Starbucks-Marriott partnership: Now you can switch your factors to Starbucks Rewards

In 2000, Starbucks and Marriott signed a long-term licensing settlement to open Starbucks places in choose accommodations throughout the U.S. and Canada. In June, the 2 manufacturers launched a brand new partnership to let vacationers hyperlink their accounts. Now, the manufacturers have added the power to switch Marriott Bonvoy factors to Starbucks Rewards.

If you have not already, you need to enroll in Marriott Bonvoy and a U.S. Starbucks Rewards account to learn from this partnership. Then, hyperlink your accounts on the Starbucks web site. Should you be part of as a brand new member of both program and hyperlink your accounts by Oct. 18, you will earn 1,000 Marriott factors.

Here is what it’s essential to know in regards to the Starbucks and Marriott partnership, together with the brand new choice to convert Marriott factors to Starbucks Stars (and if it is price it).

Earn double Stars throughout Marriott stays

You may earn double Stars at Starbucks from midnight on the day you test in by 11:59 p.m. on the day you take a look at for eligible Marriott Bonvoy stays. Eligible stays embrace these booked at eligible charges — together with with Marriott factors or free night time awards — when you hyperlink your accounts not less than 48 hours earlier than your keep and make your reservation not less than 48 hours earlier than check-in.

Double Stars will seem in your linked Starbucks Rewards account inside two enterprise days of your qualifying Starbucks transaction. Nevertheless, you possibly can solely earn as much as 1,000 Stars underneath the “Double Stars” provide throughout every June 18-to-June 17 program yr.

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Earn as much as 100 factors throughout Marriott Bonvoy Weeks

Marriott Bonvoy and Starbucks will often announce weeks designed as Marriott Bonvoy Week. Throughout every Marriott Bonvoy Week, members with linked accounts will earn 100 Marriott factors in the event that they full not less than three qualifying Starbucks transactions. Qualifying transactions are “any buy at a Taking part Starbucks Retailer by a Linked Account Member of meals, beverage(s), and/or merchandise, excluding purchases of alcoholic drinks, Starbucks Card eGifts and bodily Starbucks reward playing cards,” in response to the phrases and situations on Starbucks’ web site.

To qualify, your buy should be not less than $2 and you should pay:

• By way of cell order by the Starbucks cell app or Starbucks web site utilizing a linked fee technique or preloaded Starbucks Card that’s registered to your Starbucks Rewards account
• By scanning the barcode in your Starbucks cell app earlier than trying out

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Not all Starbucks places take part. Taking part Starbucks shops are outlined as places within the U.S. — together with the 50 states; Washington, D.C.; and U.S. territories — the place you possibly can earn Stars. The 100 factors will seem in your Marriott Bonvoy account inside two enterprise days of the top of Marriott Bonvoy Week when you full not less than three qualifying Starbucks transactions.

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Switch Marriott factors to Starbucks Rewards

You may convert Marriott factors to Starbucks Stars when you’ve linked your accounts. Nevertheless, the switch ratio is 1,000 Marriott Bonvoy factors to 100 Stars. Since 100 Stars will solely get you a bakery merchandise or a brewed espresso or tea, that is unlikely to supply good worth. In any case, TPG’s September 2024 valuations peg the worth of 1,000 Marriott factors at $8.50.

Due to this fact, we do not advocate transferring your Marriott factors to Starbucks if you wish to maximize the worth of your factors.

Marriott factors expire in case your account is inactive for twenty-four months, whereas Starbucks Stars expire six months after the month during which you earned them. So, though you would possibly need to switch Marriott factors to Starbucks when you’re about to lose all of your factors on account of inactivity, your rewards will typically expire a lot faster within the Starbucks Rewards program.

If you wish to switch Marriott factors to Starbucks, you are able to do so on the Marriott web site.

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Backside line

That is removed from the primary partnership for Marriott Bonvoy or Starbucks Rewards. Delta Air Traces and Starbucks have already got a partnership, as do Marriott and United Airways.

Though I do not suppose transferring Marriott factors to Starbucks Rewards gives good worth, it’s price linking your accounts so you possibly can earn extra on some Starbucks purchases. Even when you do not profit repeatedly, you might earn additional factors or Stars by doing so.