Pretty soon we may need a Ph.D degree to sort out the Starbucks Rewards offers. In a new offer that went out today to their Rewards members via email, you have a complicated three part promotion that will earn you eight bonus stars (in addition to the regular 1-star per purchase). This complicated offer is like this:

• purchase one Fall Favorite item (PSL, Salted Caramel Mocha, Toasted Graham Latte) between Oct 27 – Nov 2
• purchase any breakfast sandwich (check their website or app if you don’t know which sandwiches qualify as breakfast) between Oct 27 – Nov 2
• make any purchase on Saturday October 31

And that’s it. As simple convoluted as that 🙂 The bonus will be loaded to your account by November 13. If you decide to join in, my guess is that there are reasonable chances this won’t show up automatically, so you may have to ping their customer service. The good news is that their customer service is very responsive and fixes their Rewards kerfuffles.

Starbucks won’t call it a combo, but that’s what it really is. For Starbucks Rewards members, between October 20-28 in 2015, coupon code 2462 (you have to show it or mention it to the barista to enter on their cash register) gets you a $6 combo. The combo consists of two parts:

• any Grande size hot or iced Espresso-based beverage
• any breakfast sandwich (if you are not sure what they consider breakfast sandwiches, check their website or the Menu section of their latest app)

You must pay with a registered Starbucks Gift Card or with their official app. Limit one use per Rewards member during this promotional period.

Things are about to get interesting at Starbucks stores. If you are a member of their rewards program, check your email or app messages. A new promotion running October 7-20 in 2015 gets you double stars on every purchase you make using “Mobile Order & Pay”. This is the feature when you place your order from within the app, and then go pick it up at your local Starbucks store. With double stars in play, I wouldn’t be surprised if people order from the parking lot, or even order from within the store 🙂

Fall is here but if you are not ready to let go of your frozen drinks just yet, and you are a member of the Starbucks Rewards program, check your email or app inbox, you may be eligible for this new promotion, running October 6-12 in 2015. You earn 3 Bonus Stars (in addition to the standard one star) every time you purchase a Salted Caramel Mocha Frappuccino blended beverage. Any size. But it’s the frap, so the hot version is not eligible.

With a total of four stars, you are essentially getting a “$2 equivalent” in rewards, assuming one star is 50 cents (based on using your future earned reward on an item priced $6 or higher). You can use this offer as many times as you like during this promotional window.

This offer expired but the Starbucks offers continue to roll out in force this fall season…

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This offer expired but the Starbucks offers continue to roll out in force this fall season…

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This limited time offer expired…

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IF you are a Starbucks Rewards member and if you have received notification (email or app) that you are eligible for this promotion, between September 18-21 in 2015, if you purchase packaged coffee or tea, you will earn 8 bonus stars. The email says you can use this promotion up to ten times during this promotional period. As usual, you have to pay with the Starbucks app or a gift card registered to your Starbucks rewards account.

The screenshot from their email explains the eligible items:

Strategy: assuming you redeem Starbucks rewards for items priced $6 (their most expensive foods or monster drinks with extras), the “value” of a reward star is around 50c. So 8 bonus stars plus the regular star, means you get a $4.50~ value for each packaged coffee or tea item you purchase. Depending on the prices, this may be a pretty pretty pretty good deal (as Larry David likes to say).

This particular offer expired, but fear not, new Starbucks Rewards offers are rolling out every few days…

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If you are a Starbucks Rewards member, check your e-mails for a new offer, running August 25-31 in 2015. If you buy three specific products during this time period, you will earn 8 bonus stars (in addition to the regularly earned stars). The three items you must purchase one of each of the items below (purchase during the promotion, not necessary purchased together at the same time):

• shaken iced tea (includes the new mango flavored ones)
• breakfast sandwich – not to be confused with the lunch sandwiches
• frappucino blended drink

The size of the drinks does not matter. You can only earn 8 bonus stars during this promotion. Make sure you received the email for the offer, since I don’t know if these are sent to everyone or targeted or regional. The usual terms apply (pay with the app or a registered Starbucks gift card, etc, etc, etc).