What the bonus is.
LingQ's referral program gives both sides a benefit: the new signup receives 100 additional LingQs usable before needing to upgrade. Since the standard free cap is 20 saved words total — famously exhausted in a first lesson — the bonus is the difference between glimpsing the workflow and actually testing it: 120 LingQs supports roughly one to two weeks of real reading for most learners.
The honest fine print.
This is LingQ's standard referral perk, not an exclusive deal we negotiated — any referral link grants it; ours is simply one of them, and using it costs you nothing extra while supporting our work. The bonus doesn't discount Premium ($14.99/month, $10/month annual, $8.99/month on 24-month plans — full pricing breakdown); it extends the free tier. And 120 LingQs still runs out: if the reading workflow clicks for you, Premium is the actual product.
How to make 120 LingQs count.
Spend them on one language and one content type — the Mini Stories ladder or a news feed at your level — so the highlighted-known-words effect compounds instead of scattering across experiments. If you hit 120 still wanting more, that is the trial verdict.