Starbucks offers $5 bonus eGift on $25 graduation gift purchases

Starbucks rolled out a graduation-season eGift deal that lands squarely in last-minute gift territory: buy a Starbucks eGift of at least $25 and get a $5 bonus eGift by email, with the offer capped at the first 200,000 customers. The clean math matters here. Send the full $25 to the graduate and keep the $5 bonus as your own perk, or think of it as a $20 net spend if you plan to pocket the extra card for your next coffee run.

The promotion began at 12:00 AM ET on May 19 and runs through 11:59 PM ET on May 21, or until the 200,000 promotional gifts are gone, whichever comes first. It is limited to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and Starbucks allows one promotional gift per person. You can qualify with a single $25 eGift or by combining multiple eGifts in one transaction as long as the total reaches $25.

For the people who need a gift that feels thoughtful without requiring a mall detour, this is the easy play. Classmates, coworkers, and relatives all fit the brief, especially when the recipient is graduating across the country and you need something that arrives instantly. Starbucks also makes clear that the offer is not limited to graduation cards, so buyers can use the same promotion for a thank-you note, a summer sendoff, or any quick digital gift that needs to land fast and look polished.

The eGift can be sent through the Starbucks app, Starbucks.com/gift, or iMessage, which keeps it practical when you are sending something from a desk, a train, or the back row of a graduation ceremony. If the promotion disappears before you click through, Starbucks still sells physical gift cards in coffeehouses and at retailers, and its gift-card pages list graduation as a standard gifting occasion.

The timing also fits Starbucks’ broader graduation push. On May 11, Sara Kelly said more than 1,100 Starbucks partners were graduating from Arizona State University this spring through the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, part of nearly 20,000 Starbucks partners who have graduated through the program and counting. That makes the eGift offer feel less like a random discount and more like a brand leaning into the season with a card that is useful, fast, and easy to value.