Starbucks and Chase Pay Want to Give You Free Coffee
Starbucks and Chase Pay are at it once again, and you can benefit by getting up to four free Starbucks drinks or food items when you take full advantage of this promotion.
Regular Starbucks customers will benefit most from this promotion due to the cash outlays required.
However, even those who only enjoy one or two Starbucks drinks a month can get a freebie or two.
The Starbucks/Chase Pay Promotion
Now through December 12, 2018, you can collect a pre-determined number of Bonus Stars when $20 or more is loaded to your account via the Starbucks app.
You must use Chase Pay to add the $20+ reload. You can reload up to 3 times for this promotion.
Each reload will result in the following Bonus Stars being deposited to your account:
- 1 Reload – Collect 125 Bonus Stars
- 2 Reloads – Collect 275 Bonus Stars
- 3 Reloads – Collect 475 Bonus Stars
If you add $60 total to your Starbucks account, in 3 separate $20 reloads via Chase Pay, you’ll receive 475 Bonus Stars.
Considering 125 Bonus Stars – when you have Starbucks Gold Level status – will get you a free Starbucks drink or food item of your choice, the 475 Bonus Stars equate to 3.8 Starbucks drinks or food items. Add in the Stars you’ll earn for purchasing Starbucks items with your $20 reloads, and you’ll be well over 4 free drinks as a result of this promotion.
Even if you’re an infrequent Starbucks customer (with Gold Level status), the single $20 reload, using Chase Pay to make your payment, will get you a free drink.
Don’t have Starbucks Gold Level status? This promo can get you there. It takes 300 stars to earn Gold Level, so, technically, 2 reloads and $13 of Starbucks spend (you earn 2 Stars per $1 in spend) hits the mark and allows you to redeem 125 Stars for a free Starbucks food or drink item.
Chase Pay
Not familiar with Chase Pay? No problem, here’s a brief rundown and a link to the Chase Pay site for more details.
Chase Pay is Chase Bank’s mobile payment system. Anyone who holds a Chase credit card can use Chase Pay to pay for items where Chase Pay is accepted.
While locations are somewhat limited now, Starbucks is one of the locations where you can use Chase Pay to pay online or in-store via the Chase Pay app on your smartphone.
For this specific promotion, you’ll use the Chase Pay option within the Starbucks app to pay for your Starbucks account reload.
You can learn more about Chase Pay and set up your account at the link below.
Chase Pay info and account set-up
Maximizing Points with This Promotion
Chase credit cards, and especially Ultimate Rewards earning Chase credit cards, are considered top-of-the-heap when it comes to building and maximizing points for Miles and Points enthusiasts.
To take full advantage of points earning with this promo, you’ll want to use your Chase Freedom credit card within the Chase Pay app to pay. This quarter, any purchases made via Chase Pay, using the Freedom card, will earn 5 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent (or 5% cash back if that’s your choice).
If you don’t have a Chase Freedom card, then you’ll want to use your Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card within Chase Pay to pay for your Starbucks reloads to earn 3x Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent.
And if you don’t have either of those Chase cards, then, of course, you’ll want to use your Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card within Chase Pay to pay, earning 2x Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spend on your reload(s).
Should you not have any of those cards, it’s time to change that for future Chase Pay/Ultimate Rewards earning promotions.
The credit card links below may include referral links, providing us with bonus points when credit card applications are approved. You don’t have to use our links to apply, but we appreciate when you do.
Here’s a quick overview of a few of Chase’s Ultimate Rewards earning credit cards.
Chase Freedom (not a referral link) – Earn 15,000 points after spending $500 in the first 3 months from account approval. Earn 5x points on quarterly rotating bonus categories. Annual fee: $0 Click the link for additional benefit details associated with this card.
Chase Sapphire Preferred – Earn 50,000 points after spending $4,000 in the first 3 months from account approval. Earn 2 points per dollar spent on dining and travel, 1 point on all other purchases. Annual fee: $95, waived first year. Click the link for additional benefit details associated with this card.
Chase Sapphire Reserve (not a referral link) – Earn 50,000 points after spending $4,000 in the first 3 months from account approval. Earn 3x points per dollar spent on dining and travel, 1 point on all other purchases. $300 annual travel credit. Annual fee: $450. Click the link for additional benefit details associated with this card.
Wrap Up
This Starbucks and Chase Pay promotion is a fantastic deal for regular Starbucks customers. You’re going to reload your Starbucks account anyway, so why not use this Chase Pay promo to add significant amounts of Bonus Stars to your account while renewing Gold Level status in the process?
The promo is a little less attractive for those who don’t frequent Starbucks on a regular basis. However, even occasional Starbucks customers can benefit from loading their account via Chase Pay, even if it’s just once (as long as you have Gold Level status to turn the 125 Bonus Stars into a free drink/food item).
