used loses theirs too (our reading of the terms).

The trap: Standby right after delivery. Some buyers, often of a Mini on a Roam plan, switch a new kit to Standby as soon as it ships or is set up, to pay less until a trip. Reported In one r/Starlink thread (Aug 28, 2026), a buyer about to order a Mini through a referral link asked about pausing it until needed, and a reply described switching to Standby as soon as the kit shipped. In another (Oct 10, 2026), a reply pointed out that with a referral, both sides lose the reward. Standby has its own monthly fee, too ($10/mo press report[9]).

Standby isn’t offered on every kit: Standby Mode is not available on V5 hardware[3], and Standby is unavailable for select rental customers[3].

Every rule, in Starlink’s exact words: the referral rules, explained.

Still unsure? Questions, answered

Do I qualify if I had Starlink at a different address?
No. Starlink’s terms ask that the new customer is not, and has never been, a Starlink subscriber, and its help center says existing and returning customers are not eligible[1]. A different address, a new email or a new account doesn’t change that.
Does a Starlink Mini on a Roam plan qualify?
It can. Roam plans are on Starlink’s list of plans that count: Residential 100 Mbps, Residential 200 Mbps, Residential Max, Roam 100GB, Roam 300GB and Roam Unlimited (plus the older Residential and Residential Lite)[1]. And rental kits are for Residential plans only[4], so a Mini on Roam is a kit you buy. Buy it on starlink.com through the referral link, then keep a high-speed Roam plan for two full billing cycles: Standby doesn’t count.
Can I order for someone else?
Only in the way Starlink’s terms allow: the account must be in the user’s own name; someone else may order or deal with Starlink for them only in the cases Starlink lists, such as a household or family member or a personal caregiver[5]. The person who’ll use Starlink is the new customer, so every rule is about them: never had Starlink, a US service address, signing up as a person. The Terms also list this condition (§3.1(g)): the referred customer isn’t a person experiencing financial hardship, domestic or family violence, or other vulnerability[2].
Two kits, or a home kit and a Mini, through one link: $100 or $200?
One $100. The reward goes to a new customer account, and the terms call it a one-time reward, paid once per eligible referral[2]. One account can hold more than one kit (a Residential account can have up to 8 kits[8]), but nothing in the terms pays the reward per kit, so a second kit on the same account doesn’t add a second one (our reading; the terms don’t mention more than one kit).
What if I’m not sure I’ll keep Starlink?
Then don’t order for the $100. It needs two full billing cycles on a high-speed plan, and the terms ask for more than that: you genuinely use Starlink and intend to keep it; Starlink measures referred customers’ retention against the US average[2]. Decide on Starlink first; the reward is for people who keep it.
Who decides in the end?
Starlink. the decision on whether an order qualifies is Starlink’s alone, and it’s final[2]. It can also hold a reward while it checks (Starlink can hold back or delay a reward while it checks eligibility[2]) and take one back, even after it’s issued: Starlink can cancel or take back a reward, even after it's issued, for fraud, abuse or a terms violation[2].

Where these facts come from

  1. Does Starlink have a referral program? · support article on starlink.com Starlinkas of
  2. Referral Program Terms, US · starlink.com legal doc DOC-1882-84808-83 Starlinkas of · published
  3. How does pausing service work? · support article on starlink.com Starlinkas of · page last changed
  4. What is the rent Starlink option? · support article on starlink.com Starlinkas of · page last changed
  5. Starlink Terms of Service, US Starlinkas of · published
  6. starlink.com’s order pages and page code, our read-only check with no order placed Starlinkas of
  7. Starlink’s US Residential price list, as its order page loads it Starlinkas of
  8. Can I add additional Starlinks to my account? · support article on starlink.com Starlinkas of · page last changed
  9. Starlink Roam, Residential and Standby Mode price increases (RV Mobile Internet) Pressas of · published · page last changed

Every change we make is dated in the corrections log.

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