Xbox Gift Card-US to the UK, Region Blocked

JSTGSWHO · Apr 9, 2014

I'm trying to send a buddy Xbox currency from the US to the UK, But there is a Region Block, so how can I send him a Xbox Gift VIA Xbox? # missing the Microsoft Points.

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PBSF IJstoner68 · Apr 9, 2014

Can you send Xbox gift cards to be used in South Africa from UK

is there anyway to send Xbox gift cards from UK to be used in South Africa without it being region blocked.

ngocphi · Apr 9, 2014

XBOX Live - Changing region

your account region doesn't change with redemption codes

are you buying the right codes?

xbox gift cards are region locked meaning if you buy us gift codes they only work on us accounts

if you have a Germany account region but buying us or uk codes that wont work iut will cause a us or uk billing account

you have to buy currency cards based on your account region and actual region

so if you are buying us currency cards but have Germany billing address you are causing a split billing where the us currency or foreign currency wont work on your local account

ngocphi · Apr 9, 2014

you don't

its not a supported service

currency has always been region locked so has ms points

you can only use etailers in the specific region at your OWN risk

JSTGSWHO

then how can one send a gift from the US to the UK for the Xbox since there is a Region Block?

ngocphi

you don't

its not a supported service

currency has always been region locked so has ms points

you can only use etailers in the specific region at your OWN risk

ngocphi

Does it match your account region ? Xbox gift card currency is region locked so if you bought a UK card but live in the US it won't work

And no you can't refund a gift.card as they are one time use

Nursemorph

What does it say when you try to redeem it? Are you in the same region as the gift card you purchased...ie as it's a US $ card, are you in the United States? As gift cards in a different currency cannot be redeemed in a different region....I have a UK account and can't redeem US $ cards

Obsessive Power

Hi,

Xbox Gift Cards only work for the region they are purchased for. Therefore a UK £5.00 card will not work in the U.S. You would need send them the money via PayPal or a bank transfer and then they can buy a gift card in their own region.

Xbox Gift Card-US to the UK, Region Blocked