dublin to south africa ...

with the Lions tour in South Africa in June and July ... i was looking for flights from Dublin to South Africa ...

trailfinders assert that their best price to DURban is eur 650 with Etihad, and eur 519 to JohaNnesBurg with Swiss - but since you can't book online, i have no idea of their availability ...

Etihad's own website doesn't allow bookings to DUR [presumably trailfinders use another airline for the final leg] - but their flights to JNB don't look cheap - mostly around eur 715.

Emirates claims to have flights from DUB to JNB for eur 608 [using EI flights to LGW], but they aren't bookable online ...

AirFrance has a good selection of dates from DUB to JNB for eur 570 - such as o/bound 17th june, and i/bound 1st july.

Swiss has flights from DUB to JNB for eur 511 with good availability on the outbound legs, but the only return dates are 12th and 13th july ...

netflights is better at searching by fare - selecting their Latest Offers menu, and then clicking on any of the flight options, you can access their full list of fares, and then play around with dates to look for availability at the lowest rate. they only offer fares from the UK.

they have flights on Etihad from MANchester to JNB for an amazing gbp 254 - the o/bound leg is reaonably flexible, but the i/bound has little availability - the latest return date is 23rd june. with a 9.30am departure time, and an arrival back into MAN at 7.30am - the first flights of the day arrive into MAN at 7.30am from DUB, with a lunchtime return flight ... using a departure date of 17th june - the price is approx eur 20 with FR or eur 52 with EI ! and to go over the previous night before the o/bound flight would be a similar price.

netflights also have Etihad flights from LHR to JNB for a similarly amazing 262 gbp - again the o/bound leg has reasonable availability, but the latest i/bound date is 23rd june. the LHR departure is at 9.10am, arriving back into LHR at 7.20am - the first arrival into LHR from DUB is at 8.05am - too tight for an intercontinental flight. using a departure from DUB on 16th june - the last flight into LHR, and an early morning flight back on 24th june [overnight from JNB], the price would be about eur 70.

the usually reliable websites expedia, ebookers, opodo & travelocity aren't so good for very flexible travel ... but they have the same Etihad deal [travelocity also has a departure on 24th] ... but when DUBlin is selected as the departure point - the prices double, and AF becomes the cheapest option ...

johannesburg to port elizabeth ...

looking to travel from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth around saturday 5th may ...

1time.co.za only has 1 flight on the Sat [just before midday] for 399 ZAR [28 gbp], and 1 on the Sun for the same price ...

flysaa.com has 4 flights on the Sat each for 433 ZAR [31 gbp], and 5 flights on the Sun, 2 of which are 433 ZAR, and the last flight is 331 ZAR [23 gbp] ...

flynationwide.co.za has a single flight on the Sat for 473 ZAR [33 gbp] and 2 on the Sun for 416 ZAR [approx 29 gbp] ...

kulula.co.za has a flight on the Sat afternoon for 469 ZAR [33 gbp], and another in the morning for 499 ZAR [35 gbp], with 2 on the Sun for 469 ZAR and another for 499 ZAR ...

ba.com has 2 flights on the Sat and 3 on the Sun for 614 ZAR [43 gbp] ...

london - maputo ... pemba - london

looking to fly from London to Maputo, departing around Sat 14th Apr ... and Pemba [Mozambique] to London departing around Saturday 28th April ...

expedia.co.uk have flights with Virgin and SAA from 826 gbp ...

travelocity.co.uk has the same flights for 831 gbp ...

ebookers.co.uk has SAA flights for 882 gbp ...

opodo.co.uk is not able to quote on any flights ...

another option would be to book a LON - JNB return, and separate JNB-MPM and POL-JNB flights ... unfortunately flysaa.com does not display prices for the POL-JNB route ...


traveljungle.co.uk does not allow open jaw flights

trabber.com does not allow open jaw flights

majortravel.co.uk does not allow open jaw flights

london - johannesburg ...

looking to fly to Johannesburg, departing London around Fri 13th Apr ... and departing Johannesburg around Saturday 5th May ...

travelocity.co.uk have Kenya Airways for 444 gpb, but the return flight leaves early morning, arriving into London early morning ...

expedia.co.uk have AirFrance/KLM flights for 461 gbp, but the outbound flight leaves london early morning ... they also have Emirates flights for 487 gpb ... and DIRECT flights with SAA for 637 gbp ...

opodo.co.uk have Air France flights for 491 gbp ...

ebookers.co.uk have Kenya Airways for 452 gbp, and Emirates for 486 gbp ... SAA for 627 gbp, Virgin for 645 gpb, and BA for 655 gbp

majortravel.co.uk have KLM flights for 515 gbp ... and no availability on any other fares ...

traveljungle.co.uk have Kenya Airways and Emirates flight for similar prices, and Iberia for 468 gbp ...

trabber.com doesn't have any other fares ...


flysaa.com have flights for 617 gbp ...

virginatlantic.com have flights for 645 gbp ...

ba.com have flights for 1,127 gbp ...

dublin - johannesburg

looking to fly to Johannesburg, departing Dublin on Sat 14th Apr ... and departing Johannesburg on Saturday 5th May ...
travelocity.co.uk have AirFrance flights for 455 gbp

opodo.co.uk have KLM/AirFrance flights for 521 gbp

expedia.co.uk have KLM/AirFrance flights for the same price

ebookers.ie have BA flights for 816 eur

majortravel.co.uk does not have availability on any of its fares

johannesburg to maputo ...

looking to fly from JNB to MPM on Sat 14th or Sun 15th Apr ... returning on Sat 5th May ...

SAA have return flights for 2,016 ZAR - approx 220 eur, 146 gbp ...

SAA also have single flexible flights for 1,506 ZAR - approx 110 gbp ... but their website won't give a price on single inflexible flights ...

LAM do not have their April flights loaded on their website.