Score Any McDonald’s Breakfast Sandwich for $2

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While it’s hard to deny that McDonald’s isn’t the budget-friendly staple it once was, the fast food giant is at least pretty good about doling out solid discounts from time to time. For example, right now McDonald’s is running an app-exclusive offer that drops any of its core breakfast sandwiches to $2, and you can come back for it once a week all the way through early October.

Here’s what you’ll need to know to make the most of this one:

How to Get a $2 McDonald’s Breakfast Sandwich

The McDonald’s breakfast deal covers any one of the chain’s staple morning sandwiches, including the Egg McMuffin, the Sausage McMuffin with Egg, the Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit, and the Bacon or Sausage Egg & Cheese McGriddles, each for a flat $2. Since those sandwiches normally run around $5.99 depending on your location, that comes out to roughly $3.99 off, or about 66% savings, every time you cash it in. To claim it, open the McDonald’s app on iOS or Android, sign in to your account, and add the offer before you place your order.

Because the deal resets once a week and runs through October 4, the savings really add up if you make it a routine. Claim it every week between now and then and you are looking at close to $32 in total savings over the life of the promotion, all on sandwiches you might be grabbing anyway.

A few restrictions are worth keeping in mind. The offer is limited to one redemption per week, and it is only valid during regular breakfast hours, which typically means 5 AM to 10:30 or 11 AM depending on the restaurant. It applies at participating locations only, and you will need to either order ahead for pickup or buy inside the restaurant, since McDelivery orders are excluded.

This deal has climbed to 194 thumbs up and nearly 20,000 views since it was posted, and the comment thread fills in some useful context. Community member shogunreaper said the coupon has shown up in the app daily for years, and MIschif pointed out that the price was as low as $1.50 not too long ago. It is not all good news on the menu front, though: jayadams22 noted that McDonald’s has dropped the Steak, Egg & Cheese Bagel from the qualifying lineup, so temper expectations on which items count.

Fast-food promotions like this one rotate constantly, and the good ones often vanish from the app without much warning. Set up a Deal Alert for McDonald’s or your other go-to chains, and you will get a notification the moment a matching offer is posted, so you can catch the next $2 breakfast or better before it disappears.