Sync itunes files on two computers at two houses

Anyone know of process/software that can help me sync my itunes at my house in town and my house at the lake? thanks in advance! Seems I am always at the wrong place when I want to sync my phone to my itunes on my computer...so I need to have the same itunes on both computers if that is possible.
Message was edited by: tomtodd

Again, I suspect you redeemed each card under a different iTunes Store account. If you'd redeemed both cards in the same iTunes Store account, you'd have had only a single balance; you wouldn't have seen a balance of $4 and a balance of $14. So you probably have two iTunes Store accounts, one with a balance of $4 and one with a balance of $14 (if indeed you haven't spent the money). If so, those balances all should be accessible; you'll just have to log in using the correct iTunes Store account to access and spend the balance.
For the future, make sure you don't create a new iTunes Store account when you redeem an iTunes card. Log into your iTunes Store account first, and then click the "Redeem" button. That will make sure that credit goes to the iTunes Store account you expect.
Regards.

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