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Purchasing an iTunes Gift Card for use in another country

Last updated: May 16, 2021 4:28 pm UTC
By Jesse Hollington

Q: Can I purchase an iTunes card in the UK for use in Australia?

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– Anonymous

A: iTunes Gift Cards can only be used for the iTunes Store for the country in which the card was purchased. This means that an iTunes Gift Card purchased in the U.K. can only be redeemed in the U.K. iTunes Store. That said, Apple does not limit access to the iTunes Store based on a user’s physical location, so you would be able to access the U.K. iTunes Store from Australia, or anywhere else in the world for that matter.

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However, this is probably not something you want to do on a regular basis.

Firstly, from a strictly legal point of view, Apple’s Terms and Conditions limit you to only using the iTunes Store in the country you’re in. For example, the iTunes Store U.K. Terms and Conditions note that “The Service is available to you only in the United Kingdom. You agree not to use or attempt to use the Service from outside this location. iTunes may use technologies to verify your compliance.” Similar language is used in most other countries where the iTunes Store is available.

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If Apple decides that you have been using your iTunes Store account outside of the Terms and Conditions, it has the right to shut down your account, possibly resulting in a loss of access to, or updates for, any items that were purchased with that account.

In practical terms, since an iTunes Store account is created for, and generally tied to an existing country based on the billing address and/or gift card used, by using a U.K. Gift Card in Australia you would effectively be setting up an account for the U.K. iTunes Store, requiring all future payment methods to be U.K. based—either a credit or debit card issued by a U.K. bank or additional gift cards purchased from the U.K.

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