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Register a card, go straight to Gold (usually after fifty drinks) £5.00 @Starbucks

If you register a Starbucks Card this month, you'll be a Gold Member directly. Usually you have to buy 50 drinks to get there.

Gold benefits:
-Free Drink every 15 drinks
-Free Extra Shots
-Free Syrup
-Free Whipped Cream
-Free Origin Espresso

http://www.starbucks.co.uk/
Deal price 5 pounds, because that's the minimum amount you can purchase IIRC.
Every time and every where don't forget to be happy.:rotfl:

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  • jon81uk
    jon81uk Posts: 3,919 Forumite
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    One minor correction, its 15 visits to get a free drink (and 50 visits for gold), you only get one star each transaction. So 15 drinks in seperate transactions will get you a free one, but 15 drinks in one total will only earn one star.
  • wyatte
    wyatte Posts: 165 Forumite
    Thanks for the correction !
    Every time and every where don't forget to be happy.:rotfl:
  • vlad
    vlad Posts: 544 Forumite
    McDonalds do a free hot drink for every 6 hot drinks bought
  • Easier and cheaper to make drinks (coffee, tea, etc.) at home, put it a flask if going to work, etc. rather than wasting money at Starbucks or MDonalds.
  • Doc_N
    Doc_N Posts: 8,624 Forumite
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    Easier and cheaper to make drinks (coffee, tea, etc.) at home, put it a flask if going to work, etc. rather than wasting money at Starbucks or MDonalds.
    Cheaper, of course. Just as it's cheaper to buy a bottle of wine and drink it on a park bench.

    Not sure you get quite the same social experience with a group of friends, though.........
  • Doc_N wrote: »
    Cheaper, of course. Just as it's cheaper to buy a bottle of wine and drink it on a park bench.

    Not sure you get quite the same social experience with a group of friends, though.........

    Wot like inviting friends around your place, sharing you flask of coffee at work, etc. ? rather than wasting money at Starbucks or Mdonalds ?
  • wyatte
    wyatte Posts: 165 Forumite
    vlad wrote: »
    McDonalds do a free hot drink for every 6 hot drinks bought
    Yeah ,it's also a nice choice ,but McCaf! is different from Starbucks.
    Every time and every where don't forget to be happy.:rotfl:
  • Thanks for this post, I got my card yesterday.
    The member of staff I spoke to advised me if buying more than one drink, to put them through as separate transactions so that you accumulate the rewards more quickly .
    Looking at the T&Cs you get a free drink on your birthday as well as the free syrups & whipped cream.
    I also read that When you purchase a Filter Coffee to stay the UK or Ireland, after you finish you can enjoy a Tall Filter Coffee refill.
    Has anyone done this ?
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