Collegiate Athletics Group Airfares: Consolidator Rates for NCAA and NAIA Programs
Athletic department travel budgets are under pressure every season. The difference between what your program pays for group airfares and what it should pay — with consolidator access — is often the margin between a balanced travel budget and an overage conversation with your AD.
Best Group Airfares has provided exclusive consolidator group airfares to collegiate athletic programs for over 20 years. We work with the travel coordinator or athletic director directly, and we handle every detail from seat blocking to name changes to ticketing timelines.
What Collegiate Programs Get With BGA
- Consolidator fares — not available through airline group desks or standard travel agencies
- Roster flexibility — name change windows built into the contract so late additions don’t cost your program at full retail
- Schedule alignment — departure and arrival windows built around game days, not airline convenience
- Single point of contact — one person managing your entire travel season, not a call center
- Multi-sport support — we handle football, basketball, soccer, track, and any other program moving 10+ people
The Real Cost of In-House Booking
Many programs have a coordinator who handles travel as one of many responsibilities. They book through the airline’s group desk, which is publicly available, but not the most competitive rate structure. On a 50-person football travel party, the gap between a group desk rate and a consolidator rate commonly runs $5,000 to $12,000 per trip. Across a season of away games and tournament travel, that adds up quickly.
We make the coordinator’s job easier — one call, one contact, one confirmation — and we save the program money at the same time.
Conference and Tournament Travel
Conference championships and NCAA tournament brackets move fast. We have the relationships and inventory access to lock seats quickly when your program’s travel window is short. We have managed same-week bookings for tournament runs at every level.
Get a Quote for Your Program
Send us your schedule, destination cities, and typical squad size. We will return a real consolidator rate you can take to your athletic director.
