Secret flying: Ireland to South Africa from €355 return!

markoire

This is a great deal, booked for myself and the OH just there for next March. You can play around with dates a bit as well. Cheapest I've ever seen flights to South Africa. http://www.secretflying.com/2016/04/irish-cities-to-cape-town-south-africa-from-only-e388-roundtrip/

errlloyd

Big one for rugby fans. You can get flights for this June for 355 and go see the Ireland tests.

Del007

I've booked next March for 2 weeks in cape town. Can't wait, she reckons she's going to be murdered, I should be so lucky

bkrangle

Thanks OP, I'll be using this to visit my sister in Jo'burg

snubbleste

It's not that cheap.
Turkish and Ethiopian regularly have return flights for around €390

Del007

snubbleste wrote: »

It's not that cheap.
Turkish and Ethiopian regularly have return flights for around €390

They have return flights from where?

I'm flying from Cork for just over 400 euro.

Keller Bear

Are these prices including checked baggage? BA website down for me so can't check

markoire

Keller Bear wrote: »

Are these prices including checked baggage? BA website down for me so can't check

Yes baggage included, got the confirmation e-mail to confirm that.

Keller Bear

markoire wrote: »

Yes baggage included, got the confirmation e-mail to confirm that.

Thanks markoire.

Couldn't miss out on this. Cheers OP

maynooth_rules

snubbleste wrote: »

It's not that cheap.
Turkish and Ethiopian regularly have return flights for around 390

Add your reply here.
Its a big advantage to just have a stop over in Gatwick rather than Istanbul. Plus BA is a better airline than Ethiopian. I booked it last night but be very careful people,lot of the options involve getting from Heathrow to Gatwick.
I booked this with budgetair.ie how do I get air miles if I don't go direct with airline?

Del007

If you go via Istanbul then the flights were 21 hours, via London my flights are 16 hours.

dakid

errlloyd wrote: »

Big one for rugby fans. You can get flights for this June for 355 and go see the Ireland tests.

What dates and from and to which airport? Cant find it at this price?

seagull

Downside going via UK is that you have to go through customs and immigration there, and then all over again in Dublin.

schemingbohemia

seagull wrote: »

Downside going via UK is that you have to go through customs and immigration there, and then all over again in Dublin.

What as opposed to the direct flights? (that don't exist)

Yamanoto

maynooth_rules wrote: »

I booked this with budgetair.ie how do I get air miles if I don't go direct with airline?

Assuming you're already registered with BA's executive club or another Oneworld carrier, get your PNR from your email confirmation & log onto BA.com to add your FF number to the itinerary. If you run into trouble, Budgetair should also be able to add it to the booking.

exaisle

Del007 wrote: »

I've booked next March for 2 weeks in cape town. Can't wait, she reckons she's going to be murdered, I should be so lucky

That'd be Jo'burg you're wantin so....not Capetown ;-)

Amirani

schemingbohemia wrote: »

What as opposed to the direct flights? (that don't exist)

Lots of connection airports don't require you to go through border control and customs.

Football Friend

Great bargain, would this work the other way around as in South Africa to Ireland? I'm on my phone so can't play with dates. I've a friend out there and would like to show them around Ireland.

seagull

schemingbohemia wrote: »

What as opposed to the direct flights? (that don't exist)

As opposed to going through another hub on the way, and then only going through immigration in Dublin. Travelling through the UK, you have to go from the international side to the domestic side, and clear immigration on the way.

Fred Swanson

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MayoSalmon

Just booked this for next Feb to Cape Town. Never been to SA, great spot OP thanks.