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The Starbucks Duetto Visa card seems like a relic of another time. A time when everyone thought that both coffee-infused sugar bombs and huge amounts of credit card debt were a good idea. Well, Starbucks is still with us, but the Duetto Visa card’s run is over. You can no longer earn Starbucks cards while racking up debt.<\/p>\n
Reader Steve writes:<\/p>\n
Well, no sooner had Starbucks revamped their “Gold Card” program, sending gold cards to replace black ones and kill the 10% off each purchase feature…than I got notified just now, via direct-mail piece from Chase, that Starbucks now is killing their Starbucks Duetto Visa card, which they had launched a few years ago with great fanfare.<\/p>\n
According to the Chase note, signed by Deb Walden, EVP of Cardmember Experience at Chase, “the credit card partnership between Starbucks and Chase Bank USA, N.A. has ended. As a result, in April 2010 your Starbucks Card Duetto credit card account will be replaced with the new Chase Freedom credit card.”<\/p>\n
So odd, given that Starbucks has been doing everything it can to solidify relationships with customers willing to pay top $$ for drinks in the midst of a global recession! I had even put the kids’ tuition on the Duetto card to get the “Starbucks bucks” rewards that were redeemable in stores.<\/p>\n
Bye-bye Duetto…but I’ll pass on the Chase card and find something more focused on my particular tastes!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here’s Chase’s e-mailed statement on the matter:<\/p>\n
While customers enjoy the benefits of the Starbucks Card Duetto\u00ae Visa\u00ae card program, the credit card partnership with Chase has ended effective March 31, 2010.<\/p>\n
The stored value balance of Starbucks Card Duetto Visa card account holders will be automatically transferred to a Starbucks Card, which Starbucks will send to members by mail. Chase will reissue a new Chase branded Visa\u00ae credit card to Starbucks Card Duetto Visa cardholders at their own discretion.<\/p>\n
It was a mutual decision by both parties not to renew the credit card partnership.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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