Archives for November 2016

If you are part of the Starbucks Rewards program, check your email or your smartphone notifications or the inbox in the Starbucks app (make sure you have the latest version). There is an offer that gets you 60 Bonus Stars (that’s almost half a reward) if you purchase four breakfast sandwiches between November 30 and December 6, that’s a seven day period. This offer needs to be activated first, so make sure you press the “Join the Dash” button in your email or activate it in the app (if available there).

NOTE: some of these promotions are only offered to a subset of Rewards members. I can only see the ones in my account, and I have no way of knowing whether everybody or only a subset of members get these offers. So YMMV until you check.

The offer is one time use, meaning the maximum you will receive from this is 60 Bonus Stars, even if you buy five or more breakfast sandwiches. The bonus stars will load up in your account by 12/13/16. You can track progress using the latest Starbucks apps (it’s actually pretty nice; I’ll post a screenshot after I put mine to work).

NOTE: if you are not certain what qualifies as a breakfast sandwich, check the menu on their website or in the store or the “Order” section of the app. Some of the sandwiches are too close to call if you are just guessing. You only get the bonus stars if you buy the correct items, even if they are not foodologically (it’s a word now!) categorized accurately 🙂

This is a YMMV offer, as with many of the bonus stars offers, as I have no way of knowing what percentage of the Starbucks Rewards members receive these via email. For one thing, people would have to be opted-in to promotional emails from Starbucks for these offers to arrive. This is a simple offer, they updated their app with a new more versatile mobile ordering system, and they want to “encourage” people to try it again, so if you received this offer…

… AND you manually activate it clicking on the link in your email or app, you will receive 25 bonus stars when you place a mobile order between November 15-21 in 2016. You only get one bonus for this promotion regardless of how many orders you place. You can also stack this with the after 2PM promotion.

PS: you can place a mobile order while you are in the store, or even while you are in line (eg the line is way too long, so instead of wasting time in line, you sit on a chair, place a mobile order and wait for it to get called).

Starbucks launched a new Bonus Stars promotion. Check your emails or the latest version of the Starbucks app, as some of the Bonus Stars offers (but not all of them) have began showing up in the app. This offer requires manual opt-in, which boils down to clicking the “Join the Dash” button in the email or the appropriate button in the app.

This offer is to encourage afternoon visits. You only qualify for the bonus for purchases made after 2pm local time between November 15-21 in 2016. If you make three purchases, you will receive 50 Bonus Stars. Or if you make five or more purchases, you will receive 100 Bonus Stars. You can only get one bonus for this offer. The bonus stars will be added to your account by 11/28/16.

The email does not clarify what they mean by “purchases”. I am assuming they mean separate transactions, not visits, not individual items counted. If so, strategically, you can split your order if you are going to be “for here” ~ if you are going to be too close to call. But if you are there daily after 2pm, you can get to the bonus without effort, since the promotional period is seven days.

Again, I must stress, you must manually opt-in/activate this offer, and it only counts after 2pm local time! Partial screenshot of the email offer below: