Quick answer
Each new US customer who orders through your link and stays two full billing cycles earns you $100. It arrives as service credit unless you switch to cash, and it’s issued as soon as 60 days after their activation. Keep your own high-speed plan active the whole time.
- Who can refer
- Active Residential or Roam customers in good standing
- Reward
- $100 per successful US referral, paid once
- Paid as
- Service credit by default; cash if you opt in
- Timing
- As soon as 60 days after their activation
- Cap
- None stated in the terms
What earns the reward
A referral earns once the new customer becomes an “eligible referral”: they ordered through your link on starlink.com, have never had Starlink, have a service address in the US like yours, and stayed on a high-speed plan for two full billing cycles. Until then it’s “pending.” Under the terms, each successful referral pays once, and credit and cash are the same value.
“The amount depends on the country the person you referred signed up in, and is shown in your account (for example, $100 per successful referral in the US).”
Along the way, you get an email when someone orders through your link, and you can track referrals and rewards under Referrals on the web or in the Starlink app. The new customer’s free month doesn’t depend on your choice: the new customer still gets the free month if the referrer takes cash.
When it pays
Read the timeline as text
- Day 0: the new customer activates. You get an email when they order through your link.
- About day 30: their second bill carries the free month. Your referral is pending.
- About day 60: two full billing cycles are complete; the referral matures.
- From day 60: the reward can be issued. Credit appears on your account.
- Cash: paid up to 30 days after the referral matures, then your bank’s processing time.
The full credit-versus-cash comparison and what the payment processor asks for are in credit or cash.
What can cancel your rewards
| If you… | Then |
|---|---|
| Cancel, get suspended, or keep only Standby | if the referrer cancels, is suspended, or drops to Standby only, all pending referrals are cancelled |
| Miss an information request from SpaceX | You must answer any SpaceX information request within 24 hours (or the deadline it gives). Missing it is grounds for termination. |
| Refer someone who doesn’t qualify | by submitting a referral you certify it meets every eligibility rule |
| Share the link in a banned way | Disqualification and forfeited rewards. Check your method. |
| Do nothing wrong | SpaceX can end any referrer's participation, or their cash option, for convenience with 30 days' notice. Pending referrals are still paid in that case. |
Pausing your own service
Standby Mode is the paused plan: Standby Mode pauses service for a small monthly fee and does not count as a high-speed plan for the program. If you’re going to pause while referrals are pending, wait until they’ve matured, or they’ll be cancelled.
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When referring isn’t worth your time
- If you don’t know anyone who is about to order. The program is built around sharing with people who ask; the terms call participation “voluntary and occasional.”
- If you plan to cancel or pause soon. Pending referrals die with your plan.
- If you’re thinking of ads, posts in big groups or cold messages to reach strangers. Those break the terms and can cost you rewards you already earned (a reward can be limited, delayed or revoked, even after it's issued, for fraud, abuse or a terms violation).
Questions people ask
Is the $100 referral reward real?
Yes. Starlink’s help center gives $100 per successful referral as the US example, and the terms say the exact amount is the one shown in your account. It is paid once per referral, as service credit unless you switch to cash.
Is there a limit on how many people I can refer?
Neither the terms nor the help center state a yearly or lifetime cap. They do describe participation as voluntary and occasional, and SpaceX reviews referral patterns for abuse.
Do I get a free month too?
No. That was the 2023 program. Today the new customer gets the free month and you get the referral reward.
Can a business account refer people?
The help center opens the program to customers on an active Residential or Roam plan, and the terms say participation may be limited to consumer account types.
What happens to pending referrals if I pause with Standby?
Without at least one high-speed plan, all your pending referrals are cancelled. Referrals that already matured are still paid on the terms in force when they matured.