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Medium Big Mac Meal for $5 Via Mobile App @ McDonald's

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Medium Big Mac Meal for $5 Via Mobile App @ McDonald's
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brandogs on 18/05/2017 - 03:40 mcdonalds.com.au (2697 clicks)
Last edited 25/05/2017 - 15:43 by 2 other users

Great value considering the Big Mac is $6.25 by itself.

In the McDonald's mobile app, simply click on Big Mac and then click on the 'Golden Meal' tab. Heres a screenshot

Here are some FAQs from the comments below:

Is this available at every Australian McDonalds restaurant?
No, but available at most.

Do I need an account to make an order?
Yes you must register an account and pay using a credit card in the app to place an order.

Can I pick it up in the drive-thru?
No, walk in only.

My device wont let me place an order?
After you have put in payment details, you must have GPS turned on your device and be very close to the restaurant to place the order.

Can I order multiples of this deal at once?
Yes there seems to be no limit in the app.

Can I swap out fries and drink?
Fries - yes, only to a salad.
Drink - heavy restrictions. Only able to swap soft drink to a soda water or peach flavoured ice tea

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  • JimmyJohnson on 18/05/2017 - 05:07
    +1

    Brief overview on how the app works? Is it only a limited number of stores offering it?

    • HuskyActual on 18/05/2017 - 06:42
      +2

      Latest update this morning: now available at all maccas nationwide.

      • garage sale on 18/05/2017 - 08:41
        +3

        This sort of deal makes me a customer again…

        • HuskyActual on 18/05/2017 - 19:28
          +1

          Until the app crashes 3 time[s] during the checkout process ;)

  • kermuffle on 18/05/2017 - 05:21

    can you ever swap the drink for something else?

    • HuskyActual on 18/05/2017 - 06:27
      +3

      The golden meal is free medium fries and soft drink so you can't change for coffee, OJ etc.

      Edit: for full price meal, you can choose other drinks and pay for the upgrade.

      • kermuffle on 18/05/2017 - 06:31

        ah right, thanks!

    • garage sale on 18/05/2017 - 08:40
      +1

      A different drink …..water.

  • Nachotroncoso on 18/05/2017 - 07:02
    +1

    Awesome!!! Thanks OP!!!

  • juicy j on 18/05/2017 - 07:53
    +2

    hmm.. is it really nationwide? my local macas is Villawood NSW, it only has smal med lrg big mac meal, but no golden big mac meal :( full price

    • juicy j on 18/05/2017 - 08:29
      +1

      Well i set it to Fairfield Court Rd Maccas and got it! Woo! But the 10 nugget meal with bonus 10 nuggets is not available there.. lol now where can i get that, liverpool mega centre? gees

  • azndragon168 on 18/05/2017 - 07:59
    +4

    Brisbane Transit Centre is not showing golden meal as an option either.

    Edit: just selected the Queen St store and golden meal showed up. Seems to be selected stores only. Thanks for the find OP.

    • [Deactivated] on 18/05/2017 - 12:26

      Dammit, I'm in that neck of the woods for lunch today, was considering being naughty and having a Big Mac…you work at PHQ?

  • Stingray on 18/05/2017 - 08:02
    +2

    not available on my app, got it set to Toowong brisbane

    • iSamurai on 18/05/2017 - 08:17

      Thanks, gonna try this weekend. nice to see an ozbargain neighbour :)

  • trevor99 on 18/05/2017 - 08:08

    I used to eat Maccas a lot, I mean a lot. For the convenience and taste without thinking much. Now I don't touch it.

    I realised how poisonous and damaging chemicals, salts, and bad fats are.

    Ever really smelled the Big Mac sauce?

    Instead of feeling lethargic I now feel great and have lost a lot of weight and blood pressure is much lower.
    This was over a short time frame of a few months.

    Hope this helps someone.

    • DKPARTY on 18/05/2017 - 08:12
      +48

      Pretty sure everyone who eats Mcdonalds is under no illusion that its either healthy nor nutritious.

      But thanks for your wonderful insight.

      • trevor99 on 18/05/2017 - 09:27
        +3

        Yes but people keep lining up to injure themselves like drinking and driving, smoking etc.

        Something in human nature disregards the obvious.

