AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY, INC. (AIFS)
Contest Details
Submit a contest entry form between June 1 and October 13, 2025 and you could be one of 4 students to receive an AIFS Travel Package (travel package) including free round-trip airfare in connection with the AIFS Abroad program.*
Students who have already applied for an AIFS Abroad program will be automatically entered into this promotion.
*Terms and conditions apply.
For full prize details & terms and conditions, please visit our website https://www.aifsabroad.com/promotions/
No purchase is necessary to participate in this promotion. However, the travel package is only available to students who participate in an AIFS Abroad Spring or January Term 2026 Program.
Prize: Two winning entries will be selected at random per month in September and October 2025. Each prize winner will be notified by phone or email within 7 days after they have been selected as a winner. Prize winners will be published on the AIFS Abroad Facebook page by no later than October 30, 2025 at 5:00pm ET. This promotion is not open to employees of the American Institute For Foreign Study, Inc. (AIFS) and their immediate families. See terms and conditions for details.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
AIFS Abroad Free Flight Contest Terms and Conditions:
1. This contest is subject to the following Terms and Conditions. Participation in this promotion is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
2. The Promoter is the American Institute For Foreign Study, Inc. (AIFS), 1 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905.
3. Entry is only open to residents of the United States aged 18 years or older at the time of entry (19 in AL, DE or NE, 21 in MS). Employees (and their immediate families) of the Promoter or any companies in the Promoter’s group of companies and agencies associated with this promotion (including but not limited to advertising, promotion and production agencies) are ineligible to enter. Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child or step-child (whether natural or by adoption), parent, or step-parent.
4. Promotion commences at 4:00pm ET, on June 1, 2025 and closes at 11:59pm ET, on October 13, 2025 (the Promotion Period). The Promoter reserves the right to extend this period at any time, in its sole discretion.
5. The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or who tampers, or attempts to tamper, with the entry process.
How to Enter
AIFS Abroad Free Flight Contest Terms and Conditions:
6. To enter, entrants must, within the Promotion Period, complete an entry form available at https://welcome.aifsabroad.com/landing/aifs-abroad-free-flight-promo/
7. All students who have already applied to an AIFS Abroad program before the Promotion Period will be automatically entered in the promotion.
8. Two winning entries will be selected at random in each of September and October, 2025.
9. Errors and omissions may be accepted at the Promoter's discretion. Failure of the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
10. Incomplete, indecipherable or illegible entries will be deemed invalid.
Prizes
11. Winners will receive a voucher for an AIFS Travel Package including round-trip airfare from one of 25 different U.S. gateways to and from their destination, plus airport transfers to and from campus (valued at approximately $800 to $1500 USD) for any Spring or January Term 2026 AIFS Abroad program (pending availability, subject to blackout dates over peak periods and any applicable embargo periods). Value is dependent on U.S. departure gateway and destination.
12. Although any eligible student may enter this contest, prizes may only be used by participants in the AIFS Abroad program. Each prize will be applied as a credit against the participant's account. No cash prizes will be awarded or issued.
13. In order to receive the prize, winners must book flights and airport transfers through AIFS or its designee. Winners who choose to book their own flights will not be eligible to receive the prize, will be responsible for connecting with the AIFS group at the program location, and will need to make their own ground transportation arrangements to and from the airport.
14. Any prize not used for a Spring or January Term 2026 AIFS Abroad program will expire and be deemed forfeit.
15. The prize will be valid for Spring or January Term 2026 programs (pending availability, subject to blackout dates over peak periods and any applicable embargo periods). Travel must be booked through AIFS and will only be applicable to and from an AIFS Abroad program. The travel package is only available to Students on AIFS Abroad programs in Spring or January Term 2026. For Spring 2026: Study Abroad, Internship, Study + Internship, and Study + Travel semester programs. For January Term 2026: Study Abroad and Study + Travel programs. The prize is not applicable to Virtual Internships, Group or Faculty-Led Programs. All prize winners must hold and provide copies of valid passports in order to book tickets.
16. The prizes awarded to the winners do NOT include: spending money, meals, taxes (other than airfare taxes), travel insurance, passports, visas, vaccinations, excess baggage, fuel levies and surcharges, and all other travel related expenses and add-ons including items of a personal nature, in-room charges and all other ancillary costs. All such costs and expenses will be and remain the sole responsibility of the prize winners. Frequent Flyer points cannot be earned or accrued as part of this prize and prize winner tickets cannot be upgraded using frequent flyer points, by payment, or by any other means. Airline or status credits do not apply to these tickets. Lounge access is not included in this prize. Any change fees are the responsibility of the prize winner. Tickets cannot be reissued for re-routes. All travel must be booked prior to the departure date by AIFS. The airline, departure and return dates will be booked and determined at the discretion of AIFS based on availability.
