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Brits have a savvier Christmas
December 2009, British shoppers are planning on being savvy this Christmas - with 66% shopping online and 57% collecting with loyalty schemes as they buy gifts.
In these tough times everyone needs to make their money work harder ... you can easily collect Airmiles on your Christmas present shopping via the 200 retailers on our online eStore.Fred Prego, Head of Brands and Propositions - The Mileage Company
And with total Christmas spend averaging over £450, each shopper could collect 365 Airmiles*. That's enough for a free day out.
And not everyone's tightening their festive purse strings, with over half of Brits happy to treat their loved ones as they did in 2008**. In fact Brits are planning to spend £10.5 billion*** on gifts alone this year.
On average, each shopper spends £300 on gifts, nearly £120 on food and drinks and just over £50 on big ticket items for the home, like furniture or electricals.
Read the press release* Based on £250 spend at Tesco (collecting double Clubcard points and 60 miles for every £2.50 voucher) [120 miles]; and £200 at any eStore store that has a double miles rate of 2 miles for £2 (when spending £60 in one transaction) [200 miles]. And using the Lloyds TSB Airmiles Duo American Express® Card for both [45 miles].
** 3,000 respondents, aged 18-65 years, surveyed by One Poll from 21-26 Oct 2009.
*** Calculated as £91.37 x 36,471,400 (total number of UK adults aged 18-65 years)
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