Cannot gift song without CC#

Here is some ire:
So I have enough in my iTunes account to gift some songs to a friend.
However, Apple doesn't appear to permit you sending songs unless you have a credit card!
Really.
I use gift cards because of a previous creditcard issue with Apple and other merchants (Target...) having my CC info compromised and inconvenience of dealing with new card, etc.
So the idea that, hey, I just get iTunes cards, and add that to get songs, apps and movies. No CC info to take.
Wrong.
Apple, please fix this. If I have $80 or more, sitting in my iTunes wallet, it is my $80. If I like a song and want to buy for friend, why not? This is a fail.
Irony: some of the $ in there was from an iTunes card ... that was a gift!

http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.com
But Apple is not the only company that does not allow gifting from a gift balance, so clearly there some good reason why this is not allowed, not just whim.
Regards.

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