Netflix gift cards have a catch: You can’t cancel them

When you sign up for Netflix with a gift card, you might expect it to work like any other form of payment, allowing you to cancel and resume the subscription at any time.

But that’s not the case. If you cancel Netflix while paying with a gift card, the subscription will continue every month until the balance is depleted. You can’t put the subscription on hold and save some of the credit for later.

Disney has the same policy for Disney+ and Hulu gift cards, and NBCUniversal...