In the UK, there's a contactless terminal and a separate bar code scanner. You either pay with the app, or Apple Pay...if it's Apple Pay, you don't collect stars or linked to the rewards programme. Not sure if the implementation will be the same/different in the US roll out.
I understand the current situation in the UK. But the article stated that Starbucks loyalty program will be connected to Apple Pay... only just to say that the status of rewards was still an unknown...
There's a loyalty program, or there is not...