The program I am attending this coming Fall (2012) is through Australearn (aka Globalinks) and the school I chose was Bond University. Last week, through the Australearn website, I was able to set up my flight arrangements. Australearn goes through STA Travel. If you decide to join the group flight, you will receive an option to make $150 down payment.
Most people would think that this would mean that you could make payments over time. This is what I thought. As it turns out, this is not the case. You make your down payment and then you must make the rest of your payment, the balance of the flight, within two weeks. This would be fine, if I had the money to afford that right up front. This is not fair to those who don't have much money. My school even suggested going through STA Travel for the down payment option and the ability to make monthly payments.
I'll take this as a lesson learned.
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