Earlier this year, I signed up for a Starbucks account so that I could play the Summer Game Boardwalk.

I ended up getting 100 Stars, which is 25 shy of a free item. I have been waiting for another deal so that I could get a free item without having to load any money into the account.

Free stuff is fun, and free Starbucks is even better.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be working out, as all the deals I’ve seen lately have required spending some cash.

There are 2 offers that I have decided to take up to get those Stars I need for free rewards.

Currently, there is a promotion to earn up to 475 Stars from reloading your account with Chase Pay for 20 bucks on 3 occasions.

I only need to do this twice for my plan to hit 375 Stars. The next part of the plan is to sign up for the Starbucks Prepaid Visa card by Chase, which has a welcome bonus of 125 Stars when you load $10 onto the card.

The card has a minimum load requirement of $25, which is annoying.

Anyways, this will bring me to 500 Stars, which is 4 free items. I’ll then also have 65 dollars leftover on my account to spend at Starbucks.

The $65 left on the account will be used to buy 4 bags of Whole Bean Coffee ($12.95) and 1 box of VIA Instant coffee packets ($9.95).

These can either be gifted to family, consumed at home, or flipped on eBay, depending on my needs.