Make The Most Of Your Free Starbucks Birthday Drink With This Ordering Tip

The days of a daily Starbucks habit are becoming a thing of the past for many customers, with the price of a latte now hovering around a whopping $6 or $7. This is why you should get as much out of your birthday freebie as possible, since Starbucks has no limitations on the size of the drink you can get as your birthday reward. You'll get the most bang for zero bucks by ordering an iced drink in the trenta size, which is the largest of Starbucks' coffee sizes. It's an enormous 30 ounces, which is the nearly the size of two grande (16-ounce) coffees. The best part is that you don't even have to drink it all at once! Take your drink home and split it up, and you've just turned one free drink into multiple days' worth of a breakfast beverage.

You can't just walk in and order a free drink on your birthday, though. You'll have to sign up for Starbucks Rewards first, either online or via the Starbucks app, and provide your birth date. Don't wait until your actual birthday to sign up either, as Starbucks requires that you join its reward program at least seven days before your birthday, and that you make at least one star-earning transaction through your app prior to receiving your free drink.

If you choose to get a drink for your birthday, Starbucks also doesn't currently list restrictions that limit what you can put in it, such as extra whipped cream. But the chain makes clear in its rewards rules that your local store has the right to modify or outright deny your drink request, so don't make an unrealistic drink on the app if you want to leave the store with a beverage in hand.

You also don't even have to get a coffee as your birthday freebie; instead, pick one free food item, like Starbucks' egg bites or a bottled beverage. Unfortunately, you cannot have just anything you want in the store. Your birthday freebie doesn't cover multi-serve food or beverage items such as a tray of snacks or travel drinks, any beverage with alcohol, and all merchandise and packaged coffees. Additionally, you can't use it for any items at Starbucks Roastery and Starbucks Reserve locations. And when the chain says birthday freebie, it means on the day only — the reward isn't able to be used during the days before or after. So take advantage of your special day and try one of the genius ordering hacks at Starbucks for free.