Recommend online flight booking to South Africa

Kabous

As title says please. Looking for deal to SA at short notice from UK (LHR, MAN) will also consider other airports. Leaving 7 July.

Have tried:
Netflights
Opodo
Kayak
Expedia
Ebookers

Any further suggestions?

Grateful as always.

K

PeacefulWaters

When do you return?
Where in South Africa?

Skyscanner
Google Flights

Egyptian and Turkish options may be of interest. No idea how good they are.

Kabous

Return 4-5 weeks later. Thanks will try your suggestions also. Prices are hugely different.

Caz3121

Kabous wrote: »

R Prices are hugely different.

be aware that many third party sites do not show live pricing so many of the fares advertised may not actually be available to purchase
often the process will be....
make a 'request for booking' with the third party for £x
agent charges your card and then 24/48 hours later call to advise that the flight you requested is not available at that price and need an additional £y
at this point you can either pay the extra or wait for the money already paid to be refund (may take weeks)
If you want to see the real prices look at the fares offered direct from the airline

Voyager2002

The process will be very much easier if you book direct with an airline.I suggest that you have a look at Ethiopian Airlines: their fares are reasonable; the in-flight experience is acceptable; they offer a free stop-over in Addis Ababa (which is well worth seeing).

Kabous

Thanks for advice. Helluva price differences between turd parties and airline direct. As expected this will cost 2 arms and 1 leg due to shirt notice of trip.

Teahfc

Try dial a flight !

duchy

July is high season so bargains are unlikely but you may find the prices from Dublin more to your liking even with adding on a cheap placement flight from the UK to Dublin.

I'd use either google flights or kayak.co.uk to check the prices

NiftyDigits

Since you haven't put any examples of prices quoted, how can you expected to be helped?

Kabous

Nifty, if you have read my 1st post you would know I asked for other vendors/website to try. But as you ask for best current prices I have found:

Depart 9 July, return 10 Aug
1 Adult, 1 x 14yo, 1 x 11yo

Google flights from:
Dublin - Qatar €2228
Manchester - Qatar £1650, Emirates £1950
LHR - Egypt £1770

Netflights:
Dublin - BA £1800
Manchester - Emirates £1600-1700, Swiss £2000
LHR - Swiss £1900

Air France:
£2540
£2400
£2258


Kayak:
£1800+
£1900
Lots of option with long connecting times. Cost of getting to London and back makes others better option


Lots of flights with verrrry long connections so tried to avoid them.

NiftyDigits

Cheapest I found from London to Jo'burg was around £477 per person, but that was leaving around the 4th.
Next was Arik Air from the 7th to the 14th for an adult price of £500.
Not that I am recommending them.
Now you have posted some examples, perhaps some will come up with better examples.
No long connections involved.