Can you pass on your Starbucks Stars when you die?
Starbucks' terms forfeit Starbucks Stars at death. While alive, the account holder can use gift purchases.
Protecting Starbucks Stars while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, lifetime transfer options for Stars, and 5-step plan.
How to protect your Starbucks Stars while you are alive →Someone died. Handling Starbucks Stars after a death
Stars are forfeited under the official terms, 3-step process, and 0 required documents.
What happens to Starbucks Stars when someone dies →Starbucks Rewards is the loyalty program tied to a Starbucks account and the Starbucks app. Members earn Stars on purchases and redeem them for free food and drinks; the same account can hold a stored Starbucks Card balance, prepaid money loaded onto a digital or physical card.
Under Starbucks' terms, Starbucks Stars are forfeited when the account holder dies. While the account holder is alive, Starbucks allows gift purchases.
What happens to Starbucks at death
- Forfeited at death
Stars are forfeited: the Starbucks Rewards Terms of Use make them personal to the member, not transferable to family or others, and void when participation in Starbucks Rewards is terminated.1
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
There is no way to name a beneficiary for Stars or the Starbucks Rewards account; the terms make both personal to the member.1
Sources1
- 1.Starbucks Rewards Terms of Use, Effective Date: March 10, 2026
Starbucks publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; the request starts by phone at 1-800-782-7282. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a Starbucks account.
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