Originally Posted by skywardhunter

I believe EK have phased out all A340s and opened a new lounge in CPT recently.

CPT has a much quicker security/immigration experience generally and has an overall more put together/cleaner (and smaller/intimate) feeling, but shopping is more extensive in JNB.

CPT is closer to the city with just a 20-25 min drive from most areas in the city, while JNB can be pretty bad with traffic and over an hour if you're coming from the south-west areas. However you can take the Gautrain from Sandton and reach the airport in 25 mins in comfort for around 8$ per person.

JNB Gate is about a 10 min walk from the EK Lounge usually, depending on time of day security/immigation can be a breeze or pretty bad (the EK 7pm flight from JNB has you dealing with bad queues, while the 9am is pretty good).

If you're in F and the costs are similar I'd choose CPT just for the extra flying time. Also it's a more beautiful city