<p>I’ve read on here about some student travel sites where you can find cheaper fares. Can anyone help?
thanks.</p>
<p>The only one I have any experience with is StudentUniverse. Their prices can be lower … but we’ve found it’s generally better to stick with the better-known Web sites. Try a few routes, comparing StudentUniverse with Kayak. I did a hypothetical Spokane to Charleston round trip, and found StudentUniverse to be one-dollar cheaper … but the flight took hours longer. Denver to Atlanta was actually ten-dollars more. Denver to Copenhagen was seven-dollars more. YMMV.</p>
<p>The first time D had to make a reservation, she found that, for her standard one-stop route, the Student Universe price was actually higher than our usual name-brand site. They did have some lower fares (just like the regular travel sites), but those involved 3 stops, all with plane changes, which was a no-go for me. So we’ve just stayed with what we know. </p>
<p>Of course, one key to lower prices is to book as far in advance as possible, so my strategy on minimizing airfare was to pester D into making reservations at times which seemed ridiculously early to her.</p>
<p>My son used StudentUniverse once. It was the lowest priced fair and he had no problems. I personally do something similar to what newhope does by going to sidestep.com, finding the lowest price and then go to the airline’s website and booking directly through them. I also ALWAYS check to see if Southwest flies the route. I will pay $50 more to go through them due to their flexibility and free bags service.</p>
<p>We used STA for D’s study abroad ticket, for us it was less expensive than airlines directly and provides one change for a $50 fee (plus differential in ticket price). We had to guess at a return date in December, so I hope that flexibility really exists close to Christmas!</p>