In this article: a €200 bank bonus, a 75 GB phone plan for €8.40/month, 20% off supplements, and free pizza. Plus, if you're expecting or have a baby under one, I gathered a list of all the free welcome gifts that drugstores and supermarkets want to give you.
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👶 Tip of the Week: Free Welcome Gifts from Baby Clubs
If you’re expecting or have a baby under one, it’s worth spending an evening signing up for baby clubs. Most big drugstore and supermarket chains in Germany run one, they’re free, and most of them come with an actual welcome gift on top of the usual coupons. You can join all of them at once, and several give you a second gift if you sign up during pregnancy.
dm glückskind: a pregnancy gift (recently a nursing scarf or a diaper bag) and a glückskind-Köfferchen after the birth, as long as you register your baby before their first birthday. The pickup coupons appear in the Mein dm app.
Kaufland FamilienMomente: a baby box with a hooded towel and care products, sent by post if you sign up during pregnancy or before your baby is three months old.
HiPP Mein BabyClub: a pregnancy package with a cover for your baby’s checkup booklet, care oil and wipes, then a baby package with a first spoon, a porridge sample and an organic cotton cloth.
Kaufland and Lidl tie their gifts to the first three months and dm to the first year, while Rossmann doesn’t spell out its box deadline clearly, so it’s best to sign up while you or your partner is pregnant or right after the birth. Since these are marketing programs, you’ll likely end up subscribed to their newsletters along the way, but they’re usually easy to unsubscribe from.
🔥 Hot Deals
💶 €200 Welcome Bonus from norisbank
norisbank*, Deutsche Bank's online bank, is giving new customers €200 for opening a Top-Girokonto current account online. To qualify, you need to open the Top-Zinskonto savings account in the same application and keep both accounts for at least 12 months. The offer is open to anyone who hasn't been a norisbank customer in the past 12 months.
The current account is free if you're 29 or younger or have at least €500 coming in each month; otherwise it costs €3.90 a month. The €500 condition is very easy to fulfill: I have an account with the same kind of requirement, and I just set up a monthly automatic transfer from my other account, so there's no need to move your salary.
The account comes with a free Mastercard debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Wero, and you can withdraw cash for free at any ATM in Germany or abroad as long as you take out €50 or more. The savings account pays 2.5% interest, so whatever you keep there during that year earns something. €200 is on the higher end for a free account, so I highly recommend taking advantage of this offer. Open your account here*.
📱 75 GB a Month from Lyca Mobile for €8.40
Phone plan prices in Germany keep sliding further and further, and this International Plus M yearly plan from Lyca Mobile* is one of the cheapest I've seen so far. You get 900 GB of data for 360 days, credited as 75 GB every 30 days. It also includes unlimited calls and texts within Germany, 500 international minutes to 100 countries and 31 GB of EU roaming.
The plan is a one-time payment for all 12 months, not a monthly subscription. The full price for the year is €239.88, and the offer page currently has it at €168. If you enter code LYCA-M (advertisement) at checkout, another 40% comes off, so you pay €100.80 for the whole year. That's €8.40 a month, or €0.11 per GB – a great deal, if you ask me.
If you're not sure whether your current plan is still a good deal, divide what you pay each month by the gigabytes you get. If it comes to more than €0.20 per GB, it's time to switch. Get the Lyca yearly plan here*.
At €0.11 per GB, this plan offers fantastic value.
💰 More Deals
Weinfreunde 12 bottles for the price of 6: Until October 31, Weinfreunde's 6+6 packages* get you 12 bottles of the same wine for the price of six. Packages start at €47.94 for 12 (~€4 per bottle). If you'd rather choose your own bottles, code HERBST26 (advertisement) takes 15% off selected wines. Shop Weinfreunde*.
dean&david free hot drink: dean&david is my go-to for healthy bowls, and right now you can get a free hot drink of your choice (seasonal drinks excluded) with any order of €10 or more when you sign up for their newsletter. You can redeem it in store, in the app or online until November 30. Most stores are in Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg, plus about 20 other cities across Germany. Sign up here.
Notino 20% off: Notino is currently offering 20% off almost everything on orders over €10, with free shipping from €25. It's been my favorite place for beauty and fragrance for years, because the prices are very competitive even without sales, and the selection is great. I always use sitewide sales like this one as an opportunity to stock up. Shop the sale*.
iHerb 20% off supplements: My favorite store is giving 20% off the supplements a lot of people take daily, like multivitamins, omega-3, magnesium and vitamin D. Use code OCT26DAILY (advertisement) until November 9 at 7 p.m. CET. These are the things a lot of us buy again and again, so it's a good moment to stock up for a few months. Here's my full guide to iHerb (complete with some of my favorite iHerb products). Shop the sale*.
These 12-bottle packages are a good deal – just check the Vivino reviews before committing.
🎁 Freebies
Wagner Pizzeria Style pizza: Buy any Wagner Pizzeria Style pizza in store or online by January 14 and upload your receipt to get your money back (up to €4.95). Weekly redemptions are limited, so it's worth submitting your receipt early in the week.
Pepsi, Schwip Schwap and 7UP: Buy a participating 1-liter bottle of Pepsi-Cola, Pepsi Zero, Schwip Schwap (Original, Zero or Orange) or 7UP by December 15 and upload your receipt to get your money back (minus the Pfand). You can take part twice, and there's a daily limit, so it's best to upload early in the day.
yfood drinks: Pick up any yfood meal replacement drink in a store by December 24, then upload your receipt along with a photo of the drink to get your money back (up to €3.99). Refunds are capped each day, so it's worth submitting your receipt in the morning.
OnThatAss boxer shorts: Get a free pair of men's boxer shorts (sizes XS–3XL or boys' 104–152) when you sign up here*, shipping included. After the 14-day trial, the subscription continues at €12.99/month for a new pair each month, but you can cancel before the trial ends at no cost.
Many money-back promos from previous issues are still running, and you can find them all here. For more free grocery products, Rewe product tests are worth a look as well.
I don't subscribe to the notion that a drink can replace lunch, but it's quite nutritious nevertheless.
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