Learn about the ways you can get deals with your student ID!
Mauli Shah, Lifestyle Editor
Uni is all about those late-night snacks between study grinds and stress-relieving shopping trips to keep us sane, but the student budget doesn’t always allow this. However, with your student ID, you can get your hands on all the student discounts and deals. In this article, I am going to list out all the places and ways you can get full use of the student ID.
If you shop much, get an SPC card. This card allows to get discounts from all the major brands. Using this card, you can get a student discount of around 10% at these major retailers, even when you shop online. They have an affordable membership fee, and you get your money back when you use the card since they offer discounts on more than 450 brands. These include all major brands including Nike, Adidas, Levi’s and H&M. This makes shopping much more affordable on your student budget, not to mention, you can always blame your shopping on you stress from assignment.
A lot of the travel companies offer discounts for students, but it depends on what kind of airline it is and which route you are taking. Companies like Air Canada offer up to 50% off on select flights and Choice Hotels gives up to 15% off on room stays using an ISIC card. You can also get discounts for your daily commute on TTC or GO transit. This makes commute much cheaper, and you can use that excuse to buy more coffee in between class.
You can get major discounts on all the tech when you use your student card. You can use your ID to get discounts on the products at Apple, Lenovo, HP and even GoPro. When you’re a student you can also get cheaper software like Adobe, Staples, Prezi, etc. Note that you get free access to Microsoft 365 when you are a student so that’s a plus too. These amazing discounts can help unleash the creativity in you and for cheaper than usual.
Being a student means spending a lot on food whether late at nights, or when you don’t feel like cooking. But don’t worry, there are student discounts on those too. You can get discounts at Burger King, KFC, Aroma Espresso Bar, Taco Bell, Papa John’s Pizza, and so many more. These will help satisfy your late-night cravings without the heavy price tag.
When all those cosmetics are expensive, your Student ID is your knight in shining armour. You can use the SPC card mentioned above to get discounts on MAC, Giorgio Armani, Smashbox, Urban Decay, Kiehl’s, etc.
You can also use your ID for Automotive discounts (driving schools too), Cell Phone and internet, Education (textbooks, etc), Art galleries and museums, Eyewear, Grocery Stores, Finance (cheaper insurance, accounting services, etc), Newspaper, health and fitness, etc. There are so many ways you can put your student card to great use, just look up the service or product you use the most and check out if they offer student discounts so you can get discounts on the things you love.
Illustration Credit: Emily Tung
