# Join Costco now and get a $45 gift card for holiday shopping

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/join-costco-now-and-get-a-45-gift-card-for-holiday-shopping/
- Published: 2026-11-13T23:02:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T00:35:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/deals/costco-membership-deal
- Topics: Culture, Travel, World

## Key points

- New members can receive a $45 digital Costco Shop Card.
- Gold Star costs $65; Executive Gold Star costs $130 a year.
- Buy by 20 December 2026 and redeem by 31 January 2027.

## Summary

New Costco members can get a $45 digital Shop Card when they sign up for either a Gold Star or Executive Gold Star membership. The offer reduces the effective first-year cost and provides extra spending for groceries or holiday shopping.

Gold Star membership costs $65 a year and includes warehouse and online shopping, members-only prices and access to services such as Costco Travel, optical and pharmacy. The Executive option costs $130 and adds a 2% annual reward on eligible Costco and Costco Travel purchases, capped at $1,250, plus other perks. To qualify, applicants must not have been Costco members in the previous 18 months, buy by 20 December 2026 and redeem by 31 January 2027; the card is emailed within two weeks of redemption.

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