        • jacross on 18/05/2017 - 11:36
          +7

          It's probably more that everything in life involves trade offs. It's very rare for something to have all benefits and no costs in a cost-benefit analysis.

        • Kangal on 18/05/2017 - 15:03

          @jacross:
          I don't know… sex with Kangal seemed to have all benefits and no downsides ; )

        • jacross on 18/05/2017 - 15:13
          +1

          @Kangal:

          haha I looked up Kangal and got very confused and horrified for a second, before I came back and reread your username.

        • Kangal on 18/05/2017 - 17:28
          +1

          @jacross:
          ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • Munki on 18/05/2017 - 09:20
      +16

      Holy shit dude. Are you serious? Here I was thinking it was a complete and nutritious meal. I am so glad you have unveiled the truth on the matter. I will refrain from maccas henceforth and be an ambassador for this message.

      THE PEOPLE MUST KNOW!

      • Jared17 on 18/05/2017 - 10:11
        +20

        I didn't neg but No need for this. I think he is genuinely trying to help others with his own experience.

        • Skinnerr on 18/05/2017 - 11:20
          +4

          Come on, it was a joke. For the record (and trying to be neutral) little anecdotes like tervor99's can be the sobering reminder some people need not to give in to temptation.

        • jacross on 18/05/2017 - 15:16
          +3

          Munki's humour has probably produced more utility than trevor99's mix of 'slightly interesting anecdote, clichéd response, and very problematic misinformation (posoinous salts fats and chemicals)'.

    • Xastros on 18/05/2017 - 10:47
      +1

      There's always one guy that has to do this…

    • jacross on 18/05/2017 - 11:35
      +4

      Interesting. I eat McDonald's once or twice a week, am extremely active, and have good health markers and good subjective quality of life.

      I'd say there's definitely a point where if you are eating there 'a lot, I mean a lot' you're going to have a bad time of it. Especially if someone combines that with a sedentary lifestyle.

      For the record (as a university trained nutrition science graduate)salt and 'bad fats' (I assume saturated fat) are both 100% essential for health. Most people simply consume way too much. Everything in every single food and every thing that exists in the universe is a chemical or made up of chemicals.

    • trevor99 on 18/05/2017 - 11:54
      -4

      This helped me turn it around. For those interested in doing the same:

      "How not to die"

      https://youtu.be/HXGkk7UI-Ys
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXXXygDRyBU&t=1s

      https://nutritionfacts.org/

    • bigeater on 18/05/2017 - 12:38
      +1

      everything is harmful if you consume 'a lot, I mean a lot'.

      try drink 30 liters of water daily and keep going for a month, see what happens then.

      • joelmuzz on 18/05/2017 - 17:07
        +2

        Most people would be dead by lunchtime on the first day

    • iluvpizza on 19/05/2017 - 17:40

      downvoted your pointlness comment, go join a health forum

  • ATTS on 18/05/2017 - 08:13
    -1

    how does it work? i don't have data on my phone, so can you order at home and then pick up in store?

    and can you order multiples of the deal?

    • argonide on 18/05/2017 - 09:21

      You would probably need to use the McDonald's free wifi because the order can only be placed if you're in or near enough to a store.
      Also requires location services.

      • Gershom on 25/05/2017 - 06:07

        You would probably need to use the McDonald's free wifi

        Really? I've never found one that works.

    • mccarthyp64 on 18/05/2017 - 20:30
      +1

      use a location spoofer on android

  • WaywardOne on 18/05/2017 - 08:17
    +3

    The mymaccas Android app is not suitable for us tinfoil-hat-wearing people -
    - asks repeatedly for GPS location info
    - requires registration
    - registration asks for mobile phone number
    - you have to consent to being spammed in order to register

    • ATangk on 18/05/2017 - 08:34
      +2

      But discounts…

      • zqipz on 18/05/2017 - 13:04
        +1

        discounts?! … aussie assist, speedy claims, rating one for life, buy aussie benefits

  • mt2000 on 18/05/2017 - 08:26
    +1

    Any idea when this expire?

  • [Deactivated] on 18/05/2017 - 08:36
    +4

    Lunch today, plus a $3 deal

    • cate-g on 18/05/2017 - 08:42

      what's the $3 deal?

