BA cheapest to Cape Town

7 Jan 2011 flights surveyed on 10 Dec 2010 South Africa Travel Online

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BA cheapest to Cape Town

What's going on? For the second time in a row, British Airways are cheapest (trying to fill up that extra flight they've put on?) and Mango Flex is cheaper than the standard Mango prices on the Durban to Cape Town flight route (see the 29 Oct 2010 survey where British Airways were also cheapest).

one-way flights from Durban to Cape Town *		bus/train trips from DUR to Cape Town
BA - British Airways : economy class flight BA6306 departs DUR 1800 arrives CPT 2010	891	Shosholoza Meyl economy (Wednesdays) departs DUR 1830 arrives CPT 0845	360
Mango Flex flight JE369 departs DUR 1730 arrives CPT 1940	920	City to City bus coach departs DUR 1745 arrives CPT 1830	440
1time Airline : economy class flight 1T647 departs DUR 1750 arrives CPT 2000	959	Citiliner bus coach via Port Elizabeth departs DUR 1645 arrives CPT 1900	460
Mango: economy class flight JE369 departs DUR 1730 arrives CPT 1940	979	Translux bus coach departs DUR 1700 arrives CPT 1745	570
Mango Plus flight JE369 departs DUR 1730 arrives CPT 1940	1045	Intercape bus coach via Bloemfontein departs DUR 1030 arrives CPT 1035	600
SAA - South African Airways : economy class flight SA7975 departs DUR 1730 arrives CPT 1940	1551	Greyhound bus coach via Bloemfontein departs DUR 1130 arrives CPT 0915	605
Kulula Air : economy class flight MN6306 departs DUR 1800 arrives CPT 2010	1719	Shosholoza Meyl tourist class (Wednesdays) departs DUR 1830 arrives CPT 0845	740
BA - British Airways : business class/club flight BA6306 departs DUR 1800 arrives CPT 2010	3048	SA Roadlink bus coach departs DUR 0630 arrives CPT 0730	799
SA Express (from 10 January 2011)	-	Baz Bus 7 day pass	1460

* one-way flights from Durban to Cape Town, leaving Durban between 1349 & 2146 on the 7th January 2011. Prices will change.

Accommodation in Cape Town

Cheapest Cape Town accommodation is at the Hoerikwaggo Bed & Breakfast Backpackers from R220 a night.

Car Rentals in Cape Town

We priced the cost of car hire from Cape Town International Airport from 21h00 on the 7th January 2011 until 13h00 on the 9th January 2011 as follows:

	Europcar Cape Town	First Car Rental unlimited mileage	Compare Car Hire	Car Trawler rental	Cherry Moss car hire
Total	446	626	612	451	458
Per Day	223	313	306	226	230
free km per day	200 km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km	200 km
rate per km	R1.47 km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km	Unlimited km	R1.68 km

Cape Town to Lesotho

Mkrower writes of the second leg of his trip, from Cape Town to Lesotho. They said fairwell to Cape Paradise Lodge, dropped off their rental car and hopped onto an SA Express flight from Cape Town to Bloemfontein:

• " Security is pretty light here and there are no issues even with our bulging cabin bags."

• "We laugh at one of the Kulula aircraft that has “This Way Up” and big arrows pointing upwards on it."

• "Amazingly, this is the second flight with South African Airways where we depart early." 

• "I hand over the hire confirmation documents to the Europcar person, who taps on his computer and then asks “will you still be in Bloemfontein tomorrow?”. This worries me and I say not and that we’re touring and will be in Lesotho this afternoon. His response is the worst possible – the car we are meant to have isn’t available as it is having a tyre repaired and there is no direct alternative. He suggests that we could instead have a two seat Toyota twin-cab 4×4 or a Hyundai Tucson 2×4."

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