South Africa jumpseat/Travel??

[4defers]

Does anyone have any ideas/experience on how to get to South Africa, Thanks.

 

[dojetdriver]

Try a ZED fair on a Euro carrier. A friend of mine used to go to Capetown on Virgin using a ZED.

I think Gemini may go there to, not sure which city though. Check their website, they have their schedule on there.

 

[TNPILOT]

I don't believe Gemini will work since CASS is for domestic only. Unless of course there is some ZED fair out there for them that I'm unaware of. You could probably get a ZED on South African Airways out of either JFK or IAD.

 

[dojetdriver]

I don't believe Gemini will work since CASS is for domestic only. Unless of course there is some ZED fair out there for them that I'm unaware of. You could probably get a ZED on South African Airways out of either JFK or IAD.

It's not a CASS issue.

You can jump seat on Polar, Atlas, and I'm pretty sure GAC worldwide. Never done it myself, but I know guys that use Atlas/Polar to get to the Orient, Europe, and Australia.

FedEdx and UPS won't take you int'l but it has nothing to do with CASS.

 

[Aubie]

This probably isn't much help, but my company had a positive-space deal with South African Airways and I went with them to Jo'berg, Capetown, and Nairobi. They were fantastic. Tix were super-cheap but had to pay what the taxes would have been on the full fare. Each flight was only half-full at most back in Feb.

 

[Hoke]

Try Lufthansa via Frankfurt. They're very accomodating. Usually they'll put you in the crew rest area as a last resort if flight is full rather than leave you behind.

 

[iflysky]

I used to fly to Johannesburg twice a year and always took Virgin through LHR. I beleive with ZED Medium it was around $200 round trip with taxes included. To get to LHR I just flew on one of the US carriers. Awesome company and they treated me well everytime. BTW I think Delta does JNB once a day.