      • [Deactivated] on 18/05/2017 - 08:52
        +2

        3 for $3

      • adriancfc on 18/05/2017 - 09:16
        +1

        Cheeseburger, small fries, small drink

        • Crownie on 22/05/2017 - 14:10

          Swap the chips for a salad and the drink for a 600ml water and you've got a "guilt free" next meal

    • garage sale on 18/05/2017 - 09:44
      +1

      I miss the lunch club cards they used to have …..small Mac meal any lunchtime and they used to last 12 mths ……made planning lunches easy.

      Now apps so you can get spammed rather than frequent specials.

    • JimmyJohnson on 18/05/2017 - 11:52
      +3

      But for $2 extra you can get another big mac meal, YOLO.

  • [Deactivated] on 18/05/2017 - 08:42

    Thanks it worked

  • pongky on 18/05/2017 - 09:05
    +1

    so what's the process, I place an order on the app, and within X minutes have to show up at the restaurant to pickup? Is there a reference number I use to claim the meal?

    • argonide on 18/05/2017 - 09:15
      +1

      You confirm the order, once you're in the store, you select "I'm here", select eat in or take away. The order is sent to the store and a reference number will appear on your screen.

  • pongky on 18/05/2017 - 09:11

    Also can confirm golden meal availability for big mac in the app. McD wyndham waters - Williams Landing

  • jonzae on 18/05/2017 - 09:23

    You can choose a medium soda water.

  • Maki on 18/05/2017 - 09:41
    +2

    Better stay away from Maccas for now, as the Monopoly game is coming. I can imagine my wife will get lots of meals from there soon…

  • bennybaubles on 18/05/2017 - 09:44
    +4

    and salad instead of chips for those wanting some goodness to even out the guilt.

    • Mokr on 18/05/2017 - 10:49
      +3

      salad with extra big mac sauce

  • dust on 18/05/2017 - 09:57

    My local doesn't have it either. :(

  • [Deactivated] on 18/05/2017 - 10:01

    Works for Chatswood, NSW

  • TheDukeOfNukem on 18/05/2017 - 10:10

    This would be great if only the Box Hill Maccas' WiFi was reliable, I ain't payin' for 'dem phone internets for this.

    Also don't forget to do the online survey for a free 10pk of McBites with any order, no receipt or anything required, will take a day or two to email the voucher though, but you can reuse the shit out of it.

    • iluvpizza on 19/05/2017 - 17:46

      you mean the one in the shopping centre right? I used to go there alot when i was catching public transport, i also had trouble with their wifi. At one point their wifi was turned off totally, i asked the manager about it who told me the centre management didn't want them using it because it encouraged people to sit in Maccas instead of going to their shops. Who knows if that was a lamo excuse or true shrug

      Also doesn't help that its a heavily populated area so suffers signal congestion plus a heap of people trying to connect to one weak signal.

  • Jared17 on 18/05/2017 - 10:15
    +3

    App is about 60MB just headsup for those with not much storage space on their mobile

    • iluvpizza on 19/05/2017 - 20:10

      by the time i've installed it is taking up 98mb now, a bit big really seeing as KFC & HJ apps are under 50mb too

  • unity1 on 18/05/2017 - 11:07

    So you can't pick up in the drive thru?

    • argonide on 18/05/2017 - 12:19
      +1

      Currently no.

      • iluvpizza on 19/05/2017 - 18:02
        +2

        to me that makes it a bit useless really, i mean actually expecting us to get our lazy butts out of the car?! lol

  • pao2x on 18/05/2017 - 11:08

    Doesnt work in Mt Colah

  • CyberMurning on 18/05/2017 - 11:30

    Is this medium or big size? I'm confuse with the title.

    • unity1 on 18/05/2017 - 11:33
      +2

      Medium. It's the first word in the title.

      • Kangal on 18/05/2017 - 15:05
        +1

        …but the Mac is still Big, no?

        • iluvpizza on 19/05/2017 - 18:03

          not really, they've shrunk quite alot, 20 years ago they used to be huge, a guy in America even took photos to prove it

        • Crownie on 22/05/2017 - 14:13

          @iluvpizza:
          And maccas will tell you the patty is the same as they use the same equipment as 20 years ago but they fail to tell you how much water or shrinkage the burger patties have increased

  • LittleMIssPanda on 18/05/2017 - 11:36

    Can you pick up in drive thru?

