DBN to CPT

SouthAfrica.TO survey 8 Aug 2007 flights surveyed on 12 Jul 2007

Mango Airlines is the only cheap flight we could find from DBN to CPT (Durban to Cape Town), costing R699 (we only looked at flights in the late afternoon on the 8th August).

Flights from DBN to CPT		Bus trips from DBN to CPT
BA - British Airways : economy class	1435	Baz Bus (7 day pass)	1200
Kulula.com : economy class	sold out	Citiliner bus	390
Mango Airlines : economy class	699	City to City bus	370
1time Airline : economy class	sold out	Greyhound bus	495
SAA - South African Airways : economy class	1768	SA Roadlink bus	550
BA business class SAA business class	2894 2817	Translux bus	510

BA's record flight price

The R1435 that British Airways are charging is a record flight price for them them on this route. We have been surveying the DBN - CPT flight route since 19 May 2007, and the previous highest flight price from British Airways was R1235 in our 31 May 2008 survey.

SA Roadlink expensive

We don't normally focus on the most expensives buses, but we are surprised by SA Roadlink. When we started surveying bus trips, SA Roadlink was often cheapest. Last time we surveyed the DBN-CPT route, their site wasn't working, and today it started working at the 3rd attempt. Then we discover that they are the most expensive of the conventional buses (R550). Taking into account their spate of accidents (read further), it seems they are in the news for all the wrong reasons.

Business class flights

SAA offered the cheapest business class flight from DBN to CPT (R2817), just over a thousand rand more expensive than their equivalent economy class flight (R1768).

City to City bus cheapest

The City to City bus is building up a track record of offering the cheapest bus trips. In today's survey they offer a price of R370 from DBN to CPT.

Departure City	Destination City	Full Price	Departure Date & Time	Arrival Date & Time	Carrier
DURBAN	CAPE TOWN	510.00	08 August - 06h30	09 August - 09h10	Translux bus
DURBAN	CAPE TOWN	370.00	08 August - 06h45	09 August - 08h45	City to City bus
DURBAN	CAPE TOWN	510.00	08 August - 17h00	09 August - 17h45	Translux bus
DURBAN	CAPE TOWN	370.00	08 August - 17h45	09 August - 18h30	City to City bus

Car rentals at Cape Town Airport

We looked at car rental prices at Cape Town Airport, and Avis South Africa are the cheapest. The prices below reflect the cost of renting a car for the weekend from the 8th August to the 10th August. Europcar and Imperial Car Rental's (Imperial Car Rental has been rebranded Europcar South Africa since 1 July 2009) prices have gone down to R373, but they are still the most expensive. Thrifty Car Rental's price went up by a rand. First Car Rental's price has also gone up, but this is because they have run out of class L vehicles.

Europcar rentals	Avis South Africa	Budget rent a car	Hertz car rental	Imperial car rental	First Car Rental	Tempest car hire	Thrifty car rental
373	329	333	-	373	368	331	337

Hotel prices in Cape Town

Once you've landed in Cape Town and rented a car, you may want to book a hotel for the night. Here is a selection of hotels in Cape Town and their prices (one night's accommodation on the 8th August):

Protea Hotel Break water Lodge	Court-yard Cape Town	City Lodge V&A Water-front	Town Lodge Bellville	Road Lodge Cape Town Airport	Southern Sun V&A	StayEasy Century City	Garden Court De Waal	Sun Int The Table Bay V&A
no rooms	915	889	532	355	1287	689	594	3600

The Protea Hotel Breakwater Lodge doesn't have any rooms available (in the previous survey they charged R610 for a night's accommodation) - the only other time they have been fully booked was in our 4 Apr 2008 survey. The City Lodge Hotel group (Courtyard, City Lodge, Town Lodge & Road Lodge) all increased their prices (effective 1 July). The Courtyard hotel increased their price from R855 to R915, the City Lodge hotel increased their price from R831 to R889, the Town Lodge hotel increased their price from R532 to R569 and the Road Lodge hotel increased their price from R355 to R380. The Southern Sun V&A's price went up from R940 to R1287 and the StayEasy hotel Century City went up from R535 to R689. Only the Garden Court De Waal & Sun International's The Table Bay had their hotel prices staying constant.

Excuse me driver but are you awake?

Rumours abound of passengers singing to keep their bus drivers awake, and SA Roadlink are on the back foot - they've suffered two accidents in June and recently released a press statement saying the one wasn't their fault. They're also involved in a court case about their December 2006 accident in Pietermaritzburg when a number of people died. This week they released "six key safety standards" which they'll abide by. Hats off to SA Roadlink for doing that - comes too late for those who died though.

Logan to London to Johannesburg

A lady's hockey team made a great trek from Logan Airport to London to Johannesburg. They visited the Lion Park, and judging from the number of blogs I read which have written about it, petting the baby lions is a highlight [this blog posting has since been removed, which is why there is no link to it].

Photo of the day

A Spicejet aircraft (operates in India) in a brand-spanking new Boeing comes in to land.

 

 

 

 

 

Ryanair still buying planes

With oil prices on the rise, we have some airliners going under (Silverjet, Eos & Nationwide), but not everybody in the airline industry is slowing down - locally Interlink Airline has opened a JHB-CPT flight route, and internationally Ryanair has just exercised an option to have 3 Boeing 737-800 new generation planes delivered.

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