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Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2005What's the cheapest way to get from Latin America to South Africa?
I would like to go from Lima (Peru) to Cape Town (SA) but this works out at 2,800 GBP. If I go out of/into a different airport does anyone know how I can make this cheaper? Thanks RD Hi, you might want to buy 2 tickets and go via New York JFK. (You would probably have to get a transit visa - dont know how easy that would be) Lima - JFK on LAN Airlines is £400 return JFK - Cape Town on British Airways (change at London) is £950 return. checked on expedia.co.uk for departures on 8th October I would allow a good amount of time for connections at JFK (4 hours minimum and preferably stay overnight if you can get an entry visa) >I would like to go from Lima (Peru) to Cape Town (SA) but this works out at > 2,800 GBP. If I go out of/into a different airport does anyone know how I > can make this cheaper? > > Thanks > RD I should have stated I would want a one-way trip, not a return. > Hi, you might want to buy 2 tickets and go via New York JFK. > (You would probably have to get a transit visa - dont know how easy that [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Thanks > > RD >I should have stated I would want a one-way trip, not a return. In that case then, buy a return and throw the second part away. It is almost always going to be cheaper. tim >>I should have stated I would want a one-way trip, not a return. > > In that case then, buy a return and throw the second part > away. It is almost always going to be cheaper. > > tim No No No. Do not throw away the return ticket. Send them a note that you got stuck in traffic & missed your flight. You are then so distressed on losing the nonrefundable ticket and had to hitchhike back on a boat. > No No No. Do not throw away the return ticket. Send them a note that > you got stuck in traffic & missed your flight. You are then so > distressed on losing the nonrefundable ticket and had to hitchhike back > on a boat. Seriously what would happen if you did 'miss' your return flight? Refund? >> No No No. Do not throw away the return ticket. Send them a note that >> you got stuck in traffic & missed your flight. You are then so >> distressed on losing the nonrefundable ticket and had to hitchhike back >> on a boat. > > Seriously what would happen if you did 'miss' your return flight? Refund? You get back the difference in cost between the fare paid and the one for the journey made :-(. tim > You get back the difference in cost between the fare paid and > the one for the journey made :-(. But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it be a double bonus?? >> You get back the difference in cost between the fare paid and >> the one for the journey made :-(. > > But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it be a > double bonus?? ???? tim > > But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it be a > > double bonus?? > > ???? Single from Timbuktoo to Bemuda = 600 GBP for example Return from Timbuktoo to Bemuda = 500 GBP for example You only require a one-way trip. So you buy a return ticket for 500 GBP and phone the airport saying you've missed your return. They refund you 1/2 the cost of the ticket = 250 GBP therefore a single trip worked out at 250GBP not 600 GBP. Bargain? Feasible? >> > But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it >> > be [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Bargain? Feasible? Almost all cheap tickets are non-refundable. If you miss the flight the airline won't care what the reason is - they won't give you your money back. >>>>But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it >>>>be [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Almost all cheap tickets are non-refundable. If you miss the flight the > airline won't care what the reason is - they won't give you your money back. That's the point. They claim that throwing away the return is a violation of the contract. However if you simply manage to miss the flight then there is no refund and you are left to make your way back on your own. > >>>>But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it > >>>>be [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > flight then there is no refund and you are left to make your way back on > your own. Could I not give the spare return ticket to a stranger who could pay to have the names changed? >>>>>But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it >>>>>be [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > of the contract. However if you simply manage to miss the flight then > there is no refund and you are left to make your way back on your own. If you actually turn up at the airport in a way that suggests you really *did* accidentally miss the flight [1] the airline will often rebook you at a nominal fee. Of course, this isn't what the poster wanted to do. tim [1] I.e 10 minutes late with a plausable story. Or a day late on an overnight flight :-(. I've seen dozens of people do this with train reservations, I guess it must happen with planes. > >>>>>But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it > >>>>>be [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > people do this with train reservations, I guess it must happen > with planes. Or 12 hours late - mistaking am for pm together with floods of tears. (It wasn't me - honest - just someone I know) >>>>>>But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it >>>>>>be [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > people do this with train reservations, I guess it must happen > with planes. But I'm sure that he didn't know that. Their policy said that the ticket is non refundable. That means that if you miss the flight you lose to me and perhaps to him. He just gave up. >> > But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it >> > be [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > the > cost of the ticket But that's not what I said. I said the amount you paid minus what you should have paid 500-600, so you get a refund of minus 100. tim >> You get back the difference in cost between the fare paid and >> the one for the journey made :-(. > >But if the return fare was cheaper than the single anyway wouldn't it be a >double bonus?? Hi Slightly off topic, but in February this year I reserved a (compact) rental car from Hertz (UK) for a 4 week vacation in the USA which I am due to take shortly (I like booking well in advance). The deal however required me to pay in full at time of booking. At the same time, I also sent away for a "driving in the USA" leaflet from Hertz - which arrived some considerable time later with a promise of a 10% discount off my next rental. Out of curiosity I then checked the Hertz website and noticed that - presumably because of the pound/dollar exchange rate - the rental charges had plummeted. Thinking "nothing ventured, nothing gained" I phoned Hertz and asked if the £22 cancellation charge applied if I merely wanted to upgrade to a larger (full size) car; they said no, that would be free of charge. I then asked if I could possibly apply the 10% discount to my present booking; and they said, errrr!! Suppose so. I said OK then - to which they replied, "Certainly sir, no problem - oh wait a minute. That means that we actually owe you money for the upgrade. We will refund the difference to your credit card." Larger car and a refund - definitely a double bonus!!!! Regards KGB > Hi, you might want to buy 2 tickets and go via New York JFK. > (You would probably have to get a transit visa - dont know how easy that [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > What about Malaysia Airlines non-stop BUE > CPT ???? retired/uk. Try via Madrid. Lima - Madrid with Iberia or Air Madrid (they are a new low cost intercontinental spanish airline, some people don't speak very well about them) . And Madrid - South Africa with Iberia. Check return fares, probably they will ber cheaper than one way. Carlos A. |
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