Arrived activated, but needed to work with Spotify to apply to account
Gift card arrived activated, but would not apply to account. In support chat with Spotify, the problem was revealed to be associated with account bundles -- I previously had a student account that came with Hulu and Showtime. When my student account ran out (3 year max term), my access to these services terminated but they were still linked to my account, even though I had been paying the standard premium rate without Hulu/Showtime. The card could not be applied to my account with this bundle still linked to my account, support said. Spotify cancelled my premium and reverted the account to "Free." At that point the card applied to my account no problem (full 12 months). Do note that support confirmed that only 18 months may be active on your account, so if you try to redeem 2 of these cards, you will have to wait 6 months - 1 year to apply. Note these cards do not expire unless explicitly stated on the packaging (mine does not list an expiration date) - therefore these are not beholden to the "1 year expiration" for cash-value cards available for Spotify.
Rating: 5 stars