{"id":4410,"date":"2014-12-11T22:53:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T03:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2014-12-11T23:10:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T04:10:14","slug":"starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/12\/11\/starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars &#8211; Day Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tasty Tidings&#8230;.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-9.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4445\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-9-213x300.png\" alt=\"Starbucks Day 9\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-9-213x300.png 213w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-9-260x365.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-9-160x224.png 160w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-9.png 307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>On the ninth\u00a0day of <strong>Starbucks 12\u00a0Days of Bonus Stars<\/strong> (December 12th) you will receive either 1,2,3, or 4\u00a0 Bonus Stars with the purchase of any croissant.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nice to see Bonus Stars applied to single food items &#8211; especially when it is\u00a0something you may grab to go with your cup of coffee on your morning dash to work. There are four to choose from &#8211; Almond Blossom, Butter, Chocolate, and Beef Sausage. I typically have the Chocolate Croissant at Starbucks (love that gooey dark chocolate when they are heated) but\u00a0have to admit that I have never seen the Beef and Sausage Croissant\u00a0Starbucks features\u00a0in its<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/menu\/catalog\/product?food=bakery#view_control=product\" target=\"_blank\">Bakery Menu<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0I guess it is just one of those items not carried in every store. I&#8217;d love to see it offered consistently, however, because I have a great love for English sausage rolls!<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: I keep reading that some people have not been targeted for this promotion and that is very frustrating indeed. I feel that same frustration quite often when I hear or read about friends in the travel community being targeted for three times the preferred miles when they fly, or bonus points gifts from Hyatt. One would think that companies would like to encourage everyone\u00a0who uses their product or service to be more engaged and rewarded, but, alas, that is not the case. The secret algorithms often leave out those of us who feel we should be included. It is, indeed, a tough nut to swallow!<\/p>\n<p>I have no advice other than to express your frustration with the company. In cases like these, sometimes a &#8216;mailed in an envelope&#8217; letter works best.<\/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 (see? I don&#8217;t always get the top stars either):<a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Nine-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4446\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Nine-2-300x191.png\" alt=\"Starbucks Day Nine\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Nine-2-300x191.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Nine-2-260x166.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Nine-2-160x102.png 160w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Nine-2.png 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, for a data point<\/strong>&#8230;. most of the time the emails arrive between 9:15 and 9:30pm EST. Tonight&#8217;s email popped up at 10:46pm.<\/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 are you doing in your Bonus Star Collecting?<\/h3>\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasty Tidings&#8230;. On the ninth\u00a0day of Starbucks 12\u00a0Days of Bonus Stars (December 12th) you will receive either 1,2,3, or 4\u00a0 Bonus Stars with the purchase&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":4431,"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":"","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":[527,525,296,609],"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 Nine - Carolina Travel Girl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Time to indulge yourself and earn in Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars with the purchase of a delicious, buttery croissant.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/12\/11\/starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-nine\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars - Day Nine - Carolina Travel Girl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Time to indulge yourself and earn in Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars with the purchase of a delicious, buttery croissant.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/12\/Starbucks-Day-Nine.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@miffSC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@miffsc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carolina Travel Girl\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/12\/11\/starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-nine\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/12\/11\/starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-nine\/\",\"name\":\"Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars - Day Nine - Carolina Travel Girl\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-12T03:53:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-12T04:10:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/#\/schema\/person\/6cd5fc32f14160f755a94063669b06cb\"},\"description\":\"Time to indulge yourself and earn in Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars with the purchase of a delicious, buttery croissant.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/12\/11\/starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-nine\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/12\/11\/starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-nine\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/12\/11\/starbucks-12-days-bonus-stars-day-nine\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Starbucks 12 Days of Bonus Stars &#8211; 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