ByHow To Check a Starbucks Gift Card Balance Before You Can Say Venti
A Starbucks gift card is an appropriate present for any coffee enthusiast. If you own and use a Starbucks gift card, you should know how to check the balance so you can decide what to do with the leftover money. One of the most appealing options is to get cash back for the remaining amount.
DoNotPay will explain how to check a Starbucks gift card balance easily. We will also help you retrieve the remaining balance on your used gift card in a few simple clicks!
How Does a Starbucks Gift Card Work?
Starbucks has an extensive offer of gift cards. You can get them online, in stores, on the Starbucks app, or via an iPhone text message. Starbucks gift cards can be loaded with amounts from $5 to $500.
You can use Starbucks gift cards to purchase food, drinks, and merchandise in participating coffee shop locations. While most Starbucks coffee shops in North America accept gift cards, a few locations—including those in bookstores, grocery stores, or at certain airports—may not accept them. Your best bet is to find a coffee shop using a store locator and check if it lists “Digital Rewards” as one of the amenities.
If your card was purchased in the U.S., that doesn’t mean you can’t use it in other countries, such as Canada or the U.K. When you use the card in a different country, the transaction amount will be converted from the local to the base currency and deducted from your Starbucks card balance.
How To Check the Balance on a Starbucks Gift Card
You can use four available options to check a Starbucks gift card balance. Check out the table below for more details:
| Methods | Steps |
| Asking at a local coffee shop |
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| Visiting the Starbucks website |
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| Signing in to your Starbucks account |
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| Using the Starbucks mobile app |
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I Performed a Check of My Starbucks Gift Card Balance! Now What?
Once you check your Starbucks gift card balance, you have a few options to use the remaining money. You can choose to:
- Spend the money from the card—You can either recharge the card and continue using it as before or assess if you have enough balance to make one more purchase
- Transfer the balance to somebody else—If the amount on your gift card is not enough to make a purchase, you can transfer it to someone else’s card in one of the three ways:
- In one of the participating Starbucks retail locations
- By selecting the option Manage on your Starbucks account
- Via the mobile app, by choosing the face icon in the upper right corner and clicking on the Starbucks Cash and Payment under the Profile header
- Combine multiple cards—You can open the Starbucks mobile app, choose the Gift option at the bottom of the home page and follow further instructions to transfer funds from multiple cards onto the main card
- Get a cash reimbursement for the remaining money—While Starbucks officially doesn’t offer cash reimbursement for the leftover funds on your card, you can and get the remaining balance in cash with zero effort
DoNotPay Can Help You Get the Money From Your Starbucks Card Without a Glitch
When left with $2 or $3 on their gift cards, people often choose not to do anything about it and let the money get transferred to the bank or the retailer. With DoNotPay, you have the option of getting the reimbursement in cash!
DoNotPay knows all about different state laws regarding gift card reimbursements and can help out even if you live in a state where that is not a requirement.
All it takes is to:
- in a web browser
- Select our Gift Card Cash Back feature
- Provide basic information about the company—such as the name, remaining gift card balance, and the state where the card was issued
- Wait for DoNotPay to check if your state has a gift card cash back policy
If you don’t live in one of the gift card cash back states, we will check if Starbucks has branches there. If it does, we will send a request to their office in one of those states. You can expect to receive the cash or check by mail in the next 14 business days.
That’s not all! You can use DoNotPay to get further information on the following:
- How to get free gift cards
- What the gift card exchange means
- If you should sell gift cards for cash
- Whether it's safe to turn gift cards into cash
- How to return a gift card for cash
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