You can get a student airline ticket discount is select
flight centres providing that you provide some form of
identification. It must be understood that as with all
types of airfare discounts that there will be some terms
and conditions that apply
so
any form of student discount is never straight forward.
Many flight centres will look at the type of route you
want to fly on and the date and maybe when your return
flight will be. This does not mean to say there are a
lot of obstacles in place to stop students buying
airline tickets substantially cheaper than anyone else.When I was doing a lot of travelling in the 1990's I
found that having active student identification does
have many perks and one of these was the ability to be
able to get discounts on student airline tickets
providing the terms and conditions were met. This was
not a problem for me because I was flexible with my
travel itinery and there was a number of routes I could
have gone on with no specific date in mind for my return
journey. I located the flight centres that provides
student airline ticket discounts just by searching
around. I asked first at the campus and they recommended
some of these to me as a starting point. I decided to
check out and compare around 12 different specialist
flight web sites so I can make sure that I am getting
the very best deal.
One of these routes was Amsterdam and this place is a
real hub at the centre of Europe where you can fly to
just about anywhere in the World. It was also a good
choice for me because I could get student airline
tickets to this destination without any problems.
Flights to Amsterdam seem to leave around 8-times a day
so complying with any of the flight centres terms and
conditions was never a problem. This of course would not
be the case if I was having to fly to a destination that
had fewer flights and so they would normally be full. It
is always more difficult to get a student airline ticket
discount on any of these flight schedules. If the
airlines do not have to give a discount you can be sure
they wont.
So just bear in mind that buying student airline
tickets is fine until you are trying to get a discount.
Then you will have to look at the terms and conditions
on the schedule you will want to fly on. If you can be a
little flexible with your travel plans then there is no
reason whatsoever why you will not qualify for some form
of discount when the time comes to buy your student
flight ticket.
