Australian gift cards: PlayStation, Apple and a lot of A$150s

Australia is a tidy region to shop. Most cards here come in the same ladder of sizes, so picking an amount takes about four seconds.

The ladder

A$10, A$25, A$50, A$75, A$100, A$125 and A$150. That's Apple, Amazon, Twitch, Asos, H&M, Uber, Uber Eats, Ticketmaster and Hotels.com. Once you've seen it on one card you've seen it on most of them.

The exceptions are worth knowing. PlayStation Store is A$15, A$30, A$50, A$80 and A$100. Ikea only does A$100 and A$200. HelloFresh runs A$50 to A$400, and DoorDash starts at A$25.

What's here and what isn't

PlayStation, yes, on the gaming shelf. Xbox and Nintendo, no, not for Australia at the moment.

Apple is well stocked, and that's often the real reason people come looking for this region.

The Apple ID, which is the actual draw

An Apple ID belongs to one country, and Apple won't let you move it while there's balance sitting on it. So if yours was made in Australia, Australian cards are how you keep it fed: App Store purchases, iCloud storage, anything billed through Apple.

The A$ ladder helps here more than it looks. Subscriptions land on awkward monthly numbers, and being able to buy A$25 instead of the nearest A$50 means less money parked in a balance you aren't using.

Travel

Deep, for a region this size. Airbnb from A$25, Hotels Gift and Rentacar Gift up to A$175, airline vouchers, and Bucketlist Gift to A$200. See travel.

Which accounts suit it

Australian ones. A PSN account made there, an Apple ID with an Australian address, a Microsoft account you've already checked.

Don't pick Australia because a game looks cheaper there. The card follows the account, and what is an account region explains why that rule has no exceptions. For consoles, find your PlayStation account region is the two-minute version.

Balances stack, incidentally, so two A$50s and an A$25 come to A$125 in one wallet, and nothing we sell expires.