Earn free Starbucks stars, no purchase required

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Unfortunately, the quick deal we posted yesterday for a $20 Starbucks gift card for $10 has sold out. However, a consolation prize might be the chance to win some free coffee. George over at Travel Blogger Buzz found a way to game the Starbucks summer game. His method was reported in detail at Extreme Hotel Deals last night. As I was completing the steps, I believe Starbucks might have begun capping this, but you may still be able to win a gold star or two or some coffee. And I don’t know about you, but when I travel domestically, I make some Starbucks stops.

a logo with white text

The Game

Starbucks is running a summer game. There are challenges like “Spend $X each time for Y number of times” or “Make 3 transactions on Thursday afternoons that fall on odd-number dates” or things like that which require you to go to Starbucks and spend money. But George figured out that you can play online for free — and you can (possibly) get quite a few entries.

First, sign up for the game here.

It will give you 3 free plays to start (see the “3” in the top right”. Click “Play” to “shake the coffee”.

a screenshot of a video game

 

a screenshot of a video game

Then you’ll “move ahead” some number of spaces on a gameboard.

a screenshot of a game

You might win a coffee or a gold star….or more likely, it will give you some encouraging philosophical message about enjoying your summer. Once you finish your three free plays, you’ll see this screen — you’re looking for that fine white font on yellow background that says “Click here” after “No purchase necessary”. While there is no purchase necessary, laser vision is apparently a requirement. It’s easier to see if you click and drag to highlight.

a screenshot of a yellow card

That brings you to a form for “another way to play”. You should be able to fill out this form 2 times for each game in the drop-down menu.

a screenshot of a game

This will email you a link for another free play. I was able to play those two plays for the first two games,

After I played about 4 more times, it started shutting me down and giving me this message:

a orange and white text on an orange background

However, it was my mistake. Here’s the secret: After you have taken your two “shakes” to move forward on the game board, scroll to the bottom and fine the “No purchase – click here” button again. I was just going back to the same page for the form, but when I started using the “click here” at the bottom of the game board, I was able to start playing again. You can easily collect a bunch of stars and may win other prizes — I haven’t finished the game, but comments at Travel Blogger Buzz and Extreme Hotel Deals lead me to believe it can be completed in about an hour of play and many people seemed happy with their results.

Bottom line

I didn’t finish the game, but it seems like you can win some coffee. Getting coffee for free beats paying for coffee. It’s easy to do and a nice Wednesday afternoon way to kill some time if you’re bored :-).

H/T: Travel Blogger Buzz and Extreme Hotel Deals

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