{"id":4398,"date":"2014-12-10T21:40:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T02:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/?p=4398"},"modified":"2014-12-10T21:40:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T02:40:45","slug":"starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/12\/10\/starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars &#8211; Day Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How Sweet It Is&#8230;.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4414\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-212x300.png\" alt=\"Starbucks Day Eight\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-260x367.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-160x226.png 160w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight.png 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>On the eighth\u00a0day of <strong>Starbucks 12\u00a0Days of Bonus Stars<\/strong> (December 11th) you will receive either 1,2,3, or 4\u00a0 Bonus Stars with the purchase of any cookie or bar.<\/p>\n<p>Oh my! What an\u00a0easy to fulfill\u00a0promotion! The only difficult part about this Bonus Star promotion would be choosing &#8211;\u00a0I&#8217;m not sure which one of these I&#8217;d like to buy. Salted caramel square&#8230; Michigan Cherry Bar&#8230; Chocolate Chip Cookie? I keep eyeing the Cranberry Bliss Bar, so that would definitely make it into a bag. If I go, I think I may\u00a0just have to buy a couple and that will take care of after dinner dessert for the better half <em>and<\/em> me!<\/p>\n<p>I checked the status of bars and cookies at my (not so) local Starbucks this afternoon and there were virtually <em><strong>none<\/strong><\/em> in the case. I asked if this was a typical state of affairs and was told that they have been selling out typically by 1 or 2 in the afternoon. With that kind of popularity, I would think they would keep more on hand for the afternoon crowd. You probably know your own local Starbucks pretty well, so keep this in mind.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a little bit of discussion as to what alghorithm Starbucks is using to assign bonus points&#8230; and of course, no one really knows. \u00a0The offer I received today was for only two bonus stars&#8230; not the top bonus, but I could maximize it by purchasing more than one item and paying separately thereby earning 3 stars per item (oh how I wish I&#8217;d received the four bonus stars for this!). Without a &#8216;local&#8217; Starbucks, it makes it a little more difficult to justify a 32 mile round trip for 3 stars per item &#8211; especially if they don&#8217;t have any! What to do?<\/p>\n<p>Make\u00a0sure that you are using your app or registered card for all of your purchases. The offer I received today was:<a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4413\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-2-300x224.png\" alt=\"Starbucks Day Eight 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-2-300x224.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-2-260x194.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-2-160x119.png 160w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-2-290x218.png 290w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-2-193x145.png 193w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Eight-2.png 307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll notice that with each offer it states that <em><strong>you may use the offer as many times as you would like<\/strong><\/em>. Therefore, if you are purchasing more than one item, it always makes sense to pay for each item separately to get the best advantage from the offers. Of course, this rings true for any time you visit Starbucks. Separate transactions. Always.<\/p>\n<h3>Did you remember to split your transaction at Starbucks today?<\/h3>\n<address>Have you registered your Starbucks card? Don&#8217;t forget&#8230; in order to receive the bonus stars, you must pay with your registered Starbucks card or app.\u00a0\u00a0If you haven&#8217;t downloaded the app yet, it\u00a0is available for the iPhone (in<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/starbucks\/id331177714?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0iTunes<\/a><\/strong>) and for Android \u00a0(at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.starbucks.mobilecard&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong>).<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p4sxwi-16r\" target=\"_blank\">Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars Begins December 4th<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>How many Stars were in your offer today? How are you doing in your Bonus Star Collecting?<\/h3>\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Sweet It Is&#8230;. On the eighth\u00a0day of Starbucks 12\u00a0Days of Bonus Stars (December 11th) you will receive either 1,2,3, or 4\u00a0 Bonus Stars with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":4417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars - Day Eight - How Sweet It Is ! http:\/\/wp.me\/p4sxwi-18W","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[420,7,21],"tags":[527,525,601,609],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars - Day Eight - Carolina Travel Girl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Salted caramel square... 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