    • [Deactivated] on 18/05/2017 - 11:44

      I would like to know this too. Would make a great pre-uni meal.

    • argonide on 18/05/2017 - 12:19

      Currently no.

    • lainey13 on 18/05/2017 - 22:29

      Can you pick up by walking in the drive thru?
      No.

      • iluvpizza on 19/05/2017 - 22:06

        their drive thrus now have signs saying they don't allow people to walk thru them for health & safety reasons. They used to allow it but im guessing some drunk driver ran over a customer walking thru the pickup who then sued Maccas, not really funny but LOL

  • bernardz on 18/05/2017 - 11:47

    Its a badly written app, had to delete it and reinstall it.

    And there is no way, I am putting in my credit card details till they get it right.

    I think I will skip this offer, shame as it is a good offer.

    • [Deactivated] on 18/05/2017 - 11:55

      why dont you walk to the store and ask for it.

    • joelmuzz on 18/05/2017 - 17:13

      They historically suck at apps.
      This one is at least better than last years Monopoly effort.

    • iluvpizza on 19/05/2017 - 18:06

      at least the KFC app gives us a choice, i don't think they would be stupid enough to make it too insecure though, would get them sued

  • BradH13 on 18/05/2017 - 11:58

    No option for Aldinga, SA. :(

    • BradH13 on 19/05/2017 - 12:14

      It's working here now.

  • Kupo on 18/05/2017 - 12:09
    +2

    I had a play with the app and you can customise the big mac. If you subtract the 2 beef patties you save $2.40.
    You can also add extra salt & pepper, pickles and regular onions for free.

    So essentially a meatless Big Mac with extra pickles and onions + medium drink + medium fries for $2.60.

    I haven't actually tried ordering it but it does look like it should work. anyone want to try for science?

    • smartazz104 on 18/05/2017 - 12:26
      +5

      Why would anyone order a Big Mac with no meat?

      • BradH13 on 18/05/2017 - 12:52

        My ex girlfriend who was vegetarian (trying to dip into veganism) used to order a large cheeseburger meal with no cheese or meat, so essentially - bread, onion, pickles, ketchup and mustard.

        I've grabbed dinner with a few others who have done the same too.

        Makes no sense, but it happens.

        • smartazz104 on 19/05/2017 - 07:31
          +1

          I think if I was a vegetarian I would avoid the likes of McDonalds altogether.

        • AlienC on 19/05/2017 - 07:40

          @gokhanh: you would think that but you would be surprised at the lack of vegetarian and most importantly cheap options around nsw

        • iluvpizza on 19/05/2017 - 18:04

          @AlienC: HJ veggie burger is the go

        • AlienC on 20/05/2017 - 01:59

          @iluvpizza: too right

    • Pcoder on 18/05/2017 - 13:17
      +5

      You can also sub the 2 beef patties for a mc chicken (Only 4.40). Even though I only request 1 patty, I got 2 :D

      • auna on 18/05/2017 - 22:26

        Underrated.

  • imket on 18/05/2017 - 12:25

    Just used it at sydney Myer food court. The app is quite a pain because you need to register for account and punch in your card details into the app. Afterwards food came out in less than 1 min

  • Xastros on 18/05/2017 - 13:11

    How do you guys find these hidden specials?

    They should really advertise the specials in a separate section within the app like KFC does.

  • Tuba on 18/05/2017 - 13:26

    I remember when you rattled off the ingredients list in IIRC, 8 seconds, you got your Big Mac free.

  • richmond12 on 18/05/2017 - 13:32

    Yea worked but u gotta be super close to maccas

  • Heybargain on 18/05/2017 - 13:36

    Just ordered. As above you need to create an account and be pretty close (if not already there). Pretty quick service though and order was available shortly thereafter.

  • chriskq on 18/05/2017 - 13:59
    -1

    Does the discount apply for multiple meals ordered?

    • chriskq on 18/05/2017 - 14:09

      Yep seems ok, just downloaded and local bondi junction maccas had golden meal

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