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My husband and I met in 2007, yet then we didn't know we were meant to be. He is from Cape Town and I am all the way from the little town called Potchefstroom. Our friendship started with my twin sister going overseas for work, as an aupair in the Nederlands. It was the first time for us sisters to be such a great distance apart, but thanks to airplanes the distance was only a ticket apart! Hendre was working in London when he met my sister on Myspace, and that's when I met him and became friends, within the two week visit in the Netherlands on my sister's Skype! A year later we made contact again and he asked me if I could be his date to his brother's wedding! Thanks again to a flight special I could afford to go visit him in CT and attend his brother's wedding! Yet it was at this little vacation I was bound to find out that this friendship was turning into something splendid. The night before I had to catch my plane back, he told me these words I'd never forget; I know you are my wife. Tears later, and the rest was history, we left it there and in the Lord's hands and off to the airport the next morning! Very sad I sat in the plane trying to forget that there was going to be more than a 1000km's between us when Mango, once again put a smile on my face. The flight attendant woke me up and asked me to take my hand luggage and handbag to the front… very surprised but curious to find out what he meant I I followed with only my handbag, just incase he was going to ask me to jump - I didn't want to be dropping like a rock (just joking). It turned out as a personal invite as the pilots requested him to go fetch me to join them in the cockpit! WOW that was the most wonderful flight experience ever! They were so nice! We had such an awesome chat while the autopilot had to do the job, so we arrived at OR Tambo 30min before schedule! Back at my home town time passed, things took a TURN between Hendre and I, we dated other people but still kept contact, turned out to be best friends, motivating and inspiring one another. Till the one day both the girl he was dating and the guy I was dating randomly ended the relationships and Hendre decided to come visit me! He officially asked me to be his girl and the FLYING started! In 2 years time I have gained more air miles than you could imagine a student's pocket could afford- BUT it was all thanks to SPECIALS! Time passed and he flew all the way with his last cents and with an engagement ring in his pocket and asked me to get married. Eventually Hendre moved to Potchefstroom as he got job transferred! After many struggles we were planning our wedding! We had to get my entire family to go down to CT, because of a little white beautiful church that stole my heart in Franschhoek! Again with a Mango Special email and a very quick response we managed to book 2 return tickets for my parents that were at the time hospitalized and very ill. We were paying for the entire wedding so after we bought their tickets we hadn't even money to buy peak season tickets for us to get to our own wedding! So the first week of December 2011 we went to Checkers, with a prayer and there it was, a blessing again, we bought 3x R560 tickets at the counter there and then for us and Hendre's brother that was going to marry us! We arrived in CT and started to finalize décor and catering (which we ended up doing ourselves) 2 weeks before the wedding. Wednesday before the wedding me a stressed out bride got the best phone call, it was my mom and dad telling me what a pleasant flight they had, and going on about how much my dad (who hated traveling) enjoyed the flight and how well they helped him assisting with his oxygen machine that he had to fly with. We got married on the 31st December 2011 on New Years Day, with loved ones, family and friends. Everyone could share in our special day, and if it wasn't for SA airlines specially Mango airlines, this story wouldn't have had such a beautiful ending. The most special part that I am still most grateful for is the fact that my father could have been there, for he passed away 40 days after our wedding. So, to conclude my letter I would love to end it with our special rating 10 out of 5! Yolande and Hendre Kruger.
 

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