Troubles using a redeemed gift card

Hello,
I recieved a 100$ gift card with the purchase of my mac, I just redeemed it and im having troubles using it in the itunes store.
Whenever I try to purchase a song it redirects me to my credit card info and asks me to update it.
Why isn't is automatically taking the price off the 100$?

If you have a credit card on your account then it needs to valid. But as long as you are buying content for yourself (you can't use an account's balance to gift content) then your balance should be used up first before your card is charged.

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