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StudentUniverse has a rating of 4.3 stars from 5,414 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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Thumbnail of user maggiel296
Michigan
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December 20th, 2024
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I was a little dejected when I was in line for 2 hours after release time. But I finally got in and I got my ticket! I am so happy I can go home for the holidays, it's been a year or so.

Date of experience: December 10, 2024

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California
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December 22nd, 2024
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I did the Prime $25 flight and there was a lot of traffic to get a flight but that was to be expected. Other than that my flight was smooth and easy to book!

Reason I chose this business:

Good discount allows me to travel.

Date of experience: December 11, 2024

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Virginia
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December 19th, 2024
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I can't travel with my parents from LAX to Tokyo on 12/11/2024 because i have final exams till 12/13. But I could not find a phone number to call to cancel

Date of experience: December 9, 2024

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California
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November 9th, 2024

They don't even deserve this 1 star. I definitely will give them 0 if I can.

They never respond to your emails. I tried to call them for 3 days, had to wait on hold for 30 minutes to 1 hour, and still no response. Their website is absolutely useless. You cannot change/cancel or do whatever with your ticket.

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Date of experience: October 30, 2024

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Alabama
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November 14th, 2024
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Price good compared with other agents. I consulted with different agents and all of them have a price much more expensive than StudentUniverse. Saying that, there are some still small things that can be improved. For example, from time to time, I came up with a lot of occasions that searching is dead or some error messages pop out. There seems some space for an improvement for the website.

Reason I chose this business:

Cheap tickets

Date of experience: November 4, 2024

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Georgia
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December 20th, 2024
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I was surprised this actually worked to get a ticket for $25. I'm happy that I was able to be one of the first 1000 people to get one of these tickets.

Reason I chose this business:

I saw it on TikTok.

Date of experience: December 10, 2024

Thumbnail of user paulm8155
Florida
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November 18th, 2024

They are endeavored in not answering any phone calls made to *******135 or *******296. Do not use this company. They don't return calls or answer emails. Allowing your trip to;lapse and you loose your money.

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Date of experience: November 8, 2024

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Idaho
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December 21st, 2024
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This is my first booking, but I was unsure since there are 2 studentuniverse sites, and reviews on various websites mentioned bad service. However, up until now, everything seems fine.

Reason I chose this business:

A friend had recommended it and it also had a good deal

Date of experience: December 11, 2024

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TW
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November 21st, 2024
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The experience was great, the website was just a little confusing and could use a few improvements for the booking process (e.g. The option to add baggage protection was there but I just could not click on it, it didn't change anything so I was not sure if it worked)

Date of experience: November 11, 2024

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New York
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November 17th, 2024
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The service is good, fast and easy to access. The price is after tax so you pay what you see. A lot of protection plan options in case something happens. Price wise it tries to give you the cheapest and most safe and convenient option from different airlines.

Date of experience: November 7, 2024

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Viet Nam
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January 12th, 2025

I bought a round-trip flight ticket from Chicago to Ho Chi Minh City with the first trip starting at 9pm 12/14. I then received an update that it's changed to 6am the same day, which was fine.

However, the problem is American Airlines, partnered with Japan Airlines, still issued me a ticket for 6pm 12/14,8 hours after my flight to Japan was supposed to be. Both StudentUniverse and Japan Airlines said nothing about this, and I was too busy with school to keep track of my ticket.

I was stranded at LAX for almost 2 days, calling 5+ times to StudentUniverse without a single reply. I had to spend an extra $1000 to buy a new ticket home.

From 12/14/2024 to 1/1/2025, I made 10+ phone calls in total with StudentUniverse asking them to solve this issue and compensate me, yet they kept me waiting for two weeks just to tell me JAL said it is my fault for being no-show. What's worse, a staff of SU had the audacity to ask me why I didn't report immediately and waited two weeks, when he had no idea I have been fighting the entire time. He even questioned why I request compensation when it's my fault for not showing up.

