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Sell your Airbnb gift card for cash

We buy Airbnb gift cards at 76% of the balance — $10 to $1,500 per card, paid by PayPal or Cash App within 24 hours.

Airbnb credit has a specific and important property: once a gift card is redeemed to an Airbnb account, the value becomes account credit and it cannot be moved back out or transferred to someone else. It is applied automatically to future bookings on that account and nowhere else. That makes the decision to redeem effectively irreversible.

So the sequence matters more here than almost anywhere. An unredeemed Airbnb card or an unclaimed code is a portable, sellable thing. The moment it is added to an account, it is locked to that account. If you are holding one and you are not confident you will book through Airbnb, do not redeem it first.

Beyond that, Airbnb balances go unused for the ordinary travel reason: a card is bought for a trip, the trip changes shape, and the credit waits. Airbnb credit is also harder to spend than a hotel card in one specific way — you need a listing that is available, in the place you want, at a price the credit meaningfully covers. That is three variables rather than one.

Our rate on Airbnb is 76% of the verified balance, with a $1,500 per-card ceiling. Travel and accommodation credit is slower to verify and harder to resell than retail, which is what the difference from the standard 80% reflects. A $500 card pays $380.

Airbnb gift cards do not expire once added to an account, and the credit applies automatically to the next eligible booking rather than needing a code at checkout. They cover the accommodation total including fees on qualifying stays, which makes them more useful than they first appear — but only if you book through Airbnb specifically.

Sell when the platform is not how you travel. Plenty of people prefer hotels, or travel mainly for work where bookings go through a corporate system, and Airbnb credit has no route into either. A card sitting unredeemed while you book hotels for three years is simply a stalled asset, and it is worth more converted than admired.

You can check a card balance through Airbnb's own gift card pages with the card number and the PIN; both are printed on a physical card and included in the email for a digital one. Airbnb is clear that balance checks belong on airbnb.com and nowhere else.

We verify before paying. If the balance comes back different from what you entered, the corrected offer appears before any money is sent, and you can decline at no cost and keep the card.

Your cash offer
$0.00
76% of the balance · $10–$1,500 per card

Nothing is final until you submit. You can still back out at review.

Airbnb payout table

What we pay for a Airbnb card at 76%
Card balanceYou get
$25.00$19.00
$50.00$38.00
$100.00$76.00
$250.00$190.00
$500.00$380.00

How to check your Airbnb balance

Check it on Airbnb's own site before you sell. You will need the full card number and the PIN — usually under a scratch-off strip on the back, or in the confirmation email for a digital card. Enter the balance here exactly as it reads.

Check your Airbnb balance

When you get paid

Three ways out, no fees on any of them. There is no bank transfer option — we removed it deliberately.

  • PayPal Initiated within 24 hoursUsually the same afternoon once the balance is confirmed.
  • Cash App Initiated within 24 hoursSent to your $Cashtag. Same timing as PayPal.
  • Paper check 5–7 business daysPosted to you. Slower, because the mail is the mail.
  • Card data encrypted and admin-onlyThe full number and PIN are visible to the verification admin and nobody else — not other sellers, not support staff.
  • No fees, everNo listing fee, no commission, no payout fee. The number you accept is the number that arrives.
  • We buy it outrightThere is nothing to list and no buyer to wait on. Once we own the card, the resale risk is ours, not yours.

Selling a Airbnb gift card: common questions

76% of the balance we verify with Airbnb. A $100.00 card pays $76.00 and a $250.00 card pays $190.00. The rate is flat — it does not improve with larger balances and it does not drop for smaller ones.

$10.00. Below that the payment processing costs more than the trade is worth to either of us. The most we take on a single Airbnb card is $1,500.00; if yours is larger, submit it as two cards.

PayPal and Cash App payments are initiated within 24 hours of you submitting the card, and often the same afternoon. A paper check takes 5 to 7 business days because it goes through the mail. The only thing standing between you and the money is the balance check.

We recalculate at the same 76% rate and show you the corrected offer before any money moves. If the new number does not work for you, say no and keep the card. People misremember balances constantly and it is not held against you.

Yes, and most of what we buy is partially used. A Airbnb card with $37.18 left is worth the same per dollar as a full one. Enter the exact remaining balance, down to the cents, as long as it is at least $10.00.

Other travel and hotel cards we buy

Same process, same payout timing. See all travel and hotel brands.