I have been a spotify premium listening for over and year now, however when I got the job to be a Starbucks Partner five months ago I was so psyched for the free Spotify Premium. Up until this morning it was working just fine until I log on into the app and it started playing adds and switched me to the free spotify. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
Starbucks has certainly not had a shortage of headlines to start 2016. Back in February, they announced major changes to their Starbucks Rewards loyalty program, much to the displeasure of their most loyal customers. Back in January, Starbucks announced a partnership with Spotify which allowed customers to engage with the music being played over the loudspeakers at over 7,500 Starbucks stores worldwide. Spotify users are now able to add music playing in stores and even influence Starbucks’ future playlists by liking songs via the Spotify service.
Starbucks is so convinced that music streaming will be part of the future of their brand that they recently announced they are giving away 3 free months of Spotify premium service to all Starbucks Rewards members who have not already had or tried the premium service through May 15th. If you are a Starbucks Rewards member, you should have also received an email from Starbucks this week with a Starbucks Rewards code to earn 125 bonus stars (the equivalent of 1 free menu item) once you activate the service.
If you are not familiar with Spotify, you are certainly missing out. It really is the future of music. Premium service costs a flat $9.99 a month but allows you to stream almost any artist (besides Mr. TT’s beloved Taylor Swift). Spotify also allows you to listen to your music and playlists while offline on almost any device. This is extremely useful for travel as you often have your device in airplane mode. Premium service has no advertisements and also lets you listen to your music in high definition sound.
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If you don’t already have the Spotify premium service, this is a great opportunity to give it a try (before May 15th). The trial is risk free and allows you to cancel the premium service after 3 months if you are not satisfied at no cost. These promotional offers is how they hooked both Mr. TT and me! You may find it hard to live without the service once you get accustomed to it.
especially if you're a loyal Starbucks customer.
Speaking of 'loyal' Starbucks customers, let's talk about who's been notified about the company's latest musical offering. According to Starbucks, Rewards members in the 'Gold' level were sent an email that invited them to try a complimentary 60-day trial of Spotify Premium. Elite Daily reached out to Starbucks to see if only Gold members are allowed to sign up for the trial, but has not heard back by the time of publication. Whether you're a Gold member or not, I'll tell you how to get the ball rolling so you can start listening to Spotify Premium for free.
FYI, Spotify Premium is a version of Spotify that lets you skip and download songs. It also excludes the ads (!!!), which means you can listen to your favorite playlists without interruption. The service costs $9.99 per month, but I think it's totally worth it.
Now that you know what Spotify Premium is, I'll walk you through the process of scoring a free trial with Starbucks. According to the company's exclusive email, you'll first need to visit Spotify's webpage promoting the offer, which can be found here. Then, you'll need to hit the button at the bottom of the screen that says 'GET SPOTIFY PREMIUM.' That'll take you to a webpage where you'll need to sign up for Spotify using your email address. According to Starbucks, the email address that you use should be 'valid' — and there's a perfectly good reason for that.
Starbucks Rewards members who sign up for the 60-day free trial using their valid email addresses will receive a whopping 250 Bonus Stars in return. How will they get those Stars, you ask? Via email, of course. According to Starbucks, Spotify will send Rewards members an email with a Star Code three days after signing up for the trial. That Star Code can then be used to redeem the Bonus Stars.
When you think about it, Starbucks is essentially offering its Rewards members almost two months of unlimited music and a lot of Bonus Stars. It's a total win-win.
Starbucks Free Spotify Premium
However, there is a small catch. After the 60-day trial is over, Starbucks Rewards members will need to start paying for Spotify Premium. As I previously mentioned, it's $9.99 per month. If you love music (and coffee) as much as I do, it'll probably be worth it.
Starbuck Free Spotify App
If you agree — and you're a Starbucks Rewards member, of course — you can go ahead and sign up for your free Spotify Premium trial right now. You'll have until Feb. 21 to register and receive Bonus Stars, so try not to procrastinate. Free music and complimentary coffee awaits you.