Starbucks Stores [
Store Locator] is hosting their
Starbucks: Reduce, Reuse and Rewards Offer and offering any
Starbucks Rewards Member w/
25 Starbucks Stars + $0.10 Off Their Drink when customers
bring in a clean, personal reusable cup when
ordering at a participating Starbucks locations
Thanks to community member
SlickActivity827 for finding this deal
Note, be sure to sign up for Starbucks Rewards Member [
Free to Join] before partaking this promotional offer.
These 25 Starbucks Stars can be redeemed for a free customization like an extra shot of espresso or dash of your favorite syrup or you can save them up (
see below).
Choose when and how to redeem your Stars for free drinks, food, at-home coffee or select merchandise. Rewards can be redeemed at participating stores as follows:
- 25 Stars: Customize your drink (make your drink just right with an espresso shot, nondairy milk substitute or a dash of your favorite syrup)
- 50 Stars: Brewed hot coffee, bakery item or hot tea
- 150 Stars: Handcrafted drink, hot breakfast or parfait
- 200 Stars: Lunch sandwich or protein box
- 400 Stars: Select merchandise or at-home coffee
Top Comments
You also usually have to remind them to give you the 10 cent discount, and they often don't know how to do it or say they did it but didn't. There is no consistent policy across stores or workers, and many don't know that you can use your own mug or that it gets you a 10 cent discount. Either Starbucks sucks at training or its workers just don't give a damn (which is part of why I rarely tip on drip coffee). Either way, I don't expect this to change because of this new policy and offer.
Workers are still going to have to hit the reusable mug button to get you the discount and points, and you're usually going to have to remind them to do it, which makes you look cheap and petty and forces the people on line to wait longer and roll their eyes in annoyance. Sounds more like a marketing thing than a way to actually get people to use their own mugs and invitation for yet more passive-aggressive underpaid and overworked worker behavior. I hope I'm wrong but only time will tell. It is a good deal though.
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Drive up in your eco Tesla (Chinese lithium strip-mined) car and purchase an eco-cup coffee (harvested by 12 year old Columbian slave labor)
Ah, nothing like saving the planet!
Let's say you order short or tall size coffee or americano but bring in a 20 oz cup.
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Let's say you order short or tall size coffee or americano but bring in a 20 oz cup.
Another weird anomaly. If you try to order a decaf using stars and they don't have any decaf brew, they'll charge you 150 points since it's hand-poured or made Americano-style. But if you order a regular, drink or dump it out, then ask for a decaf refill, you'll only be charged 50 points for the original regular. Go figure.
I've picked up these "hacks" over the years. Like you can order lots of extras with a brewed coffee if you use stars and you'll still only get charged 50 stars.
Starbucks makes most of its money on overpriced for-pay custom drinks and food so they don't care about "losing" money on these piffles.
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To qualify for the reusable cup benefit, you must have made at least one Star earning transaction. Valid on in-store beverage purchases only (max 3x per day).
i did read a while back Starbucks is trying to eliminate cups all together and have everyone bring their own. then if they dont have one they get charged to rent a cup.