Originally Posted by
Sphinx21
One consideration may be the fact that you would pay both the lower Kulula baggage fee and the higher BA fee if the tickets were separate. Another is your connection time and whether you will have ample time to collect and recheck. Of course if you meant that you would spend some time in Durban rather than simply connecting then these points are irrelevant.
We are planning to stop and spend several days in the Durban area. Though perhaps the answer is to just fly JNB-PLZ and find a nice beach resort close to Port Elizabeth.