STARBUCKS STARS...GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!

For those of you who have a STARBUCKS rewards card or Gold card and like getting things for FREE...I recently learned how you earn your stars. I thought it was like 1 star for every $1-$2 you spend....OH NO! You earn a star for every individual purchase, reloading your card with $(per transaction), and on coffee or tea refills. So there are some strategies that will work in your favor, if you care and if you have the time, but if you want to stay at GOLD level take notes!


So generally when I reload my card I put like $20 bucks on there-thus getting only 1 STAR...BUT if you added $20 in increments of $5($5 is the minimum), so 4 transactions...you'd actually get 4 STARS!! For you tea and regular coffee drinkers...you get FREE refills during your same visit and you have to swipe your card...so you'd get 1 STAR for the initial tea/coffee purchase + 1STAR for the refill!! AND finally if you have the time and the patience...lets say you're buying 3 drinks...It would benefit you more to pay for each drink separately then buying them all in one transaction. 3 STARS vs. 1 STAR.

Funny scenario...lets say you're making a Starbucks run for the office...4 people each give you $5(BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, IT SHOULD BE CALL FIVEBUCKS!!), plus yourself, $5 more =$25 First reload your rewards card 5X with $5(5 STARS), next buy all 5 drinks in separate transactions. 2 regular coffees, and 3 teas.(5 STARS) Next drink all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then get back in line and get 2 coffee refills and 3 tea refills, again all in separate transactions! (5 more STARS) 5+5+5=15 STARS...you're 1/2 way to GOLD status or maintaining your Gold status! All in 1 day and it only cost you $5 and a few trips to the bathroom!! Silly I know, but if you like their rewards programs and getting Stars seems difficult...make every transaction count!!