17. Each prize winner is responsible for ensuring that they have the necessary and valid travel documentation as indicated by AIFS Abroad’s program terms and conditions. Each prize winner will be responsible for any and all costs and expenses incurred in obtaining necessary travel documentation, including any fines or penalties that may be incurred as a result of not having the requisite travel documentation.
18. If the prize is unavailable, the Promoter, in its discretion, reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal value and/or specification, subject to any written directions from a regulatory authority.
19. Prizes are not transferable, refundable, or exchangeable and cannot be exchanged for cash or other goods or services.
Notice & Acceptance
20. Each prize winner will be notified by phone or email within 7 days after they have been selected as a winner. Prize winners will be published on the AIFS Abroad Facebook page by no later than October 30, 2025 at 5:00pm ET.
21. Each prize winner will receive an email with instructions on how to confirm acceptance of their prize. If a prize winner does not accept their prize within 14 days of transmission of the email, the prize winner will forfeit the prize and the Promoter may, at its discretion, award the prize to another entrant selected at random. The new prize winner must confirm acceptance of the prize within 7 days of transmission of notification via email.
22. Each prize winner will be required to: (a) provide their full mailing address, which address must be within the United States; (b) sign and return a release of liability, declaration of eligibility, and/or, where lawful, a publicity release permitting the Promoter and its affiliates to use their name, image, voice, likeness and biography for advertising and promotion (without further compensation), in the Promoter’s sole discretion; and (c) verify their Social Security Number or other taxpayer identification number.
LIABILITY/TERMS AND CONDITIONS
23. Each entrant (each, a "Releasor") releases and holds harmless the Promoter, the sponsor of any prize, any other persons or entities involved in this promotion, each of its and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any liability for any losses, damages or costs of any kind whatsoever ("Losses") arising out of or resulting from (a) his or her registration or inability to participate in this promotion, (b) lost or delayed data transmission, and/or (c) any other error in the administration of this promotion, due to any cause, including, but not limited to, any technical malfunction, failure, interruption or defect of the Promoter’s computer systems or servers, or any network, equipment, software, or due to human error, or any combination of the any of the foregoing.
24. Each Releasor further releases and holds harmless all Released Parties any from liability for any Losses arising out of (a) any determination by the Promoter to disqualify a Releasor for any reason, including, but not limited to, a violation of these Terms and Conditions or applicable laws; (b) the acceptance, delivery, receipt, possession or use of a prize; (c) any injury or damage to any computer or other device related to or resulting from Releasor’s participation in this promotion; and/or (d) any conditions arising from events beyond the Promoter’s control.
25. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE PROMOTER NOR ANY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS PROMOTION, HOWSOEVER CAUSED, WHETHER ARISING IN STATUTE, TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH RELEASED PARTY WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ALL SUCH DAMAGES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED.
General
26. If this promotion is interfered with in any way or is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated for any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law (a) to disqualify any entrant; or (b) to modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the promotion, as appropriate.
27. The Promoter may (but is not obliged to) at any time reject or disqualify or invalidate any entry that it considers (in its sole judgment) violates these Terms and Conditions. The Promoter will have no liability to entrants in that regard.
28. The use of any automated entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that allows an entrant to automatically enter repeatedly is prohibited and will render all entries submitted by that entrant invalid.
29. Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, the Promoter: (a) is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer equipment, software, technical problems or traffic congestion on any computer system or at any website, or any combination thereof, including (but not limited to) any injury or damage to participants or any other person’s property related to or resulting from participation in this promotion; (b) accepts no responsibility for any incorrect or inaccurate information, either caused by entrants, by third parties, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in connection with this promotion, or by any technical error that may occur in the course of this Promotion; and (c) accepts no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access.
30. To the fullest extent permitted by law and without limiting any other conditions of entry, the Promoter may, in its sole discretion, terminate, cancel, modify or suspend this promotion at any time for any reason. All entrants participating in this promotion at the point of termination, modification or suspension of the promotion will be notified by email. In the event of any modification or suspension of the promotion, the entrant may choose to terminate their participation in the promotion at no cost.
31. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any tax implications that may arise from the receipt of a prize. Independent financial advice should be sought.
32. As a condition of accepting the prize, each prize winner must sign any legal documentation as and in the form required by the Promoter in its sole discretion, including but not limited to a legal release and indemnity form.
33. The Promoter may, for an indefinite period, unless otherwise advised, use the information provided by each entrant for promotional, marketing, publicity, research and profiling purposes. Entrants should direct any request to opt out, access, update or correct information to the Promoter.