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StudentUniverse

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StudentUniverse has a rating of 4.1 stars from 5,348 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with StudentUniverse most frequently mention good experience, customer service and easy process. StudentUniverse ranks 1st among Student Travel sites.

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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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Iowa
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Very appreciative of prices, easy to use
December 11, 2024

Im not sure how it will be if something goes wrong and i need customer service, but getting a flight was easy, and it was wonderfully affordable.

Date of experience: December 1, 2024
California
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Great price
December 6, 2024

The price was way better and affordable for me as a student that is trying to travel all around the world, seeing and exploring new cultures.

Date of experience: November 26, 2024
New York
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Perfect
January 9, 2025

Very good, extremely helpful. The booking was easy and i got my confirmation a couple hours later

Date of experience: December 29, 2024
Illinois
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Nerve wracking
January 7, 2025

It's exciting but I haven't received email from airline yet.

Date of experience: December 28, 2024
California
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Feasible & Quick
December 6, 2024

Student Universe made it super easy to book my flight! I was able to find several options that worked best around my specific time frame.

Date of experience: November 26, 2024
New Jersey
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Easy process
December 15, 2024

Easy process at a discounted rate. Definitely recommend to anyone especially if flying international.

Date of experience: December 5, 2024
Illinois
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It was good.
November 5, 2024

It was affordable and easy to use. I had no issues with the process of booking. One thing i was not aware about was the additional price added while payment. Overall it was a decent experience and use to use booking.

Date of experience: October 26, 2024
Indiana
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Meal request charges
October 31, 2024

It was not clearly mentioned that there will be additional charges for meal request. Only after booking I got to know that I was charged extra. Why would there be extra charge for meal request when I could have done that for free later?

Date of experience: October 21, 2024
GB
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I've been using Student universe since 2013 and your new website is horrific. It is so much harder to book my flights without the flexible dates option. I cannot change my currency with ease. I can't even login and find my bookings. There is no proper flow to how the pages work. Please revert to the previous features. I used student universe because it was convenient but I will stick to google flights for now.

In addition, there is something wrong with your date fields. When I change the date in one, it affects the date in the other. I have to reselect my dates a few times to get the right range.

Date of experience: February 26, 2025
California
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NO HELP AT ALL!
May 14, 2025

I really wanted to book a flight via student universe because of the "NSW25" promotion they are currently running; however, when I go to buy my flight I continue to get "An error occurred while we were trying to book your itinerary. Please try again." I called customer service 2x and they were no help because they can only help you if you have already booked a flight. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was DENIED for that same reasoning. If I want to book a flight with your website, wouldn't you want to HELP a customer out?! I've tried booking this flight Friday, Saturday, and now Sunday, still getting the same errors. Im FURIOUS!

Date of experience: May 4, 2025
Taylor T. StudentUniverse Rep
11 hours ago

Hi Alana, thank you for your review. I am sorry to hear of your experience. I am going to have this situation reviewed as both the technical error and the support received are both unacceptable. If you still wish to book feel free to send us an email at assist@studentuniverse.com and let me know and Ill have it prioritised. Thanks, Brad

Canada
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Where's the student discount?
April 26, 2025

If I book tickets from Air India official website they charge mai 2200CAD and student universe charged me 2300CAD for same ticket. So where is the student discount?

Date of experience: April 16, 2025
New York
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Fraudulent charges?!?!
May 7, 2025

Horrible. Just like… you can find WAAAAYYYY cheaper tickets or the same from reputable sources. This is just baaaaddd. Like run away. I had to have my credit card company deal with them.

Date of experience: April 27, 2025
Connecticut
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Misleading claims about baggage
April 29, 2025

I thought a checked bag was included in the price of the tickets but it wasn't.

Date of experience: April 19, 2025
Virginia
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Worst experience ever
May 5, 2025

Very disappointed with the dishonesty regarding checked bags—both the policy and the customer service response were misleading.

Date of experience: April 25, 2025
Australia
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Very bad service
February 27, 2025

CSO talk over to the me no good service very bad service. They lied on the customer not transfer call to TL if requested. No refunded even have flexibile dates very bad no one goes with this service

Date of experience: February 17, 2025
California
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Very disappointed… long long long long hold on line. Once customer service receive their call they put on hold me for 40 min it's a lot.

Date of experience: April 22, 2025
Taylor T. StudentUniverse Rep
2 weeks ago

Hi Priyanka, thanks for your review. I would like to investigate this further for you, are you able to provide your itinerary number or the date/time of this call please? Thanks, Brad

New Zealand
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Overpriced - not a student discount at all
April 25, 2025

The flights were more expensive than looking on skyscanner

Date of experience: April 16, 2025
Taylor T. StudentUniverse Rep
3 weeks ago

Hi Emily, thank you for your review. Sorry to hear of your experience. Ill have baggage added on for you asap. Please keep an eye out for an updated eticket, should be with you in the next 48 hours. Kind regards, Brad

Netherlands
1 review
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I booked a flight from Student Universe traveling from London Heathrow to San Francisco via Lufthansa/ United Airlines code share. I initially received a confirmation and itinerary and was satisfied until 1) They lost my booking info per the website update without any attempt to send me a copy of booking info via email 2) My booking was deemed illegitimate due to payment discrepancy- I had no communication that a payment was unsuccessful from Student Universe until attempting to check in at the gate and being informed that there was no booking per the airlines' records. The lack of communication/ word from SUN is simply horrid. In addition, I was left hanging multiples times from customer service and had no responses from multiple email exchange requests. Avoid if possible.

Date of experience: January 25, 2025
Rhode Island
1 review
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HORRIBLE
February 2, 2025

We booked our flights to the Azores with Student Universe on Jan 10. We received a confirmation email that said "Your trip is confirmed". We checked this stressful part of our trip off... come to find out 13 days later I called them to correct a birth date error only to be informed casually that our tickets were cancelled because "the price had gone up by $200".

We did not receive an email from Student Universe to let us know nor anything from the airline. And when asked they said it is in their policy that they don't need to inform us.

My family has been planning this trip since 2021. It is a big deal for us financially. We almost didn't go because we were looking in June and the flights we $800-900 dollars. I ended up looking in April and saw flights for $640. So we bite the bullet to get our family tickets. Now this is costing my family over $850 more for this vacation. This is the first time my parents are traveling out of the country and right now we have hotels, rentals cars, etc. booked. And no way to get there.

I have used this company for over 10 years. I am horrified! What a horrible thing to do. I will NEVER use this company again.

Date of experience: January 23, 2025
Sweden
1 review
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Thieves
May 5, 2025

Initial booking state something else later once paid it is different. No discount also

Date of experience: April 23, 2025
Taylor T. StudentUniverse Rep
1 week ago

Hi Ensa, thanks for your review. I have checked this and the dates that were booked are the same as what were signed off on at the end of the booking flow. If you do need to cancel or change this please get in contact with us and we will be happy to help. Regarding discounts I can see that what was paid was about 10% cheaper than booking with the airline directly. Some flights have more discounts than others depending on what fares are in market currently. Kind regards, Brad