The Offer
- Jump straight to gold level Starbucks status with a single purchase. Instead of having to $150 (300 Stars) to get Gold, you’ll get Gold after just one purchase made by July 31st.
The Fine Print
- Valid until July 31st, 2017
- Offer valid 7/20/17 to 7/31/17 at participating Starbucks® stores. Must pay with your registered Starbucks Card / App and excludes purchase of alcohol, Starbucks Cards and Starbucks Cards reloads. Valid for one time use for Green Level Starbucks Rewards™ members only.
- Some restrictions apply. Rewards may be redeemed at participating stores only and exclude alcoholic beverages and multi-serve food and beverage items.
- Birthday reward expires one day after your birthday.
- Stars (including partial Stars) earned toward free food and drink rewards expire 6 months after they are earned.
- Stars may not be earned on purchases of alcohol and Starbucks Cards. Taxes, tips, donations, and fees (such as delivery fees, shipping and handling fees, gift wrapping fees and bag fees) may also be excluded.
- Free refills on brewed coffee and tea available in store during same visit. Must opt-in to receive promotional email from Starbucks to receive special email offers.
- Personalized Gold Card is gold-colored only, it is not gold metal. Mobile Order & Pay may not be available at all locations.
Our Verdict
Offered same thing last year but this one doesn’t seem to extend existing gold member status for 12 months (e.g it’s only for green level members). Gold status isn’t that exciting basically means you get free reward for every 125 Stars and you get two stars per $1 spent (plus they run other bonuses). Some of the promotions are for gold only as well.
How have people managed to do this? Trying this for SO and it asking for card # and PIN. The card added to account only has the card # visible on the site, no PIN.
Not many people know this but Green status gets you free refills as well (you get green after 4 purchases on card I believe)
@ YU. Yes, you can if it is a standard coffee, but it would be a waste to use your rewards points for a standard coffee. The free item is valid on anything so best to use for a specialty drink or food.
Thanks DoC
Got another year of Gold added to my card.
it extends the existing gold member status for another year? I thought this one doesn’t.
Were you already gold?
Anyone know if I can get free refill when the original hot drink is paid by rewards points?
Does this need to be a new registered user or it works for current non gold member as well?
Gold Status is the only way to start earning Stars towards food & drink redemptions.
Green Status gets free refills and birthday gifts but $$ spent don’t earn squat.
The free refills are nice especially in the summer as they’re valid on iced coffee too (including caramel). Fyi, many people don’t know but even without gold status you can get refills and they only charge you 50 cents. Anyway still a nice savings with gold if you refill enough.
Thanks for sharing.
Gold status does occasionally mater for some promos, at least. I know recently there was a $10 get $10 bonus gift card offer only for gold Members. Only time I’ve wished I had gold status. I’ll prbobably make sure to buy a drink to have it ready for next time something like that comes up.
Good point, Ill add to post.