Discover The Best Cheap Flights To South Africa, Kenya & Rest of Africa!
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If you want to find cheap flights to South Africa,
then our top tip is to use consolidators.And like I mentioned above with the search engine we just found you can search for flights to South Africa from consolidators as well as the airlines in one step!
Plus you can save on first class, business class and economy flights to South Africa as well as flights within South Africa.
Why are consolidator flights generally the cheapest flights to South Africa?
It’s simple!
Consolidators are essentially wholesalers that buy a huge number of airline tickets for flights to South Africa then resell them to the public. The airlines give the consolidators a tremendous discount because of the volumes they buy and they pass on a big part of that discount on the flights to South Africa when they resell to you. Most of the time they offer the best fare possible up to 85% off of the published airfares.
Before we found this search engine we found that all too often consolidator fares were generally only available if you are traveling from the USA. Though bucket shops in the UK perform a similar function.
Now however this search engine enables you to get great fares on flights to South Africa even if you are traveling from other countries - rather than just the US or the UK.
The guidelines below will help you find the lowest cost flights to South Africa.
Here are some additional tips on how you can save money no matter where you are traveling from. These tips apply to first class airfare, business class airfare, economy airfare on flights to South Africa (Cape Town & Johannesburg) Nairobi, Kenya, Tanzania & other places in Africa.
- If flying from the USA or Canada, investigate flying via Europe
- Look into flights from Europe to Africa (especially via London.
Often in off peak times of year - the US winter, and fall for example) flights to Africa are discounted. The same is true for the South African winter -- June through August. After you get your low cost flight from London, then add on a flight from the US.This can work very well during the off-season when flights between Europe and the US are very inexpensive (November to mid-December and January to March).
- Direct Flights from the USA
Direct flights from the US to Africa are usually more expensive than those via Europe. This is because you have far fewer airlines & thus far fewer airlines. Obviously these flights fill up more quickly. A few examples of direct flights include: Delta Airlines and South African Airways (United flies to South Africa via a code share flight with South African Airways)Often both Delta and South African Airways will sell tickets to consolidators. So check our cheap flights to South Africa page – It has a search engine to help you find these fares from the USA.
Delta flies to Johannesburg, South Africa from Atlanta and SAA flies to both Cape Town and Johannesburg from New York, Washington DC, and soon will fly to South Africa from Chicago.
- Look At Flying Through Countries With Historic Links To Africa
If you are flying from or via Europe, remember that most European countries that once had colonies in Africa still have fairly close ties to those new countries. And they have good airline connections from their capitals or leading business cities to these former colonies.Here are some examples:
- UK – Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
- France – Senegal, Cote D’Ivoire
- Germany – Namibia, Tanzania
- Netherlands – South Africa
- Italy – Ethiopia
- Portugal – Angola, Mozambique
In brief, if you are looking for a flight to a West African country, use Paris as your hub. For East and Southern Africa most flights will go in and out of London.
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