South Korea’s duty-free shops must be places that everyone often frequents. Today, the editor will tell you some tips about South Korea’s duty-free shops. How to spend less money and how to make purchases happily purchase. Use silver cards in physical stores
First of all, register online and you can get a silver card. With this card, you can get 10% off or 95% off in physical stores and online.
If you swipe your UnionPay card in a physical store, you can enjoy a 95% discount, so the final discount is 15% off. Of course, if you have a more advanced membership card, the final discount will be around 25% off at most. Well, that’s it for the in-store discounts, of course you can get lots of samples in-store. Using points at online duty-free shops
Okay, let’s talk about online duty-free shops. Major duty-free shops will give away a lot of points online (some local Korean brands cannot be used, such as Sulwhasoo), which can be used to offset up to 30% of the discounted price of the membership card, which is a 30% discount after the discount.
The following are examples of Silla and Silla Aibaike who have placed orders:
Silla: There are several types of points that Silla will give away:
1: Full** **Reduction****
2: Points that can be directly deducted
3: Special points. The total of the first two points does not exceed 30%. Special points can be used in addition (usually 5$), which are obtained through various activities on the website (note that some points can only be used on the same day after being collected). If the points collected are less than 30 %, can be purchased online.
Silla Aibaike: The newly opened Aibaike is very generous in giving away points, usually more than 100 points, and you can get them every day. It can also be offset up to 30%.
Normal products are usually 10% off, then 30% off, and finally 33% off.
Tips:
There are always many discounted products online, with discounts of 30% off or even lower. Judging from everyone’s shopping experience, Silla has more discounts, such as Estee Lauder , there are always discounts on Chunyu Mask. So when you encounter discounted products and add points, you end up with a 44% discount. < /p>
1. If it’s troublesome to buy points, you can buy them on Shilla Aibaoke. The more points you get, the more you can use them.
2. Silla has more discounts and will be updated every day. You can check it out from time to time to see what discounts are available.
3. Skin care products and cosmetics with specific purposes can be purchased online, while branded packages and cosmetics that require color testing can be purchased in physical stores.
4. Girls should bring a man with them when traveling. Although it is very convenient to place an order online, in the end, you have to pick it up at the airport after checking it in and clearing customs, which means you have to drag several large bags of loot onto the plane. .
5. If you want to go to a physical store, I recommend going to Silla Aibaike, which was newly opened last year. It has relatively few tourists and is large in scale.
6. Place your order the day before your return! It’s best to go earlier. There is a time limit. On the day of return, you can only buy products purchased on the same day. There is also a time limit, 3-5 hours beforehand. Each airport is different. . Advantages of online purchasing
1. Online products will be discounted, and the website has activities to collect points. You can receive coupons every month. Both points and coupons can be used for cash. The discount is compared to Physical stores are much cheaper, and physical stores like to bundle sales, which is not very cost-effective for those who buy less.
2. Purchasing online can save you the time of visiting duty-free shops. You don’t have to carry large and small bags back to the hotel, and you can pick them up after you go through customs. It doesn’t occupy your luggage allowance and you don’t have to worry. overweight. How to collect points
Every online duty-free shop has similar activities to collect points. New members can collect new member points. Others include daily points, weekly points, mobile points purchased using the app, and app follow push notifications. Points will be given out, points will be given out for filling in entry and exit information, points will be given out for regular activities, and points will be given out for playing games every day at New World Duty Free Shop.
So after logging into the duty-free shop’s website, the first thing to do is to click on all the activities in the banner on the homepage of the website and get all the points you can get. Don’t miss anything! Use coupons
Coupons can only be used on products marked with "Coupon-enabled products". Coupons cannot be used on products with a 30% discount. Generally, coupons are in the form of a full discount, with a discount of US$5 for orders over 50. This kind.
If there are several levels of coupons, it is most cost-effective to just reach the bottom line of the coupon amount. For example, if you buy something for 300 and you have 100-10 and 200-20 coupons, then If you buy them separately and use both coupons, it is definitely more cost-effective than buying them together. Point use
Cash points must be used after using coupons. The maximum deduction can be 28% of the coupon amount. The deduction percentage is different for each website. Please refer to each duty-free shop. specific situation.
For example, if you buy something worth 100 US dollars, it is really good and you can use up to 100-10 coupons. The item also states that you can deduct up to 28%. Then the price you get is: 100-10-(100-10)×0.28=64.8 US dollars. Tax refund at the counter
1. You can enjoy tax refund if you spend 30,000 won in a TAXFREE store. The steps for tax refund are to show your passport to the clerk at checkout, and he will give you a tax refund form (there will be detailed steps to tell you how to do it) get tax refund money).
2. Department stores generally have tax refund counters. Take your shopping receipt and passport and go to the tax refund counter to get a tax refund form. Some department stores can refund tax on the spot, but you must use a credit card as a guarantee. Otherwise, you must follow the instructions on the tax refund form. Information prompts, choose to go to the tax refund point in the city or the airport for tax refund.
3. If you apply for tax refund at the tax refund counter in downtown Seoul, you must first get the tax, and then the customs stamps the departure stamp. However, when applying at the airport, the steps are reversed. You must first go to the airport. The customs declaration is stamped with an exit stamp, and then you go to the return counter for processing.