It’s that time of year. Starbucks sends out lovely emails telling people they’ve made it to another year of Gold card status! When I got mine in the an email form, I had to actually wonder for a second if I had earned 30 stars between January 1st and January 6th? Sure it’s possible. Bonus star promotions always double the star fun. And it is true, I walk out my front door and there are about 30 Starbucks (and one Teavana, one Evolution Fresh, and one Roy Street) all within a two mile radius of home. 30 Stars. 30 Starbucks. Coincidence? I think not.
Oh but I felt a heartache and pain for Ms. Alena. She lost her Gold Card status.
http://alenadillon.com/2014/01/06/on-losing-my-starbucks-gold-card-status/
There was nothing I could do for poor Alena. I was pretty sure that I had managed to average about 90 stars a month last year. My hands were tied though. I could see no way on Starbucks.com to donate some of my massive Star-Wealth to Ms. Alena. I thought, there must be some other way? No? I looked at the idea of YouCaring.com but alas, that appears to deal in real money, and not Stars!
Dear Alena. I write this in response to you. I can only hope that next year you’ll receive such a cheery and comforting email as this one:
Until then, I shall mourn for you.
/Tongue in Cheek
(Written for Alena Dillon)
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Melody very interesting post since I was wondering about the email I got saying I was good for gold next year and then on the account it says I still need some more stars to be good for gold. So, which is correct? The email or the account? Another crazy software mixup?
She is an excellent writer and I felt her pain. I, too, turn my nose up at Folgers. I would NEVER let my gold card status expire as I would cut off my cable bill first. 🙂
My gold membership went to zero even though it said I have a new year when I got 30 stars 🙁 I found out the bad news they expire 🙁 I guess it’s good to have them expire because then you can keep earning stars , just sad I will have to wait 30 more days before I reach gold again.
@Back2Starbucks – When did you initially qualify for gold card status? Once you get to gold, earn another 30 stars within that same year, and you are gold for the next year. Are you planning to go once a day for the next 30 days? I’m a little confused by your comment. Sorry.
Sometimes I do wish I could give out charitable stars. :-/
This post made me smile – the humor of it. I mean it’s a definite bummer to lose some of the perks of being at Gold Status but I liked her blog post on it and I liked your responding blog post. As far as the Sbux vs. All other coffees – I’m shameless. I love the sbux but for sure enjoy all the coffees 😀 Equal opportunity! LOLS Well, except for poopoo tasting coffee. I’ve sadly had a few cups of that grade of coffee in the past *snort lols* Anyways – I’m sharing this post *thumbs up*
Do you get the email in Jan or when your gold card year comes up?