Well, Virginia Wahoos, we guess there is a Santa Claus – and for TCU Horned Frogs, UC Irvine Anteaters, and every one of the 16.9 million students in U.S. colleges, too. And this Santa is bringing $25 flights home for the holidays.
Nope, this is not a misprint and not a scam, although it sure brought some big-eyed emojis from the ConsumerAffairs news team. For the first time since 1972, when you could fly somewhere on Southwest Airlines for $25, Amazon – in connection with StudentUniverse – is offering Amazon Prime Student members $25 flights to and from home for the holidays.
Call it a gimmick or call it a gift, but you do need to call it limited – not only in the number of tickets, but in how long that deal’s window is open. Beginning December 5 at 6 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST), Prime Student members can visit the Prime Student x StudentUniverse page to book tickets on select domestic flights (again, while supplies last) for travel between mid-December and early January for just $25.
Amazon says that a total of 3,000 $25 flight tickets will be available during this promotion—with 1,000 tickets dropping each day, starting at 6 a.m. PST on December 5, and then at 12 a.m., PST on December 6 and 7.
If you’re not a Prime Student member and want to take advantage of the deal, you can roll the dice essentially for free. New members can start a six-month trial at no cost. Aafter that, it’s $7.49 per month—half the cost of a regular Prime membership.
After that, the opportunity to save dims, but doesn’t go away completely
Once those 3,000 tickets are claimed, StudentUniverse will run a “trailing promotional offer,” that will give Prime Student members $25 off flights with a promotional code.
“As a mom to a first-year college student, I am excited to have my son home for the holidays,” said Carmen Nestares, vice president of U.S. Prime and Marketing Tech at Amazon.
“And as travel costs continue to rise, we're happy to help make flying more affordable for Prime Students who want to spend this important time with family and friends. It's another way we're delivering incredible savings, value, and convenience to our Prime Student members each year.”
“Terms and conditions apply”
Amazon was upfront about the terms and conditions and anyone interested in this deal should sit up and pay attention to them. ConsumerAffairs has highlighted those that should be paid particular attention to.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
$25 Flight Promotion: For a limited time, Prime Student Members can book and purchase one round trip or one-way domestic ticket anywhere within the 50 United States and District of Columbia for $25 for a discount rate of up to $500 off the current retail value of the ticket on studentuniverse.com subject to availability and flight destinations.
Starting on December 5, 2023 and for a period of three days, a maximum of 1000 tickets will be available each day. The booking period for the Promotion starts December 5, 2023 at 6 a.m. (PST) through 12 a.m. (PST) December 7, 2023 unless all tickets have been sold.
The Booking is subject to outbound travel dates of 12/8/2023 to 12/25/2023 and inbound travel dates (if applicable) 12/8/2023 to 01/14/2024.
Maximum 1 ticket per verified Amazon Prime Student Member and only 1 passenger per booking.
Only current & valid members of Amazon Prime Student, who have activated the StudentUniverse Prime Student Exclusive offer will be eligible to participate in the Promotion.
See complete terms and conditions at https://www.studentuniverse.com/amazon-home-holidays-terms.
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Posted: 2023-12-01 16:43:18