Subway [
Restaurant Locator] is offering
Eligible Subway Restaurant Coupons: 6"/Footlong Subs or
Sub Meals listed below when ordering
online or through the Subway Mobile App [
Details]. Select in-restaurant pickup during checkout for your order.
Thanks to Community Member
prelude4jc for finding this deal
Note, must apply the listed promo code w/ eligible item during checkout for offer/discount to apply.
Example Coupons: - Subway Footlong Sub (various flavors) $6.99
- 2x Subway Footlong Subs (various flavors) $12.99
- 3x Subway Footlong Subs (various flavors) $17.99
- Free 6" Subway Sub w/ Footlong Purchase (various flavors)
- 6" Subway Sub (various flavors) $3.99
- & More
Top Comments
The BIGGER challenge is to find the 1 out of 50 locations that accept the codes/coupons!
What am I getting and how much am I paying for it? That's it.
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It will definitely not work in all Subway's in NYC (or elsewhere)! In fact, it will only work at a few locations. You need to add the sandwich (or sandwiches) to your order and then add the code. You'll know if it works or not via the messages provided. You can then try another location (while leaving the sandwiches in your cart). If you're able to use the code at the closest location, you've hit the lottery! Be careful! If you check out before entering the code successfully, you're paying full price! The entire process is a time-consuming PITA!!
For this, make sure it shows the correct price first if you want this deal right?
You're missing the entire point (unsurprisingly)! "At participating locations" simply means that these codes can only be used at certain locations. Got it? Good! Now let's move on, shall we?....once the location that you've chosen ACCEPTS the code, they are BOUND by rules (YES, there ARE rules!). They can't ARBITRARILY decide to cancel your order because they noticed that you were paying less than full price! They signed off on an agreement with the corporation to accept the coupon codes. That was my point! I hope that you understand now!....and btw, you don't need a lawyer (exaggerate much?). You just need to contact the corporate office. Hopefully, this shady practice on the part of that franchise will stop once the corporation reaches out to them. If it doesn't, then the corporation is complicit! Then, it's time to alert the entire world (via social media) that Subway is pulling a scam! Hopefully, it won't come to that! I've never experienced this problem, but I would certainly pursue it if I did!
Then the corporation MAY come back and sue you for slander, but hey...you tried.
Follow up question:
Are you a bar licensed attorney by chance?
You write so confidently; however, I highly doubt what you state would work in real life. No way the corporation is going to admit to what we, the customers think, is right and what they KNOW the definition of "participating locations" is. They get more money from shareholders than customers and they do not care if franchises do not get business. They will just ask the franchise to shut their business down and from the revolving door of entrepreneurs wanting to be a franchise owner, another will start back up.
I live in SoCal and you can be shadowbanned for using coupon codes for different regions... That's why you just purchase via web browser as a guest!
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You can do yours. What is the minimum wage of your state? Use my calculated factors and figure it out. If you need a buffer, what is YOUR hourly wage? Use my calculated factors and do that math there.
I assume that you never really wanted to figure this out, just trying to make a negative point (which is fine too).
But I would have to wonder, if you are on the deals site, would you NOT want the best value for your money? This may be a factor in deciding that. Your beef cannot be with me....
Edit: Oh and you will be happy to know that I spent exactly $2.90 including taxes at McDonald's (hamburger, and xtra small Sprite with purchase of a medium fry- really a medium fry with minimum $1 purchase offer). That would have been equivalent to an actual allotment for a hamburger TODAY as it was when a hamburger would have cost $0.10 on $0/25hr. in 1938.
That is slick!
Still, I think SOME OF US need some help with deductive reasoning here...
You can do yours. What is the minimum wage of your state? Use my calculated factors and figure it out. If you need a buffer, what is YOUR hourly wage? Use my calculated factors and do that math there.
Below is a comparison of the price of a Subway sub in 1965 vs. today using multiple common price comparison models (from ChatGPT) -
{Moving the conclusion and summary to the top}
Conclusion:
For average earners, Subway subs are more affordable than in 1965.
For minimum wage earners, they're less affordable.
Compared to inflation and other fast food, Subway is mostly on track.
Compared to gold, it's a steal—but that's more a reflection of how gold has risen, not Subway being cheap.
Summary Table:
Model / "Fair" Price Today / Actual Price Today / Interpretation
CPI Inflation Adjusted / ~$4.73 / ~$5.50 / Slightly above inflation (~16%)
Minimum Wage Comparison / ~$2.84 ~$5.50 / Less affordable for low-wage earners
Avg. Wage Comparison / ~$7.50 (implied) ~$5.50 / More affordable for average workers
Gold Price Comparison / ~$32.20 / ~$5.50 / Sub vastly underperforms gold as a value store
Big Mac Index / ~$5.89 / ~$5.50 / Matches fast food pricing trends
Specifics:
We'll assume the 1965 price of a 6-inch sub was $0.49, and today's typical price is about $5.50 (varies by region, but this is a reasonable average).
1. CPI Inflation Adjustment (Standard Economic Model)
Purpose: Adjusts for general inflation using Consumer Price Index (CPI).
CPI in 1965: ~31.5
CPI in 2024: ~304.0
Expected price today: $4.73
Actual price: $5.50
Subway subs have slightly outpaced general inflation by around 16%
2. Minimum Wage Comparison
Purpose: Measures how many minutes of minimum-wage work it takes to buy a sub.
1965 minimum wage: $1.25/hour → sub = 23.5 minutes of work
2024 federal minimum wage: $7.25/hour → sub = ~45.5 minutes of work
Interpretation:
Affordability has dropped.
A sub today requires almost twice as much work for someone earning federal minimum wage.
Reflects reduced purchasing power for low-income workers.
3. Average Hourly Wage Comparison
Purpose: Measures cost relative to average earnings (more representative than minimum wage).
1965 average hourly wage: ~$2.65
sub = 18.5 minutes of work
2024 average hourly wage: ~$29.00
→ sub = ~11.4 minutes of work
Interpretation:
Affordability has improved for the average worker.
Suggests the sub is cheaper relative to average income today than in 1965.
4. Gold Standard Comparison
Purpose: Compare cost relative to the value of gold as a stable store of value.
Gold price in 1965: ~$35/oz → sub = 0.014 oz
Gold price in 2024: ~$2,300/oz
→ 0.014 oz of gold today = $32.20
Interpretation:
If the sub tracked the price of gold, it would cost $32.20 today.
Real-world price is way lower, meaning consumer prices have grown much slower than gold.
5. Big Mac Index (Alternative Benchmarking Model)
Purpose: Compare similar consumer products across time or countries.
Big Mac in 1965: Didn't exist yet (introduced 1967, price ~ $0.45)
Big Mac in 2024: ~$5.89 (U.S. average)
Interpretation:
Subway subs have tracked very closely to other fast food staples like the Big Mac.
Suggests reasonable pricing alignment with fast food inflation trends.
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