Vroom: Most car hire complaints involve misunderstandings surrounding credit card deposits. At First Car Rental there is an amount blocked, rather than a transfer to a First Car Rental account.
If you've got it, flaunt it! Because we skim we're pretty good at finding cheap flights to London, we are now dedicating an entire section of our newsletter to this cause.
Cruise news: There is now a 10% discount available on SI010, the 7 Jan 2013 Sinfonia cruise from Cape Town to Walvis Bay.
London flights
Have a look on on the right hand side of this page to see our London flights section. There are 3 main types of clients who want to fly to London:
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those looking for the cheapest flight no matter how many stops it takes
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those looking for the cheapest direct flights
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those looking for the cheapest direct business-class flight
Our aim is to provide info to assist everybody.
Pro tip 1
If you're struggling to do the booking yourself, then simply click on one of the links, navigate to near the bottom of the page & ask your question. One of our travel consultants will be delighted to assist you.
Pro tip 2
Flight prices change all the time, it's just the way it is, so the first thing to do if you want to make a booking is to check whether the price advertised is still available, or available for your dates. To do so, click on the price and get a quotation.
British Airways increases CPT - LHR flights
From the 28h October 2012 until March 2013, BA are doubling their CPT-LHR flights from 7 to 14 a week.
From R850 per room per night for 2 people at Cultivar Guest Lodge near Stellenbosch
The cheapest flight from Johannesburg to London has fallen to R5762* again (same for Cape Town to London) - this wont last long.
Cheap JNB-London from R5762*
Cheap CPT-London from R5762*
Cheap DUR-London from R8639*
Direct JNB-London from R8197*
Direct CPT-London from R8677*
B. Class JNB-LON from R38075*
B. Class CPT-LON from R40839*
1-way JNB-LON from R3629*
*Very limited availability when we checked & prices have probably increased already. Click through the link on the price to check whether the price is still available.
* there was very limited availability when we checked flight prices, so please navigate through to link in order to see if the featured price has changed.
From 1 October, Qantas is using a re-configured Boeing 747-400 on the Johannesburg - Sydney route. This means 14 extra seats, but no first class service.
Air Nigeria has ceased all operations.
The Purple shall rule! "During the last five years, South Africa has outpaced the growth of all competitor locations in the leisure arrivals category. Foreign direct spend in rand terms has grown faster than arrivals, with an 11% per-annum growth rate. South Africa’s tourism industry has also managed to build on the momentum achieved during a record-breaking 2010, by growing an additional 3,3% and attracting over 8,3 million international tourists in 2011." Minister Marthinus Van Schalkwyk at the South African Travel and Tourism Industry Conference
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The Bottom Line: "Costs were negatively impacted by the October increase in ACSA tariffs of 70%, and by the effect on maintenance and lease costs of the 11% average weakening of the rand. Numerous individual cost saving initiatives were therefore launched during the year, the most significant being the opening of our in-house flight catering units in Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the opening of a new crew base in Cape Town. Employment costs were kept stable by applying a salary and headcount freeze for the 2012 calendar year, thereby avoiding any retrenchments." Comair's group results for the year ended 30 June 2012