Starbucks Cards Issued in USA & Australia are Interchangeable!
Nov 8, 2006, 6:51 pm
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Starbucks Cards Issued in USA & Australia are Interchangeable!
My spouse is a Starbucks fan and has a automatically reloading card issued in the US. She will be in Australia for a few weeks and wrote an email to Starbucks to see if her US card could be used at Australian locations. Here's their response:
"The U.S. and Australian Starbucks Cards can be used interchangeably in either country. The transaction will be posted to your account in either U.S. or Australian dollars, depending on where the transaction took place. The exchange rate at the time of transaction will be applicable if the purchase was made outside the country of card activation.
For example, if you owned an Australian Starbucks Card and used it to by a latte in a Starbucks location in New York, the transaction would be posted to your Starbucks Card in U.S. funds. The exchange rate at the time of transaction would then convert that amount to Australian funds which would be subtracted from your Australian balance on the card."
Also, I understand that Canadian issued cards are also useable in OZ!
"The U.S. and Australian Starbucks Cards can be used interchangeably in either country. The transaction will be posted to your account in either U.S. or Australian dollars, depending on where the transaction took place. The exchange rate at the time of transaction will be applicable if the purchase was made outside the country of card activation.
For example, if you owned an Australian Starbucks Card and used it to by a latte in a Starbucks location in New York, the transaction would be posted to your Starbucks Card in U.S. funds. The exchange rate at the time of transaction would then convert that amount to Australian funds which would be subtracted from your Australian balance on the card."
Also, I understand that Canadian issued cards are also useable in OZ!
Nov 8, 2006, 9:05 pm
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There are so many cafes in Australia though each with its own different character, your wife would be better off sampling some of those and saving the Starbucks till she gets home 
. The standard of coffee at Starbucks in Australia isn't bad but most coffee shops will have far superior coffee.
. The standard of coffee at Starbucks in Australia isn't bad but most coffee shops will have far superior coffee.
Nov 12, 2006, 2:08 am
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Originally Posted by bensyd
There are so many cafes in Australia though each with its own different character, your wife would be better off sampling some of those and saving the Starbucks till she gets home . The standard of coffee at Starbucks in Australia isn't bad but most coffee shops will have far superior coffee.
. The standard of coffee at Starbucks in Australia isn't bad but most coffee shops will have far superior coffee.We travel for different experiences, and to visit a Starbucks when on vacations half way round the world from the US is to negate the purpose of travel. Try something new while you're there - you might like it.
Nov 12, 2006, 7:02 am
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Australia has some of the best coffee I've experienced, which I wouldn't have anticipated in advance. (Although an a Yankee it took some getting used to, figuring out that I wanted a short white for instance.)
Nov 12, 2006, 1:22 pm
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Originally Posted by gleff
Australia has some of the best coffee I've experienced, which I wouldn't have anticipated in advance. (Although an a Yankee it took some getting used to, figuring out that I wanted a short white for instance.)
Nov 13, 2006, 12:07 pm
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No offence..but the only people I have ever seen at the Starbucks in Sydney are tourists 
Now I am off to catch the train to work and get my daily skinny cap..yummm
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Now I am off to catch the train to work and get my daily skinny cap..yummm
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Nov 13, 2006, 12:10 pm
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I don't even see tourists at the Starbucks in Sydney. Head down to Woolloomooloo and to Toby's...mmm, I'm dying for a short black just thinking of it.
Nov 13, 2006, 3:28 pm
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Interestingly enough, a Starbucks in Edward Street, Brisbane, actually closed down.
What's more, Starbucks paid the lease on the empty shop for ~2 years until a new tenant was found. It must have really been doing badly...
What's more, Starbucks paid the lease on the empty shop for ~2 years until a new tenant was found. It must have really been doing badly...
Nov 13, 2006, 7:21 pm
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I have noticed that most of the Starbucks I go past the overwhelming majority of customers are Asian students studying in Oz.
I haven't seen a Starbucks in China but I can't say I really go looking for them. Actually I was in Beijing and there was this great cafe near where I was staying run by a brother and sister, they even had some fantastic soups, hopefully Starbucks doesn't take over there the way so many American chains are/have.
I haven't seen a Starbucks in China but I can't say I really go looking for them. Actually I was in Beijing and there was this great cafe near where I was staying run by a brother and sister, they even had some fantastic soups, hopefully Starbucks doesn't take over there the way so many American chains are/have.
Nov 13, 2006, 7:31 pm
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Starbucks at Martin Place is just a minute's walk from the Westin, which is one attaraction for the solo US traveller who wants to lounge in familiar surrounds.
This one could get busy late afternoons with students - most of the other city SBs are ignored by CBD workers.
This one could get busy late afternoons with students - most of the other city SBs are ignored by CBD workers.
Nov 20, 2006, 3:50 am
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Originally Posted by gleff
Australia has some of the best coffee I've experienced, which I wouldn't have anticipated in advance. (Although an a Yankee it took some getting used to, figuring out that I wanted a short white for instance.)
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Nov 20, 2006, 5:58 pm
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Originally Posted by gleff
.... figuring out that I wanted a short white for instance.)
We had the reverse situation...it took 4 weeks to work out that what my mother wanted was an Americano in which she could then put the milk.