New Starbucks Rewards Program that favors Big Spenders ($5+ average per order) starts April 12

The new (horrible for many existing customers) Starbucks Rewards program now has an official start rate, it is going to be April 12 in 2016 according to an email sent to their members. If you have any existing actual Rewards, they will transfer over straight-up. If you have any pending stars, they will be multiplied by 11 and then transfer over to the new system that is favoring big spenders.

You can read more about it at my previous post (linked in the first paragraph) but to summarize, if you spend an average of $5+ per order, you will benefit more from the new reward program. If you average less than $5, then you will get fewer rewards.