Using USD Gift Cards in Australia

Laebargain on 25/05/2021 - 13:23

Received a US$30 Gift Card from work (head office in USA) but am struggling to find the best way to use it here in Australia. Things I've thought of:

Converting to Amazon US Gift Card
This makes it limited to use in the Amazon US store which is more expensive to ship items over considering I have Amazon AU Prime
eBay.com Gift Card
Similar problem to above
Using for Netflix US
Selling on Classified

Coming to the Ozbargain community to ask for advice/ideas on this? Preference would be to exchange/convert to AUD.

Comments

tripdubz on 25/05/2021 - 13:48

+2

1) Pay for travel/accommodation through Airbnb, Expedia, Agoda, etc. in USD
2) Starbucks in Australia takes Starbucks USA gift cards. Conversion rates are pretty good in my experience.
foxmulder on 25/05/2021 - 13:49

+1

That gift card can be universally used in US sites? I don't understand.
- aebargain on 25/05/2021 - 13:52
  
  Correct, you can use it on any US site as it's just a Mastercard. However, I don't usually buy anything off US sites at the moment except through Amazon or Ebay so I'd rather just get it into AUD if possible.
  - djkelly69 on 25/05/2021 - 14:29
    
    +6
    
    If it's just a Mastercard in USD, can't you use it basically anywhere that accepts USD (eg. Aliexpress, Banggood, etc)? Or maybe even on AUD sites and get a sh*tty exchange rate?
    - newjerseydamo on 25/05/2021 - 15:13
      
      This is what I was thinking. Any place that accepts Mastercard should take it.
Quantumcat on 25/05/2021 - 13:51

Use it to make a US apple id
wol1 on 25/05/2021 - 16:11

I think you might be able to add it to paypal and take the USD off of it
bobokingdom on 25/05/2021 - 16:52

+1

I got a $25 VISA Gift Card and I attached to my PayPal account. Good for making small payments on eBay (as you can't split payments).