How to redeem a ChatGPT gift card

OpenAI’s gift card help page is the source for every step below.

Steps

1. Open chatgpt.com/redeem in a browser and sign in to the account that should hold the money.
2. Enter the gift card PIN. The full value redeems at once; you cannot split a card across accounts.
3. Check Settings, then Billing, for the wallet balance and a Gift card line in history.

Rules that surprise people

• US accounts billed in USD only.
• Balance pays ChatGPT web subscriptions, renewals, upgrades and eligible credit purchases.
• It does not pay App Store or Google Play billed plans.
• It does not fund API prepaid billing.
• Cards do not expire; once redeemed, the wallet balance is not cash.

If you want to give AI credit that is not locked to ChatGPT’s wallet rules, Brass is built as a gift from the start.

Brass sells prepaid packs of $10 to $250 you can gift by email or as a card you print. Credits never expire. The recipient spends them across Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek. US only, 18 and over; an unclaimed gift returns to you after 90 days.

Still shopping for the holidays? A Brass pack goes by email or as a card you print at home, so it is there the day you give it. Send a pack.

Sources

1. OpenAI: Buying and redeeming OpenAI gift cards
2. OpenAI: Gifting credits in ChatGPT
3. OpenAI: ChatGPT and Codex pricing

Related guides

• Where to buy a ChatGPT gift card and what it covers

  OpenAI sells digital ChatGPT gift cards of $15 to $250 through US retailers such as Best Buy. How to redeem one, what the balance pays for and what it will not.

• ChatGPT gift credits explained (claim links)

  Eligible ChatGPT accounts can buy gift credits and share a one-time claim link. The recipient has 30 days; redeemed credits last 12 months.

• ChatGPT gift card vs gift credits

  Gift cards fund a ChatGPT wallet for plans and purchases. Gift credits are a separate usage balance with a 30-day claim window.