Stressed About The Cost of Holiday Travel? Amazon Could Fly You Home for Just $25 (Yes, Really)

The holidays are upon us, in all their shiny, cheery glory. While it may be the most wonderful time of year, there’s no doubt it’s also the most expensive—especially if you have to buy a plane ticket to spend the holidays with your loved ones. ICYMI, air travel ain’t cheap, and after buying gifts and that cute holiday outfit you absolutely needed, your credit card (and mental health) might not be equipped to tackle the cost of flights home. Luckily, Amazon and StudentUniverse have teamed up to offer a limited number of $25—yes, as in twenty plus five—flights for Prime young adult members. Sounds like a holiday miracle, right? Scroll down for everything you need to know about this year’s Amazon Prime holiday flight deal.

How does the Amazon Prime holiday flight deal work?

Amazon Prime has partnered up with StudentUniverse, a booking site that offers exclusive travel discounts for students and young adults, to help young folks celebrate the holidays with friends and family. To be eligible, there are a few qualifications you must meet:

First and foremost, you need to be 18-24 years old and enrolled in Prime’s young adult plan to qualify. If you’re not enrolled in the young adult plan, hop to it my friend—you get your first six months free, then pay a discounted rate of $7.49 per month or $69 per year for membership.

Once you’re set up with a Prime membership, you’ll be able to activate the StudentUniverse benefit by popping onto this landing page. Then, starting at 1pm EST (10am PST) on Thursday December 9, revisit that page (again, it’s amazon.com/25flights—bookmark it!) to book a $25 ticket on a U.S. domestic flight.

Amazon will only offer a total of 5,000 $25 flight tickets throughout the promotion, and will drop 1,000 tickets each day from December 9—13. That means you’ll need to be as speedy as you were snagging Eras Tour tix—start thinking about your travel plans now so you can book quickly when the tickets drop!

Let’s review the nitty gritty details:

• You must be 18-24 years old
• You must be a Prime young adult member to qualify
• The booking window opens at 1pm EST (10am PST) on December 9
• Tickets are only available to book between December 9-13
• There are only 5,000 $25 tickets available total, so book quickly!
• Your travel must be within the 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia
• The promo is only for travel between December 9 and January 14, 2025

The bottom line

Holiday travel is expensive, but Amazon and StudentUniverse are making it a lot more bearable for young people who need to fly to reunite with their families. After all, spending quality time with the people you love is what this season is actually all about.