South African Airways has 4 car hire partners : Avis, Budget, Europcar and Hertz. Often these car rental prices are cheaper than booking directly via the car rental companies' own websites, as SAA has negotiated special rates for fly-drive packages. There are also sometimes competitions to win stuff if you book your car via the SAA site (sometimes restricted to Voyager members).
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Some of the rates supplied are exclusve to SAA - for example with Avis there are weekend specials. Avis also gives discounts for international travel, especially in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the Middle-East. Prices are quoted with standard waivers and a bit more with super waivers - you decide how much protection you want.
Europcar quotes the highest daily rate for rentals under 4 days, the 2nd highest for weekend rates, and the lowest rates for over 4 days rentals. There are sometimes competitions running where if you book with Europcar you stand a chance to win a car. You can choose behing Europcar's standard cover and their super cover.
South African Airways is not alone in setting up fly-drive specials with car rental agencies. Their main full-service rival is British Airways Comair, who also offer car hire via their website - however, their only supplier seems to be Avis; whereas SAA use all of Hertz, Europocar, Avis & Budget.
Category : South African Airways