Suggestions on discount airfare sites for college students

[mom2boys]

My internet search turned up a couple of sites but the trip I'm looking at is the same or cheaper via Expedia and Travelocity. Yes, I said cheaper by about $600
So what am I missing?

 

[mjkacmom]

I've never heard of this. Is it something new?

 

[jennyst]

What exact trip are you looking at? My son is a student and he is looking for something like this

 

[LadiiAstroid]

Never heard of "student fares." I did a quick search on Google and came across a site called studentuniverse. They have on their website "StudentUniverse negotiates with United Airlines to get special discount fares for students. College students are eligible to purchase discounted flights on United Airlines to Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific." Tried to dig a little more and seems like they only have discounted travel to Europe, Asia, and outside U.S.

I did not look to see if the airfare was actually discounted, but seems like no discount within U.S.

 

[tripletots]

My nephew used StudentUniverse.com when he was studying in London. His ticket cost around 600-800 dollars. My niece spent 700 on her ticket to France when she studied abroad. It saved them a ton of money. They did have to send in a lot of documents to verify they were students. This was 2 and 4 years ago that the tickets were purchased.

My daughter priced tickets to Orlando with studentuniverse and the prices were the same. I guess they really only discount for overseas flights.