How do I use my Swile gift vouchers?

💡 Important

You cannot use your Swile card directly to spend your gift vouchers at retailers selling food products (Supermarkets; Amazon, Cdiscount, etc.) or fuel*. 

Gift vouchers are credited by your Works Council (CSE) or an equivalent body. In this article, we explain how and where you can spend them, depending on the type of gift vouchers you have received. 

🎁 How can you spend your gift vouchers?  

🛍 On the Swile Gift Shop to buy a voucher for the retailer of your choice, a cinema ticket, or entry to a park or museum. 

Go to your Swile account. For more information, see: How do I buy a gift card?

💳 With your Swile card, in-store or online 

You can spend your gift vouchers:

  • Directly in-store by using your Swile card as a payment method. If your purchase amount is higher than your available Swile balance, you’ll need to pay in two transactions (one with your Swile card and the remainder with another payment method). You can find all eligible retailers from your Swile account, on your gift voucher page (section Where to spend with my Swile card, See brands).
  • Online. Choose to pay by card and enter your Swile card details.  The total of your basket must be less than or equal to your available gift voucher balance on your Swile account. 

You cannot use your Swile card directly to spend your gift vouchers at retailers selling food products (Supermarkets; Amazon, Cdiscount, etc.). More information at the bottom of the page*. 

🎁 Where can you use your gift vouchers? 

The allocation and use of gift vouchers is regulated by URSSAF. Click below on the type of vouchers you have received to find out where you can spend them 💾 

đŸ‘© Adult Gift Vouchers (Christmas for employees, Wedding/Civil Partnership, Mother’s/Father’s Day, Retirement, Birth/Adoption, etc.)   

You can spend them directly with your Swile card at retailers in fashion, beauty, games, leisure, sports, cinema, travel, furniture, DIY, culture, car & motorbike (excluding fuel) and more.

You cannot use your Swile card directly to spend your gift vouchers at retailers selling food products (Supermarkets; Amazon, Cdiscount, etc.).*

On the Swile Gift Shop, you can convert these vouchers into retailer gift cards, valid for non-food departments. For example, Carrefour gift cards excluding fuel and food, Cdiscount excluding food, or Amazon culture, E.Leclerc cultural spaces. 

Click below to see a non-exhaustive list of retailers: 

👀 Gift vouchers Birth / Adoption 

👀 Gift vouchers for Christmas for employees; Wedding / Civil Partnership; Mother’s or Father’s Day; Retirement) 

🎄 Children’s Christmas Gift Vouchers  

Gift vouchers credited for Children’s Christmas can be spent at retailers who sell goods suitable for children under 16 (not services), such as:

  • Fashion (fashion accessories, jewellery, clothing, shoes, etc.); 

  • Leisure & sports equipment; 

  • Books, music and high-tech equipment; 

  • Toys and leisure

  • Leisure activities for children (theme parks, cinemas)

👀 Click here to see a non-exhaustive list of retailers where you can use your Children’s Christmas vouchers. 

⛔ Please note, some types of retailers are not eligible for Children’s Christmas gift vouchers: 

  • DIY & Gardening

  • Furniture & Decoration

  • Car, motorbike

  • Food

  • Pet shops


You cannot use your Swile card directly to spend your gift vouchers at retailers selling food products (Supermarkets; Amazon, Cdiscount, etc.). More information at the bottom of the page*. 

📖 Back-to-School Gift Vouchers 

Back-to-School gift vouchers can be spent directly with your card at retailers dedicated to these areas 👇:

  • School supplies (school bags, stationery, bookshops, etc.)

  • Clothing (clothes, shoes, sportswear, etc.), excluding luxury
  • IT equipment (computer, tablet, etc.) 

You cannot use your Swile card directly to spend your gift vouchers at retailers selling food products (Supermarkets; Amazon, Cdiscount, etc.). More information at the bottom of the page*. 

👀 Click here to see a non-exhaustive list of retailers where you can use your Back-to-School vouchers. 

🎭 Culture Vouchers

You can use your card directly at retailers selling cultural products and services. Examples include: 

  • Tickets for shows, theatre and music
  • Cinema tickets 
  • Tickets for museums, exhibitions, historical monuments, conferences
  • Books (excluding school textbooks) and comics, e-books and online press
  • Music or video media: audio CDs, DVDs, videos, multimedia CDs

👀 Click here to see a non-exhaustive list of retailers where you can use your culture vouchers. 

⛔ If a retailer sells other types of products (such as Carrefour, Amazon, etc.), you cannot pay directly with your Swile card as we cannot guarantee your purchase will be for cultural items.

If you want to spend at a general retailer, the solution is to buy a gift card from our shop. You can then use this in-store and/or online, depending on the gift card’s terms and conditions.

*Regulations do not allow you to buy food products** or vouchers valid for food products, or fuel, with a gift voucher. 
**Exception for delicatessens, wine merchants and chocolatiers where you can spend your Adult Gift Vouchers.

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