If you were counting on discounted iTunes gift cards to cover your streaming purchases, that ship has likely sailed unfortunately as warehouse retailers have already pulled them off of their websites.Apple/iTunes Gift Cards Google Play Gift Cards PlayStation Gift Cards Nintendo eShop Gift Cards Steam Wallet Game Cards Xbox Gift Cards Minecraft Game Cards Karma Koin Game Cards League of Legends Game CardsGift cards for iTunes are now Apple Gift Cards. If you were hoarding a stash of iTunes cards, your purchasing power just climbed big time. That’s huge: iTunes gift cards have gone on sale regularly in the past (they may not now) and were previously limited to be used for music / movies / apps / etc. Should you receive a request for payment using Apple Gift Cards outside of the former, please report it at FTC Complaint Assistant.In surprising news, iTunes gift cards can now be used to buy Apple products. Apple Gift Cards are solely for the purchase of goods and services from the Apple Store, the Apple Store app, apple.com, the App Store, iTunes, Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Books, and other Apple properties.
The change is already effective, so any iTunes gift cards you have now can be used to pay for products on the Apple website or in the Apple store.Note that the website has a limit of 8 gift cards to be used at a time, but you can add the gift cards to your account balance to put them together and use in one shot. Beginning today, all of your iTunes / Apple gift cards are consolidated into one Apple balance that you can use on both hardware and software (and it looks like Apple will be selling one unified gift card moving forward). Now a universal Apple Gift Card gives the recipient the freedom to spend it on whatever they want.Now all Apple & iTunes gift cards are equalBuy Apple 200 App Store & iTunes Gift Card n/a Computer Supplies Shopping Cards / Data & Voice SIM Internet Prepaid Shopping Card at Jarir Bookstore for.Previously, Apple sold iTunes gift cards that were limited to being used through iTunes and Apple gift cards which could be used to buy hardware in Apple stores. In the past, an iTunes gift card or Apple Store gift card could only be used on specific things.
I expect we’ll continue to see offers to buy $50 in select gift cards and then $10 in free groceries at one chain or another for a while. For instance, I’m sure Kroger is likely selling iTunes gift cards right now with 4x fuel points. Maybe grocery stores and office supply stores will then stock the new unified Apple gift card – it’s hard to say.In the short term, I imagine stores already have ads / sales planned and plastic in stock that won’t come off the shelves right away. It is likely possible right now to redeem Chase points for a grocery store purchase of iTunes gift cards (with the current short-term opportunity there) and use them to buy a phone or computer at a value of up to 1.5c per point (and maybe even stack that with increased fuel points promos)Just my opinion here, but looking at the new design and info on the Apple website, my strong bet is that they are intending to phase out iTunes gift cards altogether and so opportunities to get deals on those gift cards will likely be temporary. Grocery store gift card promotions (whether fuel points or discounts) could be a lot more interesting if iTunes cards are still available for sale / included
Again, I wouldn’t be surprised if they stop offering iTunes gift cards as stock runs dry — or go the way of Costco and others and pull them entirely — but for the time being there will be an opportunity there.This could also make Happy gift card sales more interesting in the short term since some of them can be used in places that sell iTunes gift cards, though we haven’t seen great discounts on those cards as of late. With opportunities to get as much as 20-40% off when using at least 1 Citi point / Amex point / Chase point / Capital One point to pay (these offers vary but come around often), there should be some great opportunities to save big on iTunes gift cards in the short term. In fact, as Stephen reports at GC Galore, they are no longer available at Costco, Sam’s Club, BJ’s Wholesale, et al.As Doctor of Credit notes, there will likely continue to be some great opportunities at Amazon for at least a while as well.
It is not the bank advertiser’s responsibility to ensure all posts and/or questions are answered. Responses have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by the bank advertiser. Any opinions, analyses, reviews or recommendations expressed here are the author’s alone, not those of the credit card issuer, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by the credit card issuer.Regarding comments: Comments posted at the bottom of Frequent Miler pages and posts are not provided or commissioned by the bank advertiser. Advertiser partners include American Express, Barclays, Capital One, CardRatings, One Mile at a Time, and CreditCards.com.Editorial Note: The editorial content on this site is not provided by the credit card issuer.
0 kommentar(er)
