Starbucks gold rewards

Guest2 · 9 Jan 2015 at 12:45

I have been a gold member for a couple of years, 1 tall drink a day mon-fri and the occasional one at the weekend.

I knew every 15 drinks you get a free drink of choice - any size, anything. What I didn't know was that you also get free extra shots, free syrups, free whipped cream and free origin espresso!

http://www.starbucks.co.uk/card/rewards

The above could end up saving me £2 a drink! (a shot, espresso or syrup is 50p)

Starbucks isn't the best coffee but it gets me out the office for 10 minutes

Raymond Lin · 9 Jan 2015 at 12:47

You get a choice of free shot, free syrup...not all together i don't think.

And you'll be piling on the weight FAST if you have syrup and whipped cream extra every day of the week !

glenimp617 · 9 Jan 2015 at 12:50

a 'Saving of £2' a drink!!!! damn!

My Nescafe original jar was £2.50 and sees me through a week, maybe two lol

Cheaper and better!

Raymond Lin · 9 Jan 2015 at 12:51

glen8 said:
a 'Saving of £2' a drink!!!! damn!

My Nescafe original jar was £2.50 and sees me through a week, maybe two lol

Cheaper and better!

Squash is cheaper than real orange juice as well....

smokedog · 9 Jan 2015 at 12:55

15 drinks to get an free drink.

My average spend for a drink (hazelnut latte) £3.15 x 15 = £47.25... false economy

Raymond Lin · 9 Jan 2015 at 13:00

I have a Starbucks gold card.

I do not get a drink with the aim to get that free drink. The bonus is convenience that i can pay with my phone, it is set to auto top up as well. I also believe that any purchases counts, doesn't need to be a drink. Getting a muffin counts as a Star on the card.

Every now and then they just give you a free drink. I had 3 free drinks over the christmas holiday and I did not buy 45 coffees from there. I think I bought 1.

meths · 9 Jan 2015 at 13:00

Raymond Lin said:
You get a choice of free shot, free syrup...not all together i don't think.

And you'll be piling on the weight FAST if you have syrup and whipped cream extra every day of the week !

You get them all together.

glenimp617 · 9 Jan 2015 at 13:15

Raymond Lin said:
Squash is cheaper than real orange juice as well....

ah, but squash isn't as nice whereas Nescafe is far superior

Josh · 9 Jan 2015 at 13:17

Douwe Egberts costs me £3 or somesuch, lasts me 3-4 weeks from a 200g jar.

Crazy how much starbucks/costa et al is - I don't really like the coffee either.

Raymond Lin · 9 Jan 2015 at 13:18

glen8 said:
ah, but squash isn't as nice whereas Nescafe is far superior

I disagree....

One thing I have also noticed. My coffee mugs are spotless and it's over 5 years old, no stain at all. It's not because I wash it the moment i finish my drink, it's because I only have real coffee.

I did have an instant once, it stained so bad !

JOSH86 said:
Douwe Egberts costs me £3 or somesuch, lasts me 3-4 weeks from a 200g jar.

Crazy how much starbucks/costa et al is - I don't really like the coffee either.

You don't like instant coffee...have you tried a proper coffee, not from Starbucks, but made by someone who knows what they are doing, not with beans that was roasted months ago sat in a warehouse.

Guest2 · 9 Jan 2015 at 14:06

As I posted - I don't really go for the coffee, more to get me out the office for 10 minutes. Its just a bonus I get free shots, syrup etc.

'Get an even bigger boost. Have an extra shot – or more than one – for free.'

Sounds like you can have more than one for free

darubio · 9 Jan 2015 at 14:25

glen8 said:
a 'Saving of £2' a drink!!!! damn!

My Nescafe original jar was £2.50 and sees me through a week, maybe two lol

Cheaper and better!

this made me laugh, you got a point!

Toadem · 9 Jan 2015 at 14:40

I prefer wild bean cafe myself

Kronos · 9 Jan 2015 at 14:42

I have never been into a Starbucks.

Haggisman · 9 Jan 2015 at 14:43

http://www.lavazza.co.uk/uk/at-home/blends/qualita-rossa.html - £3, lasts me 2 weeks, tastes far nicer than any starbucks!

Deleted member 77746 · 9 Jan 2015 at 14:45

Kronos said:
I have never been into a Starbucks.

Have you been to Buckstar?

doofer · 9 Jan 2015 at 14:45

glen8 said:
a 'Saving of £2' a drink!!!! damn!

My Nescafe original jar was £2.50 and sees me through a week, maybe two lol

Cheaper and better!

Yeah but places like Starbucks can charge extra for making their customers look like chumps.

subbytna · 9 Jan 2015 at 16:50

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=250098679

£2.50 and will give you a caffeine hit..AND wings

I use it for just before I go tot he gym

Kronos · 9 Jan 2015 at 17:15

mrbell1984 said:
Have you been to Buckstar?

As far as I know I have never been in a coffee bar though I might have gone into an independent one whilst waiting to attend an appointment last year. If I remember correctly it was expensive frothy and not particularly hot and that is with all these steam spouts or whatever being inserted into the cup of Latte. I think that is what it was called.

Seft · 10 Jan 2015 at 08:44

I have a gold card - there's one next to my office which I pop onto when I'm in the mood for something fancier than a filter coffee. They do a lot of offers, which makes it easy to keep the gold status and you can occasionally get Starbucks gift cards at large discounts to face value at Groupon etc so I tend to load up my balance then and run it down. It also works in the US/Canada with a perfect exchange rate.