Starbucks Card Rewards Puts Extra Value In Your Wallet

New and existing members get new benefits including up to two hours of complimentary AT&T Wi-Fi daily.

Starbucks.com - June 04, 2008

(PRNewsChannel) / Seattle, Wash. - Look in your wallet. It is probably in there somewhere. That Starbucks Card you received as a gift is about to surprise and delight you all over again. Starbucks announced new benefits with its Starbucks Card Rewards program, transforming one of the industry’s most popular cards given as a gift into a card that offers extra value and benefits for joining the program and making purchases with your reloadable Starbucks Card.

“Starbucks Card Rewards is a way to help you enjoy something special at a time when budgets are tight,” said Brad Stevens, vice president, Starbucks Customer Relationship Management. “Our customers have let us know that they want to be recognized for choosing Starbucks. We’d like to thank them in simple ways that can provide value every time they visit us and use their Starbucks Card.”

Starting today, Starbucks Card holders who join the rewards program online at www.starbucks.com/card by July 14 will receive a complimentary beverage of their choice and all members can now enjoy up to two consecutive hours of complimentary AT&T Wi-Fi daily in Company-operated U.S. stores. This new benefit joins other money saving offers that can be enjoyed every day, including:
• Select complimentary syrup and milk options;
• Hot and iced brewed coffee refills on the house during your visit;
• Complimentary tall beverage of your choice with the purchase of one pound of whole bean coffee.

To participate in the program, customers can load a new Starbucks Card with $5 or more or take an existing Starbucks Card and join the program by visiting www.starbucks.com/card. Customers must use their Starbucks Card for purchases to receive benefits.

The new reward of complimentary Wi-Fi service for registered card holders who sign up with AT&T is the result of an agreement between Starbucks and AT&T to deliver AT&T Wi-FiSM at Wi-Fi enabled company-operated Starbucks locations across the U.S. Starbucks and AT&T are currently engaged in a national roll out of AT&T Wi-FiSM and will bring the service to every participating Wi-Fi enabled Starbucks location in the U.S. by the end of calendar year 2008.

Join the Starbucks Rewards Program Today
Customers who join the Starbucks Rewards program online before July 14, 2008 will receive a postcard in the mail for a complimentary beverage of their choice at participating Starbucks stores in the U.S. and Canada. Customers are encouraged to log on to www.starbucks.com/card and follow these steps to start enjoying every-day values:

• Step 1: Visit www.starbucks.com/card
• Step 2: Click on “Join Rewards Today”
• Step 3: Follow steps to create an account or log-in to your existing account and add a card
• Step 4: Use your Starbucks Card to make all of your purchases at Starbucks

About Starbucks
Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest quality arabica coffee in the world. Today, with over 16,000 stores in 45 countries, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. Through our unwavering commitment to excellence and our guiding principles, we bring the unique Starbucks Experience to life for every customer through every cup. To share in the experience, please visit us in our stores or online at www.starbucks.com.

About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In 2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America’s Most Admired Telecommunications Company list. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.

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Contact Information:
Alisa Martinez
Starbucks Coffee Company
206-318-7100
[email protected]

Source Web Site: Starbucks.com