The damage on my mental and physical wellbeing, as well as time and money, is irreversible, and yet SU customer service questioned me instead of negotiating a solution. I'm a college student and $1500 for flight ticket is my entire saving from summer internship. They think they can just bully poor students and blame it on us, but I'm so ready to take legal actions because this is so unethical.

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Date of experience: December 14, 2024

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Maryland
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January 9th, 2025
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This website has the best deals. I've been using it for at least 15 years and I'm always satisfied. Thanks for existing :)

Date of experience: December 30, 2024

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Washington
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January 8th, 2025
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Long wait for someone to answer the phone call but very satisfied in addressing my concern: need a confirmation the soonest.

Reason I chose this business:

It was the cheapest

Date of experience: December 29, 2024

Thumbnail of user aaronr1583
Florida
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December 14th, 2024
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I used Student Universe to book one leg of an international trip. At one point the set reset and I needed to re-enter everything, but that went fairly quickly and the price was right for my trip.

Date of experience: December 2, 2024

Thumbnail of user julissac37
California
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December 25th, 2024
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This is great! I couldn't really afford a ticket I go back home for Christmas, but I ended up getting this $25 ticket home and back so I'm really thankful for this opportunity.

Date of experience: December 15, 2024

Thumbnail of user adriannat32
Texas
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November 25th, 2024
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I received a grant that paid for half my flight to study abroad and this platform made it a simple process for me to use it. The only thing I would say that bothered me was that I was forced to pay to choose my seats for two of the flights and then wasn't allowed to choose my seat on the other two.

Date of experience: November 15, 2024

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Thailand
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November 16th, 2024
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The price excellent, the booking fairly straightforward and easy, but would not let me pick seat, gave picture of seats however could not choose, it sends you to some other 3rd party site entirely to choose upgrade seat, which also did not work

Reason I chose this business:

Price, few other better options

Date of experience: November 6, 2024

Thumbnail of user ramv36
Texas
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November 25th, 2024
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Student universe charging for seat selection and food selection but the changes are not reflecting on the airlines website. The seat selection failed and food choice was not provided to the airlines. Why is student universe charging for services its unable to fullfil?

Reason I chose this business:

For student discount prices.

Date of experience: November 15, 2024

Thumbnail of user danielg4491
New York
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December 6th, 2024
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Working with this group was smooth. Holding time on the phone was a bit long (20+ minutes) but once I had a representative everything g went smooth and quickly

Reason I chose this business:

School suggested it

Date of experience: November 26, 2024

Thumbnail of user pv110
Spain
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December 14th, 2024
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Buyer beware! 2 days passes. Called airline. They have the reservation but student univ never paid them. Airline cancelled my reservation. I'd never use student universe again.

Date of experience: December 4, 2024

Thumbnail of user venkatasrujathiy
California
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January 4th, 2025
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I had problem with the booking but one phone call to customer care and I got immediate resolution. Thank you so much

Reason I chose this business:

Best prices and great priority to students

Date of experience: December 24, 2024

Thumbnail of user dc1307
Nebraska
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November 16th, 2024
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Excellent prices with a wide selection of tickets that are easy to find and purchase. Enjoy a smooth, user-friendly experience with accessible options for every budget, making it simple to secure tickets quickly and conveniently.

Reason I chose this business:

Its cheaper

Date of experience: November 5, 2024

Thumbnail of user madelineh204
Oklahoma
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December 20th, 2024
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I decided to enter the student universe and prime young adult ticket collab giveaway for 25$ and I was chosen! I booked my ticket and it was reserved right away! I am so very grateful!

Date of experience: December 10, 2024

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Washington
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December 3rd, 2024
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Purchase was easy enough. However, I called in with a question and was on hold for 45 minutes without connecting. I then sent an email and haven't heard back yet.

Date of experience: November 23, 2024

Thumbnail of user raghavk21
Canada
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November 25th, 2024
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I wanted to split my payment into two cards for which there was no option and also when I tried to contact customer service call got failed 4 time when I trued to contacted the toll free numbed because of which price went up $200 when I tried to book the tickets separately

Reason I chose this business:

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Date of experience: November 15, 2024

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