I had read that you could buy a Starbucks card loaded with a minimum amount of money and then add to it any money left over in the currency of the country that you were leaving.
Well, perhaps this works in Europe, but during three weeks in Asia in April ’13 (traveling on a cruise that visited Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Japan) we tried to do this in Shanghai and Hong Kong and were never successful.
In one case, we needed to add a minimum of $50, and in all the other cases they did not even know what we were talking about.
I’d like to know of other travelers’ experiences with Starbucks cards.
JACQUEY MOSS
Sun Lakes, AZ
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