So I have this code from discord nitro gifts for PC game pass for a month but whenever I go to redeem it, it gives an error message saying:

" Check the instructions that came with your code. You might need to redeem it on a different web page or device, or you may be ineligible to redeem this code. "

I've seen some people say it might be expired? I've also seen people say that if you have already had game pass before then you can't redeem it. In which I have but I find that REALLY dumb how it wont allow me to redeem it just because I had already previously had it.

Won't let me redeem my gift card :/

I try to redeem it on https://account.microsoft.com/billing/redeem but it says

"Check the instructions that came with your code. You might need to redeem it on a different web page or device, or you may be ineligible to redeem this code."

I just bought a second hand Xbox with this gift subscription but I can't redeem it

The date is 15th May 2025 and in the past I used Nord VPN to redeem Xbox game pass ultimate (India) codes from Eneba and it worked for an Australian console gamer like me. Now I'm reading about that Microsoft have made several changes to this kind of method.

Since I'm unable to find definitive answers online, I'm asking here for current methods of getting it to work on existing accounts. What region and VPN's can it work.

i just so happened to have bought a laptop 8 months ago that had 3 months of gamepass free on it. but when i try to redeem it, it keeps asking for credit card info. which i dont really feel like giving. any way i can by pass this or no?