JNB Hotels that SAA Sends Missed Connection Passengers To?
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JNB Hotels that SAA Sends Missed Connection Passengers To?
Is anyone familiar with the hotels that SAA contracts to for passengers with missed connections? My Lufthansa FRA-JNB flight is delayed so long that I not only get to stay in a Frankfurt hotel tonight but I will also miss my JNB-CPT connection on SAA. Lufthansa says that I'll be put up in a hotel there.
Last edited by brngckn; Jun 22, 2016 at 7:59 pm
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I have no idea.. but how are you ending up with a night in JNB? Are they going to operate yesterday's LH 572 as a day flight?
I think you are much better off by asking to be rebooked on any number of other night flights today.
I think you are much better off by asking to be rebooked on any number of other night flights today.
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Yes, LH572 from last night is delayed 12 hours and departing this morning instead. By the time I reach JNB tonight it will be too late to make a connection to CPT, leaving me stuck overnight a 2nd night. Rebooking on a flight tonight (LH or other) will not get me to CPT any faster.
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I only have limited access to flight data. But, there are lots of SAA flights between JNB and CPT (I want to say nearly every 1+ hours or so). This may all be moot as you might be in the air, but, how late do you arrive into JNB? They may be booking you on a evening JNB-CPT flight.
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As I expected, I missed the last flight from JNB to CPT tonight. Lufthansa put at least 50 of us up at the Southern Sun. I'm rebooked on a 9:10 am flight tomorrow. Hope this information may help someone in the future.
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They wouldn't put you on BA?
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You could have tried for rebooking on a direct flight to CPT as others mentioned but too late now.
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If no SAA flights then likely also no BA flights. JNB-CPT flights operate like a bus service, >1/hour. You often have SAA flights departing within 10-15 minutes of each other on the same route.
You could have tried for rebooking on a direct flight to CPT as others mentioned but too late now.
You could have tried for rebooking on a direct flight to CPT as others mentioned but too late now.
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Just to supplement the information: If SA puts you in a hotel, it's the City Lodge (also J pax!). Now this is the poorest of the three hotels at JNB airport. So you can count yourself lucky that it was LH who took care of you ...
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SAA put be at the Southern Sun a few weeks back. I think it just depends at what capacity is available where and when.