Solution: Redeem gift card "Session timed out" error
Like many others, I hit the "session timed out" block in trying to redeem iTunes gift cards. After unsuccessfully trying others' suggestions, I happened onto an approach that worked for me. The key was to start the process signed out.
Redeeming an iTunes gift card:
- Go to iTunes home page
- If you're signed in, sign out
- In "Quick Links" on right, click on "Redeem"
- Fill in the "Enter gift card number" box
- At that point, iTunes asks you to sign in
- For me, the card then was properly redeemed. However, when I attempted to redeem another card, I got the "session timed out" error message, so had to repeat the process above for additional card.
Hope this solution works for you.
FYI - my iTunes version is 9.2.1 (4)
Next step: Purchase, which put me into an account verification "Session timed out" error cycle. My solution is similar, and I am posting it separately under - Solution: Purchase / account verification "Session timed out" error.
iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 with 1.5 GB RAM