Michaels perks

Michaels, the arts-and-crafts retailer, runs a couple of standing discounts that are easy to miss because they don't advertise loudly at the register: a discount for verified teachers and educators, and one for verified military members and their families. Both run through a free Michaels Rewards account plus an identity check — once you're verified, the discount applies at checkout in store and online, including on sale items. The honest framing: these aren't secret coupon codes, they're everyday programs, but they only kick in after you've created the account and completed verification, which trips up a lot of people who assume they'll be asked at the till. We verify the current discount straight from Michaels' own special-discounts page and store the exact figure it shows, so the number you see here is the number Michaels published — not a stale blog estimate.