I want to give an itunes movie to a friend but can I use the credit I have on my iTunes gift card?
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According to Apple's page, it uses the following order for song purchases:
- Song credits.
- Gift certificate, prepaid card, or allowance credits.
- Credit cards.
Thus, it would appear that you cannot charge a credit card without using up your credits or gift certificates first.
However, similar to what @Nick said, you could just open up another account, add the credit card to it, and then gift the items you want to your original account.
Update: Based on my own tests of self-gifting, these are my findings:
- Gifts will deduct money from the credit card on your account; they will not use up song credits nor gift card credit. This means that you do not need to open another account, just add it as a credit card and gift it to yourself.
- You cannot send a gift to the same email address as your iTunes account. This can easily be circumvented by sending it to one of your other email accounts.
- The easiest method of gifting to yourself is to select the print option. It will show you a code which you then use to redeem the song. It will allow you to redeem the code on the same account.
I think this will work...
Open iTunes
Just below the volume bar is your Apple ID.
Click on that and select Redeem. It will prompt for your Gift Card info..
Here's a little pic:
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Best Answer
You should be able to click the present option or give to a friend or whatever it is called. You pay, so it works without any problem.
Why would you think using a prepaid card like that does not work? It's a great method used worldwide by people who don't have a credit card, or do not want to link them.