They expire 6 months after being earned. After taking into account how they devalued the stars program last year, if you spend less than $10/month at starbucks you'll never actually earn a free drink.
Most of the coverage on Ontario's law was about Airmiles, but starbucks stars would be covered too. On that page, starbucks says that stars in Ontario will no longer expire, but they waffled on the rest of Canada.I am not sure if the whole points not being allowed to expire is valid here.
I second that. I used to buy 12 coffees to get a free drink, but now with all the email offers and "Star Dashes" I buy like 6-7 and get enough for a free drink! That's effectively spending less than $15 to get a free $5+ drink. Can't complain about that.WhatADeal! wrote: ↑ I actually find the email offers way better after Starbucks implemented the new reward system.
Exactly. I get many offers of around 30 bonus stars for a purchase. That means 4 purchases for a freebie.WhatADeal! wrote: ↑ I actually find the email offers way better after Starbucks implemented the new reward system.
There are so many bonus stars that that is simply not true. Also, assuming you are hungry, you should opt for the free sandwich. With tax, that's like an $8 value in. Done right, Starbucks is actually cheaper than Tim Hortons.
The bonus promotions get worse the more often you go it seems. My co-workers promotion values are way worse than mine (he goes on the weekend as well), and I noticed over the months, mine are getting less value too.MonctonMan wrote: ↑ There are so many bonus stars that that is simply not true. Also, assuming you are hungry, you should opt for the free sandwich. With tax, that's like an $8 value in. Done right, Starbucks is actually cheaper than Tim Hortons.
