Originally Posted by
BamaVol
I just realized that not only did I not get tenths of stars, they also truncated or rounded down. $2.40x4=9.6. Another reason to dislike the new program. I wonder if some Starbucks programmer is posting all the fractions of stars to his account! Free coffee for life.
The fractions don't show on my main screen, just if I click on my transaction history.
Originally Posted by
tmiw
I just finished the eight day in a row promo (no additional stars from that yet). This also means that I purchased the one item needed to extend Gold for a year. However, my account currently says that I need to earn 29 more stars to stay Gold; does that mean that once the 80 additional stars hit, my Gold won't expire until 2019?
The eight day in a row promo will usually either hit about a week after it ends, or you will receive a star code about that time. The original email will tell you which, and when to expect it.
The purchase to extend Gold promo T&Cs state that your status will update by 5/15. No one knows about the Gold extension yet, and if it will extend it beyond a year, based on your current qualifying activity. That said, how would you extend yours through 2019? If it is set to expire this year, and you extend it through stars until 2017, then the Gold extension should be 2018. Once you hit Gold, in the past, you could not requalify for the following year until you passed your anniversary date. For example, if I accumulated 90 stars between 11/2014 and 11/2015, only the first 30 would go towards requalifying. The other 60 just were used towards free items.
Mine says it will expire 11/2016, but I'd requalified before the program change. It still indicates 2016, but says I need 0 stars to requalify. I'm hoping that it does extend it through 2018.