FREE Coffee

Today was a good day.

It was a pretty long day though, so I'm just going to share a quick tip.

I went to Starbucks today with some friends. We played cards (a game called Mao). It was really quite lovely.

Now, whenever I go to Starbucks, I usually pay with a gift card (because I have about a million- that seems to be everyone's go to gift). I recently learned  about Starbuck's reward system .

I registered all of my gift cards on Starbucks.com, and I downloaded the Starbucks app.

 

With the app, I can pay with my gift cards without having to pull out my wallet; I just scan my phone. Each time you buy something with a registered gift card (either on your phone or by actually swiping it), you get a star, or a reward point. The points add up to different levels. Each level has different rewards associated with it.

Welcome Level: You need one star to get on this level. You get a free drink on your birthday with this (Birthday Cake Frappuccino: vanilla bean frappuccino with toffee nut and hazelnut syrup)

Green Level: five stars! free refills as long as you stay at the store (and you still get the free birthday drink)

Gold Level: you have earn 30 stars. On this level, you get free a free food item or drink every twelve stars, a personalized gold card, and special offers (you also still get the offers from the other two levels).

My recommendation to everyone who ever goes to Starbucks is to pay with a gift card. Buy yourself a card and start earning points to get free stuff! 

I love free stuff. You love free stuff. Everyyyyybody love free stuff (and Starbucks).