Use the Starbucks Card Mobile App

On January 19, 2011, Starbucks expanded the Starbucks Card Mobile app payment option to all United States stores[1]. Available for download to the iPhone, iPod Touch and some Blackberry devices, this feature of the app is designed to speed up the ordering process and reduce use of plastic gift cards. While this feature is new to coffee junkies across the nation, the app has been around for several months and is easy to use.

Steps

  1. Download the Starbucks Card Mobile app if you do not have it already. The app is free for both Apple and Blackberry devices. The app is available to iOS users via the app store, while Blackberry users can text GO to 70845.
  2. Enter the code of your gift card. Type it carefully, and make sure the gift card has been activated and preloaded with money. Select the Payments tab, click Try It, and turn on the option to enable payments.
  3. Order a beverage at participating Starbucks. To pay for a beverage hold the bar-code for your selected card up to the 2D scanner, and your purchase will be deducted from the balance.
  4. Reload the mobile card. Connect a credit/debit card and add money to the total balance available to use. iOS users can also connect to PayPal to add to the balance.[2] support. Load the Starbucks card mobile app, and select Touch to Pay from the My Cards screen. Hold up the on-screen barcode to the 2D scanner, and your purchase will be deducted from the balance.
  5. Reload the mobile card. Connect a credit/debit card and add money to the total balance available to use. iOS users can also connect to Paypal to add to the balance.[2]

Tips

  • You do not need to have a network connection to use the payments option. You do need it if you want to update your balance, however.
  • If the barcode isn't scanning properly, turn up the brightness of your display. If it still doesn't work, you can read off the card numbers listed above the barcode to your barista.
  • Currently, all 6,800 independent franchise stores in the United States, as well as 1,000 Starbucks inside United States Target stores[3] and all corporate stores in Canada accept payment with the mobile app.

Warnings

  • Currently, the app is not available to Android smartphones. Any app that claims to work for this on an Android device is not authorized by Starbucks. It will not work, and the app could maliciously use your information.

Things You'll Need

  • A compatible device:
    • iPhone or iPod Touch
    • Blackberry' 8800, 8820; Bold 9000, 9650, 9700; Curve 8300, 8310, 8320, 8330, 8350i, 8520, 8530, 8900; Storm, Storm2, and Tour

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/technology/1101/gallery.mobile_payments/index.html?iid=EL
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2011/01/starbucks_mobile_payments_debu.html
  3. ↑ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110119005434/en/Mobile-Payment-Debuts-Nationally-Starbucks
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