Throughout the year, you'll find a lot of JCPenney coupons offering an extra 20% off here or an extra 25% off there. Those are cool, but they aren't as enticing as the coupon that pops up during the JCPenney Mystery Sale, which we predict will return in April 2025.
The value of this sale's online coupon usually varies between 30% - 50% off. While you wait for the next Mystery Sale, check out the JCPenney clearance section for markdowns up to 80% off.
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The JCPenney Mystery Sale is a 4-times-a-year event that typically lasts four days, with one exception.
JCPenney's Mystery Sale happens four times a year: March or April, August, October, and December. Typically you'll find that you have four days to use your Mystery Coupon. However, during the December event, you'll get a whopping seven days to shop with it, based on what we've seen in the past.
If you decide to shop online, you can use a promo code. However, you can shop the JCPenney Mystery Sale in-store. Just ask a JCP employee for a Mystery Coupon (or find one at a nearby register). The coupons are for 30%, 40%, or 50% off your purchase (some exclusions apply).
KCL predicts the next JCPenney Mystery Sale will start April 15, 2025.
We initially predicted this sale for March 26. But when the sale didn't happen, we took a look at the timing of Easter, and now we predict you'll see the sale on April 15.
How do we make our prediction?
In 2024, the sale kicked off the week of Easter. Since Easter is April 20 in 2025, we're predicting JCPenney will start its spring Mystery Sale on April 15. In addition to around Easter, we also typically see these sales in August, December, and October.
Here's a look at JCPenney Mystery Sale event dates. Here's a look at the past four sales:
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024
Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023
KCL's Top 5 Deals From the December 2025 JCPenney Mystery Sale
St. John's Bay Men's Puffer Jacket, $34.99 (reg. $100)
Linden Street Bath Towel, $5.59 (reg. $12)
Home Expressions Sheet Set, $10.49 (reg. $30)
Women's Boots, $20.99 (reg. $60)
Yes Please Jewelry Set, $15 (reg. $74.98)
Can I use two coupons at JCPenney?
Sorry, folks, that's a negative. You can't stack two coupons at JCPenney. However, you can use one coupon and one JCPenney Rewards voucher in a single transaction. That's as good a reason as any to sign up for a free JCP Rewards account, where you'll receive one rewards point for every $1 spent. Once you hit 200 points, there's a $10 reward coming your way.
The sale is available both online and in-store, but the highest-value coupons are only in-store.
The value of this sale's online coupon usually varies between 10% - 30% off. However, in-store, you can ask a sales associate for a Mystery Coupon which may be 30%, 40%, or even 50% off.
What about coupons on JCPenney clearance?
You can't use the mystery coupon on JCPenney clearance, which is indeed a bummer. But use JCPenney savings hacks to make the most of this sale and save on everything in your JCP cart.
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