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.

This is an easy to way get 25 Bonus Starbucks Rewards stars, if you have been offered this promotion by email or through their app. All you have to do is place one mobile order between January 10-16 in 2017 and you score an extra 25 Bonus stars, in addition to whatever you get from the actual order. But first, you must activate the promotion in your account by clicking the appropriate button in the email. You will only get one bonus during this promotion. 25 points is 1/5th of a reward, that’s worth over $1.25!

The start of the year is raining Bonus Stars at Starbucks, probably trying to get a post-Holiday shopping surge for the new year. For Gold Members of their Rewards program (you have to make a certain level of purchases to qualify for the Gold level), January 9 in 2017 is a Double Stars day. You can earn those on all purchases made throughout the day. The usual exclusions apply.

Check your email/app to verify that are eligible. This offer does not require activation. You can also check right after you make a purchase, usually within a few seconds to minutes, you can see your new Stars balance in the Transaction History in the Starbucks app, so you can do the math and verify you are getting double stars because you go on a shopping spree 🙂

Another Starbucks Rewards YMMV offer is making the rounds. This offer too requires manual activation (sounds more complicated than it is, you just press one button). This is YMMV as usual since I have no way of knowing how many people are offered this.

You get 50 Bonus Stars (in addition to your regular stars) if you purchase TOGETHER a Shaken Iced Tea AND a Lunch item. This has to happen in the same transaction, not separately. Lunch items as they are defined for this promotion EXCLUDE breakfast sandwiches, which they are not considered a lunch item. You can use the menu in their app (mobile ordering section) to verify what is a breakfast item.

The rest of the food items qualify as lunch items: the prepackaged salads, the bistro boxes, the wraps, the paninis and the non-breakfast sandwiches. The time of the day you buy these does not matter. What decides it is the actual products you buy.

This offer runs for three days only, January 6-8 in 2017, but you can use it as many times as you like! 50 Stars are 40% of a reward, so assuming you spend your future rewards on $6+ items, it’s like getting the tea for free. You also earn the regular stars on the purchase and you should be able to combine it with the After 2 PM promotion.

Starbucks definitely wants you to visit their stores after 2pm. The Bonus Star dashes are evidence to this strategy as they have launched yet another “after 2pm” (local time) dash promotion. As usual, these offers may be YMMV, since I have no way of knowing whether they send them to everyone or a subset of their Rewards members. So check your emails and/or the app…

This promotion runs from January 4-10 in 2017, and qualifies you for the bonus on purchases made after 2pm local time. If you make four purchases, you get 50 bonus stars (in addition to the regular stars you earn on the purchase) or if you make six or more purchases, you earn 100 bonus stars. This is purchases, not visits, so if you sit at the store all day after 2pm and keep buying drinks and food, you can earn the bonus in a single day. The binge is on 🙂

You only earn a bonus one time during this promotion, so whether you make 6 or 600 purchases after 2pm local time between January 4-10 in 2017, you will only earn 100 Bonus Stars 🙂

Starbucks Rewards is back with another “must activate” promotion sent to people’s emails. I do not know if everyone receives this offer or not, so YMMV. You have to find the email or the notice in the app to activate it, otherwise you won’t receive any bonus stars.

The offer is simple. You buy three qualifying items, and get 150 Bonus Stars, which are the equivalent of one full reward plus 1/5th of a full reward. Not bad at all assuming you use your Reward for a $6+ item. The three items you have to buy:

• One “Sausage, Cheddar and Egg Sandwich”
• One “Bistro Box” (they have 3-4 choices)
• One “Salad” (they have 3-4 choices as well)

The promotion is running December 28 until the end of day on January 3 in 2017, that’s seven days. The 150 Bonus stars will be added to your account by January 10 in 2017.

The offer is “one time use” per account, meaning you can only earn 150 Bonus Stars regardless of how many times you buy the trio.

A new offer went out by email to Starbucks Rewards members. As usual, these may be targeted or rolling out on a staggered basis, so YMMV. This is an offer that you must first manually activate by clicking the button in the email. You get 150 Bonus Stars which is the equivalent of one full reward plus 25 stars, no small change! You have to buy three items to get it, the “Egg and Cheddar” breakfast sandwich (a $3 item), along with Any Salad and Any Bistro Box. You have to buy one of each, but not at the same time. The offer runs December 13-19 in 2016, so you have seven days to buy those three items.

This is a one time use bonus, so even if you buy 100 of each, you will only get 150 bonus stars 🙂

I do not know if everyone gets the same “Double Stars” day of the month, but if you are participating in the Starbucks Rewards program, pay attention to your email or your app notifications or inbox for an alert of your upcoming “Double Stars” day. Mine is Monday 12/12/16. Check yours! You don’t have to do anything to activate this, the double stars show up in your account automatically as you make purchases.

PRO TIP: your Double Stars day is a great opportunity to buy the $40 January 2017 cup. This will get you an extra 80 stars, which are about 2/3rds of a full reward.