StudentUniverse has a rating of 3.9 stars from 5,415 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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I was lucky enough to have been given a refund for my flight, thank you Emirates. StudentUniverse accidentally paid me the amount twice. Now I understand the second payment is their money and they obviously should get it back. However they first tried to charge my card, before the refunded money had landed in the account. This got the declined, after which they told me I needed to sign an authorisation form so they could charge the account once the money had landed. I quickly responded to them to say I didn't have a printer at home, so it would take me a while to get the form back to them. After this I got a couple of follow ups, all within a couple of days, to ask for this same form. Again I informed them I had not been able yet to go out to print the form.
Apparently it took them too long, and without any notice or authorisation they charged my account, which didn't have enough money.
Date of experience: August 4, 2020
I have been trying to get my $1200 flight credits for almost 2 years. Ive had every excuse under the sun. I was then told they would transfer them to a virgin credit, but first i had to pay $210 to get this done because it was a "airline fee" i contacted virgin directly and they advised this was NOT the case and that no fee should apply. I called back and told them id spoken to virgin and was told that it wasnt in fact and "airline fee" they then changed their story to "it's because you booked a promotion and we need that fee back". Virgin fought my battle with me, and almost 2 years later we were able to win.
Date of experience: April 21, 2022
Hi Mary, sorry that this troubled you for so long. May I suggest you contact our customer service again and request a supervisor to look into your case? We hope we can get you a satisfying answer. https://www.studentuniverse.com/about-us/contact-us
It's nice to have discounted flights for students. Horrible timing accommodations though and they don't line up with the timing of when the program needs to pick you up.
CGS Benefit
Date of experience: June 12, 2024
I accidentally booked a flight on the same day at the wrong time. However when I wanted to cancel the wrong flight, I was forced by Student Universe to contact the Airline, but the airline wanted me to contact student universe
Date of experience: May 4, 2024
Maybe because I paid for trip protection, but when I had realized my mistake and needed a refund, the people on the phone were very kind helpful and expedient. They clearly explained that I will get a refund, but wont get my money back for a week to 10 days.
Lower prices drew me to the site.
Date of experience: March 24, 2024
I found everything in the website easy to use and there were not any problems.
Because I always find good offers
Date of experience: August 12, 2024
Was able to get a discount, I am very pleased and also excited to fly to London.
My sister who’s also a student introduced me to StudentUniverse and told me about the cheap flight.
Date of experience: August 11, 2024
I had a really good experience. He student discounts are so helpful. I checked the airline website and it was like almost 300 more than student universe for the same airline so that was really nice, getting all these deals so students are also able to travel the world.
I saw a TikTok about it
Date of experience: March 15, 2024
Everything was good except the time it took to finally receive my confirmation (48 hours +)
I like your site
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Date of experience: September 13, 2024
I booked a flight for a great price, but it didn't tell me if my flight included a carry-on, it just showed a question mark. When I received the confirmation from the airline, it told me that it only included a personal item. I am unsure if I can still add a carry-on.
I heard it's great for students, has great prices.
Date of experience: April 16, 2024
This is a scam. Your website sucks and has limited options. :(
I had to :(
Date of experience: August 12, 2024
They found me a last minute flight after booking me for the wrong date. This could've been a total disaster but they made it work without it negatively affecting me. That's what I call "Excellent Customer Service". Thanks
Date of experience: November 14, 2023
I recently booked a flight with student universe, my initial experience was positive, they are very informative and have good prices! Now I just have to wait for the day of my trip and see if the company will provide me with what was promised!
Date of experience: October 6, 2022
The site was easy to use and was able to purchase my flight at a much lower rate than I would have using other sites. As a college student trying to save up for my trip, I really appreciate this site. Even with all the fees with seats and baggage/flight coverage, the overall total was still lower than it would have been buying from Delta or Expedia etc.
Date of experience: April 22, 2023
Before I booked, the site said there was no charge for checked bags. After I paid for the reservation, I found out there was a significant charge to add a checked bag AND I had to pay to guarantee seat assignments. This raised the cost of my trip by about $200. I would not have used this site if I had known that.
Looked like the lowest priced flights
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Date of experience: April 9, 2024
Hi Sean, your booking comes with two free bags but you added an additional bag which costs a fee. We never inform our customers that seat assisgnment must be paid; it is optional and you can always skip to proceed. Once you have a ticket with an airline, a seat will be guaranteed but unless you pick your seat, it would be randomly assigned by the airline. You would have to pay for your additional baggage per the airline's policy.
Very poor customer service.
Your money becomes piece of conformation ticket (value $0) as soon as you book a ticket
I flew buying another ticket and I am out of pocket $900 Plus Disturbed mind - full off stress.
Date of experience: March 25, 2020
I was very delighted to have my flight tickets booked using StudentUniverse. Their checking in service was very easy to use. All notifications about the flights were sent to me on time and with helping suggestions. Will use StudentUniverse for my future trips as well.
Date of experience: April 16, 2020
Have been using StudentUniverse since I was a college student. For so many times, it helps me save money on flight booking due to flexible date options. It is one of my go to website for flight booking.
Habit and it seldom let me down on finding good deals.
Date of experience: October 8, 2023
We made two bookings with StudentUniverse, one from LAX to NCE and one from NRT to LAX... for some reason the first booking has our names listed correctly amd the second suddenly shows my wife's middle name as mine as well. Not a big deal you'd think, however, after submitting our passport pictures there's the initial conversation about additional fees for removing that middle name, both from the airline AND StudentUniverse: $90 in total which is ridiculous for a booking that's over 6 months away. More to follow on this but be cautious.
Date of experience: June 3, 2024
Plenty of airlines you can look into with competitive rates for students across platforms. Easy and hassle free to book. Confirmation within 2-3 days.
Date of experience: June 18, 2024
I have booked a ticket from sfo to London and my luggage cost isn't even included in my flight ticket. This is really frustrating as no information is provided about this during the booking and do you expect your traveler to travel such a long flight with 0 bags? This is so annoying. Upon that no end-to-end assistance is provided I was asked to contact the airline for making this purchase and to ask about carrying on bag. I have booked a round flight and do you really want me to call 2 different airlines to ask about my luggage?
Date of experience: October 11, 2022
Hi, sorry you felt this way. When customers perform a flight search, they will see the flight details as well as the baggage on our search result page. When customers click the button of baggage, they will see the prices of 1st and 2nd checked bags. We also provide a link to the airline's website so customers can check the pricing directly on there too. If customers miss that info, on the next page, the checkout page, we also display baggage info under important flight information session. The pricing and policy of baggage are determined by the airlines, so unfortunately, StudentUniverse cannot decide whether they should be free or not. There is only one airline responsible for your return flight, so you don't have to ask two different airlines; you can also check the info on the airline's website. Thanks.
Excellent, but baggage limit was little less. I came from Dhaka to Oslo via Doha on 9 August. It was my first plane journey, first visit outside my country. I am a postgraduate student at University of southeastern Norway in the city named Porsgrunn.
Date of experience: September 14, 2018
Student Universe is always my first place to look when booking a flight whether for conferences, vacation, or going home. Since I was told about it in 2014, I have lost count of how many flights I have booked with them. As a graduate student, I really appreciate the deals. Sometimes the discount has been enough to compete with car rental. While there aren't as many options, if you can be flexible on time, this is definitely worth it.
Date of experience: September 17, 2018
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Hi there, we're sorry for the confusion in your refund process! Could you please DM us your email address and reservation code so we can look into what happened here, please?