02-23-2016, 12:49 AM
The baristas are the ones who taught me to ask for separate transactions to earn more stars. Never have I had a barista be grumpy if I requested separate transactions.
I guess I'm the minority who will probably be dropping out of their loyalty program. I generally get just a pour-over decaf, in other words a plain coffee. It's not worth $64 or whatever the new spending amount will be just to get an overpriced $5.00 sandwich. Too bad, the current system did motivate me to go to Starbucks more often.
The whole loyalty program for me started when one could get a free small coffee just for buying a bag of Starbucks coffee in the grocery store. Then one could get a star for every bag of coffee bought in the grocery store.
It was a nice run while it lasted.
I guess I'm the minority who will probably be dropping out of their loyalty program. I generally get just a pour-over decaf, in other words a plain coffee. It's not worth $64 or whatever the new spending amount will be just to get an overpriced $5.00 sandwich. Too bad, the current system did motivate me to go to Starbucks more often.
The whole loyalty program for me started when one could get a free small coffee just for buying a bag of Starbucks coffee in the grocery store. Then one could get a star for every bag of coffee bought in the grocery store.
It was a nice run while it lasted.