ITunes NOT Using Gift Cards on File

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I have as my iTunes balance around $52. When my son, using the Family Share program, requests to purchase a song and I approve, it is bypassing the Gift Card balance and charging my credit card.

Any suggestions?

Best Answer

From Apple's "How iTunes Store purchases are billed":

How are Family Sharing purchases billed? When you initiate a new purchase, it will be billed directly to the family organizer's account, unless you have gift or store credit. First, your store credit will be used to pay the partial or total bill. The remainder will bill to the family organizer. iTunes Store credit on your account isn't shared with other family members. So if the family organizer has a $50 credit on their account and another family member initiates a purchase, it won't deduct from the organizer's iTunes Store credit, but will bill the organizer's credit or debit card. The family organizer will get the receipts for any of their family member's purchases.

More important legal verbiage about the iTunes Store at this link.

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