How to Get a Discount at Starbucks
If you love your coffee, but your latte habit is breaking your budget, plan ahead for discounts at Starbucks. Use your travel mug or a buy a combination breakfast to save money. In addition, if you head to Starbucks more than once a day, you can garner lower-cost coffee to support your daily habit. In addition, social media plays a part in helping maintain your budget. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Bring your own coffee cup. Starbucks prides itself on environmental causes and gives a discount if they don't have to provide you with a cup.
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Check your social media apps for current discounts to use. Some check-in social media sites offer discounts on specific drinks at certain times of day. Drinks and discounts vary, so check your accounts before planning the discount.
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Order a combination. Starbucks offers discounts when it's promoting a new breakfast option or pastry, for example. Often, you can buy coffee and breakfast for just a few dollars, with discounts on both items to make your morning start less expensive.
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Go back in the afternoon. Some Starbucks locations offer a discount if you head back to the store during the afternoon lull, typically 2 to 4 o'clock. Locations for this discount vary, so ask at the counter if your favorite store offers this option.
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Tips & Warnings
The best deal going is the regular coffee refill when you save your original drink. Usually around 50 cents!
The coupons sometimes run out in hot locations. Don't freak out on the cashier if they don't have them.
Cold drinks are not available in "short".
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Comments
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Going into a place intending to have a fit just to get free stuff? That's in extremely poor taste.
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sistersin6152
Sep 22, 2008
If you throw a fit in a corporate store every time, in the interest in getting free drinks, they actually might throw you out of the store and ask you not to come back. I have seen it happen to someone who throws a fit everyday.
