International Starbucks Cards?

Question

If I buy a Starbucks card in the US with dollars, can I use it in the UK as Euros? If not, is there a way to buy a card in the US that will be accepted in the UK?

Answer 1

All amounts loaded onto your Starbucks Card are held and denominated in the home currency of the country in which it was issued regardless of whether you use £GBP or foreign currency to load the Card and are spent in the order in which they were loaded.  When you load value to your Starbucks Card outside of the country in which it was issued, the amount loaded is converted from the foreign currency to your home currency.  Similarly, when you make a purchase outside your home country using your Starbucks Card, the transaction total is converted to your home currency and deducted from the account.  Foreign currency is converted to your home currency at the exchange rate which applies on the date you load value or make a purchase.  No fees or other charges are made to your Starbucks Card for the conversion.  Although the actual balance of your Starbucks Card is based in your home currency, the balance shown on your receipt will be in the domestic currency of the store location.    

You can click on this link http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp then click on international at the top of the page to select a country's site for viewing, but it won't let you actually buy the card online at the UK site.  

http://www.starbucks.com/customer/card_t...