I call in to Starbucks corporate office they told me the card has to be loaded at a Starbucks store, so that's what I did and everything works fine. I had nothing but problems before that.
Get the Starbucks App and after you are registered, you can add cards or add from a debit or credit card. The app has an option to pay in-store and will display a QR Code that can be scanned.
There should be a spot on the back where you can scratch off for the code and just tap gift card in the app on your phone.
They have a app u have to download
I downloaded the Starbucks ap on my phone, made an account and registered my card :) but I registered my card a long time ago..
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