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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 3:52 am
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Originally Posted by satprof
The South African Rand (ZAR) is really suffering at the moment. It's almost at a mid-rate of 11 Rand to the USD. If you use a rate of 10.8, a S African-based DONE4 is less than US$4,200 & an AONE5 just under US$7,100! (This excludes taxes/fuel fines, etc. but 8-12% should cover these, even with some UK stopovers.)

I foresee lots of work for Cindy @ Mindpearl.
I've been following the rand as well and it looks like it's time to get an itinerary together. I just wonder how much further it can fall. I also wonder if they will change the pricing to USD if it falls any more.
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