’Tis the Season to Gift Yourself: Americans Find Joy in Gifting Themselves Around the Holidays
November 23 2015 - 10:33AM
Business Wire
Chase Freedom Survey Reveals Americans’ Holiday
Shopping Habits; Cardholders Can Earn 10% Cash Back at Amazon.com
Starting 11/23
Chase Freedom today announced the results of a new survey that
reveals that self-gifting is part of the American holiday shopping
spirit and other fun holiday shopping habits:
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- Most holiday shoppers (85 percent)
‘gift themselves’ while shopping for others
- Nearly 60 percent (57 percent) have
either spent more on themselves than on those for whom they were
shopping or kept something originally purchased for someone
else
- The majority (69 percent) of those who
gifted themselves while holiday shopping for others did not have
buyer’s remorse and half (48 percent) even felt a sense of
happiness
- Sixty percent of holiday shoppers who
have a credit card that offers rewards or points are likely to
spend their rewards on gifts for others
- Seventy-seven percent of holiday
shoppers who have a credit card that offers rewards are likely to
use the rewards they earn holiday shopping on gifts for
themselves
“We are glad to see holiday shoppers treat themselves to
something fun in the spirit of the holidays and are not surprised
that many savvy shoppers use credit card rewards to gift
themselves,” said Naney Pandit, general manager, Chase Freedom.
In time to help holiday shoppers tick through shopping lists
while saving time and earning cash back that can be put toward
something fun for themselves, Chase Freedom will offer cardholders
an extra 5% cash back (for a total of 10%) on up to $1,500 in new
combined purchases at Amazon.com, Zappos.com, Diapers.com and
Audible.com from November 23 through December 31. Cardholders will
have their current quarterly bonus maximum dollar amount reset on
November 23 so they can earn the total 10% on up to a full
$1,500. Cardholders earned 5% on up to $1,500 in combined
purchases in these bonus categories from October 1 –November 22.
Cardholders who are not activated for the current quarter bonus
categories earn need to do so by December 14. New Chase Freedom
cardholders can now receive a $150 bonus for spending $500 in their
first three months.
“We hope this offer will excite cardholders and help make this
holiday season more rewarding,” said Pandit.
Other survey findings include:
- Forty-seven percent of Americans who
have self-gifted say holiday shopping puts them in a good mood,
which encourages them to buy a gift for themselves and 33 percent
look forward to holiday shopping for others because it gives them
the opportunity to shop for themselves as well
- Americans ages 18–24 who have
self-gifted are the most likely to gift themselves on something fun
while holiday shopping for others (52 percent) whereas those over
the age of 55 are less likely to gift themselves something fun (27
percent)
This season, shoppers will be able to easily gift themselves
with something fun by redeeming their Chase Freedom rewards using
the Chase Freedom Mobile App available on both the Apple App
StoreSM and Google Play™, at the register of many of America’s
favorite holiday shopping locations. Thirty popular merchants
including Toys"R"Us®, Target®, and Lowe’s® are already Chase
Freedom Mobile App merchants and last week, 9 new merchants came
aboard, including Nordstrom®, Barnes and Noble®, Forever 21®, and
more.
About Chase
Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading global financial
services firm with assets of $2.4 trillion and operations
worldwide. Chase serves nearly half of America’s households with a
broad range of financial services, including personal banking,
credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small
business loans and payment processing. Customers can choose how and
where they want to bank: 5,400 branches, 18,000 ATMs, mobile,
online and by phone. For more information, go to Chase.com.
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Chase Card ServicesRob Tacey,
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