Internal South African flights

External Since: May 29, 2004 Posts: 53

I'm wondering if it is cheaper to purchase airline tickets for trips
within South Africa before leaving the US, or wait until there to buy
the tickets?

I'm considering 2 flights: Capetown to Durban, then Durban to Joburg.
Fares on the US site of SAA seem high, while on the SA site of SAA
seem quite reasonable, but can't be purchased on line without a
SA-issued credit card. Does this mean that those good fares wouldn't
be available to me (a US citizen) once in SA?

Thanks for the advice!

Cheers,
Ann

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External Since: Sep 28, 2003 Posts: 896

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:47:53 GMT, Ann B. <annREMOVE.RemoveThis@pipeline.com>
wrote:

>I'm wondering if it is cheaper to purchase airline tickets for trips
>within South Africa before leaving the US, or wait until there to buy
>the tickets?
>
>I'm considering 2 flights: Capetown to Durban, then Durban to Joburg.
>Fares on the US site of SAA seem high, while on the SA site of SAA
>seem quite reasonable, but can't be purchased on line without a
>SA-issued credit card. Does this mean that those good fares wouldn't
>be available to me (a US citizen) once in SA?

I bought internal flights happily from a travel agent within SA when I
was there, there's probably a good chance a local TA would be able to
help you out before you arrived too.

Jim.