Dufry Brazil Signs Exclusive Partnership with Visa

A global partnership between Visa and Dufry will allow customers in Brazil to split the payment of purchases made in Dufry duty-free and duty-paid shops into separate monthly payments. As of January, Visa cardholders have the benefit of exclusive payment installments across the entire Dufry chain in Brazil, which includes 119 stores located at international airports in cities such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro amongst others.

The new agreement comes at a time when the Brazilian government announced the rise, in 2020, of the limit for purchases in duty-free shops, from $ 500 to $ 1,000. Travelers returning to Brazil will be able to buy high value-added products in their arrival on Brazilian airports, such as smartphones, video games, sports equipment, electronics, and home appliances.

“We are very pleased with our new partnership with Visa, which is another step in the quest to offer our customers the best purchase option, making the travel experience even more complete,” said Gustavo Fagundes, Director of Dufry in Brazil and Bolivia.

Deeply rooted in Brazilian consumer behavior, installments are a payment method that can enable customers to split the total value of a payment in equal and small parcels to be paid monthly, making it possible to fit high average ticket products in Brazilians’ budgets. For those on international trips, the partnership will bring the option to split the payment in up to 12 monthly parcels without interest. In the case of domestic flights, at Dufry Shopping and Hudson stores, consumers will be able to pay in up to 8 monthly parcels without interest.