20% off AirBnB Gift Cards on Amazon, with a catch

Amazon is having a promotion now which allows you to get 20% off a US$50 AirBnB gift card. This promotion is limited to 1 per Amazon account but there’s nothing stopping you from getting your friends/relatives to buy on your behalf.

The catch is that AirBnB gift cards by right can only be redeemed by US residents. So you’ll need to ย (1)ย indicate your residence country as USA in your AirBnB profile (easy) (2) link a US-based payment method to your account (not so easy).

With regards to (2), there are two ways of doing this

  • The first is to use the UOB VirtualPay AMEX Card (which comes with a US billing address). Unfortunately, UOB is not issuing this anymore

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  • The second is to buy a prepaid online credit card that has a US billing address. I found a provider called US Unlocked that seems to provide just this (full disclosure: haven’t tested it personally but it does seem promising)- a US bank issued virtual credit card with a US billing address that you can top up from Singapore. There are also several other virtual credit card options you might be interested in (this probably deserves a full post in itself)

You’ll be pleased to note that you can use multiple gift cards in a single transaction, and can combine gift card balances with whatever referral credit/other coupons you have with AirBnB. If you sign up using my link, you get S$51 off your first stay.

how my Orlando AirBnB reservation is pricing after applying 2 gift cards + referral credit.

It’s simple to take advantage of this- all you have to do is go to this linkย and select the US$50 option.

At checkout enter the code Airbnbย and click apply. You’ll see the cost reduced to US$40. I’m using my Citibank Rewards card to buy this so that I’ll get 8 mpd.

Once you finish the order you should receive an email from Amazon. Click on the link and you’ll receive your gift card.ย 

Thenย follow the instructions on the AirBnB page to redeem your credit and you’re done.

Even if you’re not a first timer AirBnB user, you can still get S$72 off your next booking by registering an AirBnB for Business account. Keep in mind you donโ€™t actually need to stay for business, all you have to do is add a work email ( I assume this means anything other than a gmail/hotmail/yahoo email) to your account, book a stay and click the box that says โ€œbusiness travelโ€ (see below)

I’ve got upcoming AirBnB stays so it’s a no brainer for me to buy a few gift cards to pre-purchase a 20% discount. I do not know how long this deal will be valid for but if you’re able to link a US-based payment method to your account then I’d act sooner rather than later.

Aaron Wong
Aaron Wong
Aaron founded The Milelion to help people travel better for less and impress chiobu. He was 50% successful.

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Vk

Hi Aaron, thanks for this. So it worked for you? If yes, I am going to jump on this right away.

Joel

Hey Aaron, I don’t understand how you used UOB virtual pay amex(to fulfill condition 2), and still got the 8 mpd on citibankrewards. Could you explain a little?

LYNNETTE TAN

Got this – ?
But the 1 card limit per account is restrictive.

Ano

Us unlocked seems to attract a lot of fees greater than the savings. How did u do it ? I might have understood the fee structure wrong though.

CharlieTango

Hey Aaron, what postal code do you use for the UOB VirtualPay card for the AirBnB entry? the comgateway postal code or?

Isma

Hi! Is there any way to change the country of residence? I tried changing it under Profile, but when I tried redeeming the gift card, error said that only US residence can redeem the card.

I have a US prepaid card, so the US billing method is covered.

Thanks for the help!