Sam’s Club Senior Discounts in 2025

What You Can Expect

• As of 2025, Sam’s Club offers discounts on Club and Plus memberships for adults 50 and older.
• With these discounts, new members can save $30 off Club memberships or $50 off Plus memberships.
• These discounts are also available to active or former U.S. military members or a spouse of a military member.

Seniors 50 and older, active-duty military members, veterans, and their spouses can save on new memberships to Sam’s Club. Members of several other groups get discounted Club membership as well, including:

• First responders
• Teachers
• Students
• Health care professionals
• Government employees
• People receiving government assistance
• College alumni

Visit the Sam’s Club website for eligibility requirements. And remember that even if you’ve been a member in the past, you can get these discounted memberships again after a six-month lapse.

Sam’s Club Senior Discount

Sam’s Club offers seniors $30 off Club memberships or $50 off of Plus memberships, bringing the respective costs down to $20 and $60. To qualify, you must be 50 or older and a new member, meaning you haven’t had an active membership in the past six months.

So how much does a Sam’s Club membership cost? Although the Plus membership costs $40 more than the Club membership, even with the discount, it could pay for itself with additional discounts and cash-back opportunities. Here’s a breakdown of what you get with the Club and Plus memberships as well as available discounts.

To get the Club membership offer for seniors, Sam’s Club will redirect you from their website to verify your identity through the ID.me website. This process works the same way for the Plus membership, as well as for the military discount detailed below. By comparison, BJ’s Wholesale Club also uses ID.me to verify eligibility, while Costco uses a company called SheerID for verification.

Sam’s Club Military Discount

Eligible military members, veterans, and their spouses can get 60 percent off a Sam’s Club membership, bringing the cost down to $20. Eligible military-affiliated people can also join as Plus members for only $60. You also get $10 off an in-club purchase when you renew your membership.

People who qualify for the military membership at Sam’s Club include:

• Active military personnel
• Retired military personnel and veterans
• Civilian military employees
• Military spouses

To be eligible for the military discount, you will need to show the following proof of United States military service:

• Active military ID, issued by the U.S. Department of Defense
• Retired military ID, issued by the U.S. Department of Defense
• Copy of DD214, along with a valid photo ID
• Veteran ID card (VIC)
• Membership card from a military service organization (e.g. The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, or Disabled American Veteran), along with a valid photo ID
• Common access card
• Veterans Health Identification Card (VHIC)

Sam’s Club Plus Membership Perks

Sam’s Club sometimes offers early shopping hours to Plus members only. These perks can include early in-club or online access to “doorbusters” or other offers, discounts, or promotions.2 Note that the concierge shopping service for seniors is no longer available. Sam’s Club’s Scan & Go is the hallmark benefit of the outlet’s Plus membership. With Scan & Go, Plus members can hold their phones over the QR code on store merchandise, then leave without the need to wait in line to pay. This feature has the potential to save tons of time, particularly during peak shopping periods.

To learn more about our favorite senior discounts, check out our helpful guides and lists.

• Ultimate List of Senior Discounts
• Senior Discounts for Grocery Stores
• HelloFresh Meal Delivery for Seniors
• Guide to Food and Meal Delivery for Seniors

Sam’s Club vs. the Competition

Even at full price, Sam’s Club’s Club membership is $50 a year and Plus membership is $110, which is $20 cheaper than Costco’s Executive membership fee of $130. Costco’s $65 Gold Star Membership (a regular membership) is also more expensive than Sam’s Club’s $50 annual Club membership fee. BJ’s membership costs fall in the middle at $60 for a regular membership and $120 per year for the Club+ Card Membership.

One important thing to note: Although Costco and BJ’s offer similar new membership discounts for members of the military, first responders, health care workers, and teachers, they do not offer the same discounts to seniors like Sam’s Club does.

Locations

In terms of availability, there are currently 600 Sam’s Club stores across 45 U.S. states and Puerto Rico.3 Sam’s Club parent company, Walmart, however, has announced ambitious plans to open many more Sam’s Club retail locations over the next decade (15 each year) and to renovate existing stores as well.4 Competitor Costco, which has a slightly higher store count at 625 (800 worldwide5), also has plans to expand. Neither Costco or Sam’s Club have store locations in Rhode Island, but unlike Costco, Sam’s Club has two retail locations in Wyoming and five locations in West Virginia.

BJ’s Wholesale Club operates far fewer locations — 252 clubs and 188 BJ’s Gas locations in 21 states — but also has announced expansion plans that include several clubs in the south and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2026.6

Features

Much like Sam’s Club Scan & Go, BJ’s has a quick checkout feature called ExpressPay. Costco, on the other hand, has been testing in-store scan-and-go capability. However, currently, a speedy payment option (called Express Checkout, which saves your credit card information) is only available for online purchases. If you loathe waiting in long lines, Sam’s Club and BJ’s might be more appealing than Costco, if they have stores in your area.

Other Membership Benefits

Sam’s Club, Costco and BJ’s all offer a popular top-tier membership benefit that offers a 2 percent awards bonus on purchases. BJ’s Plus membership also includes two free same-day deliveries, while regular Club members pay $14.99 for same-day delivery. BJ’s members can get unlimited same-day deliveries with the purchase of an add-on to their memberships for $100. Costco contracts with Instacart to offer same-day delivery. Sam’s Club offers free delivery on purchases over $50, which is a benefit not matched by their competitors.

Generally, Sam’s Club’s gas and grocery prices are competitive and might beat the competition in some locations. The best big box membership option for you, however, might come down to very individual factors such as location convenience or a particular item or service (such as travel or optometry) that you prefer in one store or another.