hi mate, i think it may be a change to the 77l aircraft, which is a 3 class flight rather than the 2 class 777-200er I got this from this source,

http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...16/?highlight= saudia Johannesburg

I am not sure how reliable this website is. Anyway, I have a booking from MNC to JHB via JED in mid January returning after 10 days and would be keen to hear how your overall experience of saudia goes, I have just booked this airline after i after i found a great price for J without having read a lot of the reviews online, now that i have read some of the reviews including Ben's from onemileatatime, my expectations have been somewhat lowered, .