Originally Posted by
tfly212
Still no luck getting business class seats on my outbound JFK to JNB. Lots of seats on the flight, but no mileage seats yet.
As an alternative they told me I could do the following:
Tuesday: LGA to IAD, 3 hours in IAD then Business class on Ethiopian Airlines to Addis Ababa arriving Wednesday morning. 24 hours in ADD and then ADD to JNB business class. I have plenty of SPG points to stay at the Sheraton which looks really nice, but I know next to nothing about Addis Ababa. Anyone know if it is worth a day trip?
The main advantage is that instead of 16 hour flight (potentially in coach) and then a 5 hour drive to safari, its a quick 3 hour flight from ADD to JNB. Any comments would be welcome. I won't be offended if you say "just suck it up in coach on SAA". Thanks
I find it so hard to get the business class seat on this flight too. Last time I opted to just get the business seat on the JNB to LHR and then from there on to NYC. I have to say, the business class on SAA is really nice, I was very impressed by it. It's miles better than the biz on Ethiopian airways out of ADD to DC.