At the moment, coffee lovers earn three “stars” for every £1 they spend at Starbucks - but after January 28, you’ll get ten “stars” for every £1 spent, and new lower reward tiers will be introduced.
Starbucks is shaking up its rewards scheme - and it will divide customers Starbucks is shaking up its loyalty scheme next week and is introducing more rewards - but it will be harder to achieve Gold status.
You currently have to accrue 450 “stars” to get Gold status - the same as spending £150 - but this is rising to 2,500 “stars” - equivalent to spending £250.
So if you have 150 "stars" then this will be boosted to 500 “stars” and you would still have enough to claim your free drink from Starbucks.
But under the new reward scheme, you’ll be able to redeem a hot brewed coffee, tea or americanos by swapping 130 “stars” - equivalent to spending £13.
