Apple's Back to School Sale Live in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East

[MacRumors]

Apple today continued with the launch of its annual "Back to School" promotion, debuting back to school deals in most countries in Europe, some countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Mexico.

Higher education students and educators in the UK can get up to a £120 Apple gift card with the purchase of select Macs and iPads, which is a similar deal to the one that went live in the United States and Canada last month.

Apple is offering a £120 gift card with any new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or iMac, and a £80 gift card with the purchase of any new M4 iPad Pro, M2 iPad Air, or Mac mini. The gift card can be used towards purchases of Apple products and accessories, App Store apps, subscriptions to services like Apple Music, iCloud+ storage, and more.

Meanwhile in most other countries, Apple is offering AirPods with every Mac or an Apple Pencil with every iPad sold through its education stores.

Apple is providing its standard educational discounts, and students are able to get lower prices on Macs and iPads through the EDU store in each country, a link to which can be found under "Education" at the bottom of regional Apple stores. Students are also eligible for AppleCare+ at a 20% discount.

Apple's Back to School promotion requires verification through UNiDAYS in many countries, with full terms and conditions available on the promotional pages for Apple's country-specific websites.

Apple's Back to School Promotion will last through October 21, 2024 in most of the above listed countries, but it does end in September in some locations, such as Mexico.

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[StoneJack]

Excellent deal! Would be even better if they included lottery tickets for Vision Pro

 

[Fraserh02]

I find it odd that you only get a £80 gift card with an iPad Pro when the MacBook Air gets £120 and they both have the same starting price..

 

[contacos]

but our summer break is not even starting for another 23 days!

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

I find it odd that you only get a £80 gift card with an iPad Pro when the MacBook Air gets £120 and they both have the same starting price..

Perhaps if you could see the COSTS of each device??? Offer price only tells some of the story.

 

[ric22]

That's a bit soon for back to school, isn't it? Considering British kids are still at school and the holidays haven't even begun. It's not usually this early is it? Normally an August/September thing, no?

 

[timmyh]

That's a bit soon for back to school, isn't it? Considering British kids are still at school and the holidays haven't even begun. It's not usually this early is it? Normally an August/September thing, no?

Kids in Scotland finished school last week.

 

[StoneJack]

I find it odd that you only get a £80 gift card with an iPad Pro when the MacBook Air gets £120 and they both have the same starting price..

cause iPad got only 60% of Macbook's functionality

 

[ric22]

Oh, wow, it runs until the end of October. That means the "back to school" offer now runs for 1/3 of the year. They might as well just have this as a standard offer for students all year round.

So, do we think this means new Macs will be released on the first week of November?

 

[ric22]

Kids in Scotland finished school last week.

I never knew that Scotland's school holidays were so out of synch with everyone else's. Nice to see they aligned their holidays with China. 😅

 

[Minato1990]

I wonder should I take advantage of it while being in Japan with that exchange rate being fabulous!

 

[ric22]

I wonder should I take advantage of it while being in Japan with that exchange rate being fabulous!

Some Asian countries won't allow foreign students and teachers to take advantage of this deal, in case you're just visiting.

 

[Sirious]

I miss the times when they gave free Beats or AirPods but I guess its still a great deal - you can use the credit towards it.

 

[The Cockney Rebel]

I missed out by a few days!

 

[adrianlondon]

I never knew that Scotland's school holidays were so out of synch with everyone else's. Nice to see they aligned their holidays with China. 😅

Scotland only gets a maximum of two days of summer a year, and no one knows when they'll be.

 

[Isengardtom]

cause iPad got only 60% of Macbook's functionality

They probably have more stocks. The macs are last gen tech vs the iPad Pro

 

[afd]

Scotland only gets a maximum of two days of summer a year, and no one knows when they'll be.

Usually sometime before summer holidays start.

 

[ric22]

Usually sometime before summer holidays start.

My brother in law, who is from Thailand, visited Scotland a couple of summers ago. He was sitting in a pub garden in jeans and a coat, and remarked to my sister that it was a "bit cold"... it was the hottest day of the year up there. 😂

 

[No5tromo]

I'm surprised that Apple didn't use the DMA as an excuse to not offer back-to-school sales in the EU.

 

[afd]

My brother in law, who is from Thailand, visited Scotland a couple of summers ago. He was sitting in a pub garden in jeans and a coat, and remarked to my sister that it was a "bit cold"... it was the hottest day of the year up there. 😂

Doesn’t take much sunshine to trigger a Taps Aff event.

 

[svish]

In India it is AirPods and Pencil. A gift card would have been better.

 

[StoneJack]

In India it is AirPods and Pencil. A gift card would have been better.

I actually like both Airpods and Pencil. But a gift card is of course more like cash

 

[wib]

I wonder should I take advantage of it while being in Japan with that exchange rate being fabulous!

Sadly, it was from February to April, so we missed out on the discount and deals on the new iPads here. The Yen is really weak, and prices are really high, so it would have been a great help.

 

[MyAppleWorld]

I’m still in my return period with an education purchase - I am going to online chat this morning to ask if they will give me the £80 retrospectively