Update: Qantas Marketplace appear to have stopped selling Spotify gift cards but they’re still available on ShopBack where you can earn 4% cashback.
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Spotify Premium now costs a staggering $15.99 per month in Australia. Thankfully, there’s an easy workaround to pay just $12 per month and also earn some extra cashback or Qantas points along the way.
How to save 25% on Spotify Premium
Whilst Spotify have increased the price of Premium, they continue to sell 1, 3, 6 and 12 month gift cards at the old rate of $12 per month.
When you redeem a 1 month gift card onto your account, for example, you receive a full month of Spotify Premium, not just $12 worth of credit.
Spotify Premium gift cards can be used to pay for new and existing subscriptions so you don’t need to keep creating new accounts every time you want to redeem a new gift card.
The one major downside to Spotify gift cards is that they don’t support Student, Duo, Family or Basic subscriptions; they only work on Individual Premium subscriptions.
Spotify gift cards are available in both digital and physical versions at a small number of Australian stores but there are two in particular that will help you to save even more money or, alternatively, earn some easy Qantas points.
4% cashback on Spotify gift cards on ShopBack
You can buy 1, 3, 6 and 12 month Spotify Premium digital gift cards on the ShopBack website or in the ShopBack app and earn an additional 4% cashback on your purchase.
For example, if you paid $144 for a full year’s worth of Spotify Premium, you would earn $5.76 in cashback, usually credited within a couple of days of your purchase.
It’s not a huge amount but if you are going to subscribe to Spotify anyway then you might as well save as much as you can.
If you’re new to ShopBack, you can potentially earn an extra $20 bonus if you sign up via our referral link. At the time of writing, you only have to spend $50 and earn $20 in cashback to qualify for the $20 referral bonus.
4x points on Spotify gift cards on Qantas Marketplace
If you buy 1, 3 or 6 month Spotify Premium digital gift cards on Qantas Marketplace you’ll also earn 3x Qantas points per dollar spent.
You can increase this to 4.25x points per dollar by paying with a Qantas Pay prepaid card. Unlike credit cards which have eligibility criteria and credit checks, the Qantas Pay card is available to any Australian resident over the age of 16.
If you bought a year’s worth of Spotify Premium gift cards at 4.25x points per dollar you would receive a total of 612 Qantas points. Again, this isn’t a lot but it’s a nice bonus on top of the 25% you’ll be saving on your subscription cost.
How to redeem Spotify gift cards
To redeem your Spotify gift cards, head to spotify.com/au/account/redeem, sign into your account and then enter the PIN you received with your gift card purchase.
This won’t last forever
Many stores including Woolworths, Kmart, Target and Big W appear to have already removed Spotify gift cards from their shelves in recent months.
Amazon are now selling Spotify 1, 3 and 6 month gift cards that use a $14/mo rate. Whilst still cheaper than $15.99/mo, this suggests that the $12/mo gift cards won’t be around for long.
If you want to lock in these savings for your next year or so of Spotify Premium, you should buy the $12/mo gift cards before they disappear entirely.
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You can only pay your premium account up to 12 months in advance so it’s worth checking the expiry of the gift card if planning to purchase multiple years worth of gift cards.
I can no longer see the Spotify gift cards on Qantas Marketplace, I think they may have been removed, I can only see random stuff like necklaces and vacuums when I search up Spotify.
Looks like they’ve been removed. They’re still available on ShopBack, though.