South Korea’s duty-free shops must be frequented by everyone. Today, the editor will tell you some strategies of Korean duty-free shops, how to spend less money, and how to buy happily at buybuy.

Use the silver card in physical stores

First register online to get the silver card. With this card, you can get 10% off or 95% off whether in physical stores or online.

If you swipe your UnionPay card in a physical store, you can enjoy a 5% discount, so the final discount is 15% off. Of course, if you have a more advanced membership card, the final discount will be around 75 at most. Well, the store discounts end here. Of course, you can get a lot of samples in stores.

Use points in 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 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 Aibo customers who have placed orders:

Silla: How many points will Silla give:

1: Full** **Minus****

2. Points that can be deducted directly

3. Special points. The sum of the first two points shall not exceed 30. Special points (usually 5$) can be added and earned through various activities on the site (note that some points can only be used on the same day after collection). If you collect less than 30 points, you can purchase them online.

New Aibaike: The newly opened Aibaoke offers generous bonus points, usually more than 100 points, and can be collected every day. It can also be as high as 30.

Normal products are generally 10% off, then 30% off, and finally 40% off and 30% off.

Tips:

There are always many discount products online, with 30% off or even lower. In terms of everyone’s shopping experience, Shilla offers more discounts, such as Estee Lauder and Spring Rain Mask. So when you encounter discounted products, you add points, and the final discount is 46.

Attached is your friend’s shopping list. The price on the left is the normal discount price for silver cards, and the price on the right is 30% off online. It can be seen as a price comparison between physical stores and online.

: Shopping Tips

1. If buying points is too troublesome, you can buy them on Shilla iPake. It is also convenient to deduct more points.

2. Silla provides more and will be updated every day. You can go up from time to time to see what special offers are available.

3. Skin care products. Cosmetics with specific uses can be purchased online. Branded bags and cosmetics that require color testing can be purchased in physical stores.

4. It is best for girls to take a man with them when traveling. Although it was convenient to order online, they were finally picked up at the airport after customs inspection, which meant they had to lug several large bags of loot onto the plane.

5. For physical stores, it is recommended to go to Shilla Aiboke. It was newly opened last year and has relatively few tourists and a relatively large scale.

6. Place your order the day before return! Better to go early, there are time limits. On the day of return, you can only purchase the products purchased on that day, and there is a time limit. 3-5 hours ago, every airport is different.

: Advantages of online purchasing

1. There will be discounts on online products, and the website has activities to collect points. You can get coupons every month, and both points and coupons can be redeemed. They are much cheaper than physical stores, and physical stores like to bundle sales, which is not very cost-effective for people who buy less.

2. Buying online can save time in duty-free shops. There is no need to carry large and small bags back to the hotel, you can pick them all up after entering customs. It doesn’t take up luggage space and you don’t have to worry about being overweight.

How to collect points

Every online duty-free shop has similar points collection activities. New members can receive new membership points. The rest are daily points, weekly points, mobile phone points purchased through the app, points sent by the app when following push notifications, points sent by filling in immigration information, points sent by regular activities, and points sent when playing games every day. Points sent by Shinsegae Duty Free Shop.

So after logging into the duty-free shop website, the first thing to do is to open all the activities in the banner on the homepage of the website and take away all the points you can get. Don't miss anything!

Coupon Usage

Coupons can only be used when marked with "Coupon Available Items". Coupons cannot be used for 30% off items. Generally, coupons are in the form of $5 off purchases over $50.

If there are several coupons, as long as the bottom line of the coupon amount is reached, it will be the most cost-effective. For example, if you buy something for 300, and you have coupons for 100-10 and 200-20, buying these two coupons separately is definitely more cost-effective than buying them together.

Use of points

Cash points must be used after using coupons, and the maximum can be 28 after deducting the coupon amount. The deduction percentage is different for each website. Please refer to each duty-free shop for specific information.

For example, if you buy something worth $100, which is pretty good, you can use a 100-10 coupon, and it says on the item 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. If you spend 30,000 won in a duty-free store, you can enjoy a tax refund. The steps for tax refund are to show your passport to the clerk during checkout, and he will give you a tax refund form (there will be detailed steps to tell you how to get the tax refund).

2. Department stores generally have tax refund counters. Take your shopping receipt and passport to the tax refund counter to get the tax refund form. Some department stores can refund tax on the spot, but a credit card must be used as a guarantee. Otherwise, you must choose to go to the tax refund point in the city or the airport based on the information on the tax refund form.

3. If you apply for tax refund at the tax refund counter in the center of Seoul, you will get the tax first, and then the customs will stamp the exit stamp. However, when you apply at the airport, the steps are reversed. First, you should apply to the airport customs and get an exit stamp stamped, and then go to the returns counter.