Starbucks has another YMMV opt-in “Dash” promotion. Check your email or app to make sure you are eligible before jumping in. You have to manually activate it by clicking on the “Join Dash” at the appropriate place in the email or app.

This offer gets you 75 Bonus stars, which are 60% of a full reward, when you purchase four “Warm Sandwiches” between March 21-27 in 2017. Breakfast sandwiches are EXCLUDED from this promotion per the fineprint in their email, so you have to do this with the more expensive paninis. In other words, this offer is best suited for people who already buy these.

If you are not certain on the difference between breakfast and non-breakfast sandwiches check the menus on their app or website or the giant calorie-menu in their stores ~ just don’t look at the calories of your favorite items because they won’t be your favorites any more 🙂

Don’t forget to take advantage of the previously mentioned Starbucks BINGO offer. If you are a frequent shopper there, you should be able to get the whole of the 300 Bonus Stars. This is no small amount. 300 bonus stars are two full rewards plus another 50 points (40% of a full reward).

But time won’t stand still! Starbucks is back with the “After 2pm” Dash. You have to manually opt-in to this offer, so check your email (associated with your Starbucks account) or the app to see if you have been invited. You have to first click the “Join the Dash” button in their email before you earn any bonuses. This is YMMV, I don’t know if every customer gets every offer.

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If you are a regular Starbucks customer, you may be able to pile up on Bonus Stars, up to 300 total, if you participate in the new Starbucks Bonus Stars Bingo. You have to manually opt-in to the promotion by clicking on the email or app message for the offer.

Once you do, you have a grid of nine bubbles, each one a “challenge”. You earn 10 bonus stars for each challenge you complete, and bonus stars if you complete three vertical, horizontal or diagonal lines. If you complete the whole board, you will get 300 bonus stars total.

The “challenges” are things like “place three mobile orders” and “visit four different stores” and “buy something before and after 12pm on the same time” and so forth.

The promotion runs until April 3 in 2017, so you have plenty of time to complete the various challenges. Especially if you strategically combine promotions that get you checkmarks on multiple bubbles.

On the website over there, click on each bubble to get a detail on the challenge. Their website is mobile optimized, so you can check from your smartphone. The only annoyance is that you have to login every time 🙁

The Bonus Stars offers are picking up the pace again at Starbucks. This new promotion (that requires manual activation) can get you 150 bonus stars if you purchase three specific items between February 28 and March 6 in 2017 (seven days promotional period). If you regularly eat breakfast or lunch at Starbucks, this is easy to get you. All you need to get is:

• one breakfast sandwich
• one salad
• one bistro box
• any item from each category is eligible but make sure you are clear what qualifies for each group (eg breakfast versus lunch sandwiches)

You will only earn 150 bonus stars from this promotion even if you buy multiples of each category during this promotional period. The bonus stars will load up on your account by 3/13/17, but these days they are pretty good about loading them very quickly. It increases confidence in the accuracy of the Rewards program when things are done quickly and efficiently 🙂

The “After 2pm local time” promotion is back at Starbucks Rewards. This is a YMMV offer, and you have to manually join in the offer before it starts tracking. Look for the right button to press in your email or in the official Starbucks app.

Like before, you have to make 4 or 6 purchases after 2pm local time between February 21-27 in 2017 at their stores. They need to be separate transactions, not separate days. If you do four of those, you get 50 Bonus stars, but if you do six or more, you get 100 bonus stars. This is a one time use promotion, so whether you have six purchases or one thousand purchases, you will only get 100 bonus stars – during this promotional period.

Starbucks Rewards are back with another targeted food-centric promotion. You have to manually activate the offer if you are invited, so check your emails/app before making qualifying purchases. You get 150 Bonus stars (which translate to 1.25x Rewards, a pretty good bonus) if you buy one of each of the following items:

• Any Salad
• Any Bistro Box
• the “Sausage, Cheddar & Egg” breakfast sandwich

The offer runs Tuesday January 31st AM until the end of day on Monday February 6 in 2017, a full week. One time use per customer during this promotional period, so even if you buy 100 of each, you will only get a one-time 150 stars bonus. Bonus will be added to your account by 2/13/17.

Another offer is rolling out for Starbucks Rewards members via email. This offer too requires activation first (you just click on the appropriate spot in the email). This offer is more for people who already buy breakfast sandwiches because the bonus is fairly small…

If you purchase six breakfast sandwiches between January 24-30 in 2017, you will receive 60 Bonus Stars, in addition to the regular stars you receive on the purchase amount. You don’t have to buy them on separate days, I believe six individual transactions are all it takes. I’ve never tasted buying multiple quantities of the same item for these type of promotions, so I don’t know if that counts individually as well.

You only earn the bonus once during this promotional period, so whether you buy six or 500 breakfast sandwiches during this promotional period, you only get 60 Bonus Stars. The bonus will be added to your account by 2/6/17, but these days, they are pretty good at adding the bonuses quickly to your account.

PS: if you are not familiar with what qualifies as a breakfast sandwich versus a lunch sandwich, you can use their menu or the “Order” section of the Starbucks app to locate them. The cheapest option is the $2.95 Egg and Cheddar muffin.