The partnership between location aware social networking game Foursquare and ubiquitous coffee purveyor Starbucks has finally yielded a benefit for frequent customers.

If you’re the mayor of any Starbucks on Foursquare, you can unlock a coupon to get a buck off a Frappucino. You should be able to unlock a special mayor offer which reads:

As mayor of this store, enjoy $1 off a NEW however-you-want-it Frappuccino blended beverage. Any size, any flavor. Offer valid until 6/28.

Mashable spoke to Tristan Walker, head of business development at Starbucks, who says that while the deal officially goes until June 28th, Foursquare players could see some more hot discount action at the coffee retailer down the road as well:

“Starbucks is particularly innovative as it relates loyalty and social media,” Walker noted, “so we continue to be super excited to explore this intersection with them.”

Starbucks isn’t the only retailer to reward mayors on Foursquare- Italian chain Carrabba’s offers a free dessert for those who unlock the title.

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Foursquare is now testing a customer loyalty program with coffee giant Starbucks.

So what’s in it for you? So far, a fancy new “Barista” badge available after five check-ins at separate Starbucks locations. Although no cash back or complimentary coffee is involved yet, Foursquare’s popularity hasn’t been negatively impacted by the lack of incentive beyond badges for participating in the game. Starbucks says that while their social media presence has been decent so far (with a healthy community on Facebook and fans on Twitter), the convergence of fandom and location is what makes Foursquare so compelling to them:

“It’s where the intersection between digital and physical starts to get interesting,” said Chris Bruzzo, vice president of brand, content and online at Starbucks. “Starbucks loves that, because we’re always looking for that intersection, which we think is the evolution of social networks.”

Mobile coupons are certainly gaining a foothold among advertisers- Starbucks may add discounts eventually, but the motivation for the new Foursquare partnership is largely social:

Starbucks may do that, but Mr. Bruzzo said he is hoping to use Foursquare to provide even more meaningful prizes, like invitations to special events, photo sharing or online reputation scores, he said.

“This allows us to do things that are not just coupons,” he said. “You can expect us to be experimenting in this space.”

The New York Times says that customers participating in the program will get “rewards,” but does not elaborate as to what those incentives may be. It’s also not clear whether the “Barista” badge will be awarded retroactively, but it is likely you will have to check-in to five Starbucks locations anew before receiving the Starbucks badge.

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Four Christmases, the new Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn Christmas comedy is out today (November 26).

Witherspoon and Vaughn play a San Francisco couple pressured into visiting all four of their divorced parents’ homes on Christmas Day. Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau and Robert Duvall co-star.

The movie hasn’t received great reviews, with The Hollywood Reporter calling the Four Christmases Movie “one of the most joyless Christmas movies ever” with “an unearned feel-good ending [that] adds insult to injury” and a script that “situates Hollywood clichés about Southern rednecks”

Strangely the title of the movie for release in Australia is Four Holidays. I thought the Holiday PC thing was American.

Four Christmases Trailer as follows:

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