I have an apple account and I purchased songs with my credit card. For christmas I got some gift cards how do I use them so my credit card is not charged.
i do the exact same thing! it's very easy-- just open up the iTunes Store then on the upper righthand corner, there should be a quick links box. it has the browse, powersearch, etc options inside of it. click "redeem" and that will take you to the page where you can type in the code on your iTunes card. once you do that, you'll have to create an account then you'll be good to go!
He already has an account.
After you enter the card umber, it will ask if you want to a create new account or use an existing account.
Select Use existing account.