Other Middle East and Africa Frequent Flyer Programs - SAA: Standby Possible on Domestic Saver Ticket?

I am flying from JNB to Nelspruit on an afternoon flight but if I get through customs quickly on my inbound BA flight (on a separate ticket) I may have time to get on the 11am connection. Does anyone know if it's possible to take an earlier flight on a standy basis on SAA if there are seats available?

Quick check of fare rules on flysaa.com says no standbys permitted.

I have four BMI business award seats over two flights for next year: CPT-JNB

Only two seats released per flight by SAA and with additional availability unlikely to appear before 31MAY (last day for bmi redemptions), how likely is it that the check-in agent will allow one of the two couples to move flights so they all fly together - assuming availability of course?

SAA is pretty strict about moving pax onto earlier flights these days. There is a recent thread of someone on an award booking ranting about this.

In that thread the good news was that they would do it for a nominal fee - R200 IIRC.

SAA is pretty strict about moving pax onto earlier flights these days. There is a recent thread of someone on an award booking ranting about this.

In that thread the good news was that they would do it for a nominal fee - R200 IIRC.

Surprising my experience is if they have room on earlier flights SAA often times asks if I want to fly on the earlier flight as recently as early April, 2012.

That's good to hear. Was this on an award ticket?

That's good to hear. Was this on an award ticket?

No I think I missed that part of the question.