Cannot send gift card when I have a iTunes credit balance

Hi,
I understand that you can't gift iTunes credit to somebody else, but is there any way to bypass your credit?
I gifted an album to somebody yesterday, and it automatically bypassed my credit and charged it directly to the credit card associated with the account.  No problem.  But when I tried to also send somebody a $25 credit, it wouldn't let me.  Why doesn't iTunes bypass my credit in this situation as well?  Is there any way to force it to ignore the credit?
Thanks!

There seems to be some sort of unstated time limit on sending gifts, as others have reported similar problems. Go here:
http://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html
to report the issue to the iTunes Store.
Regards.

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