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Jan 16, 2019, 5:33 am

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Reload

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Originally Posted by Pilot37

Thanks for the post Reload.
For clarification, BA now operates up to 3 times a day to JNB from LHR with a B788, A380 and B744 serving the route depending on time of year (2 x A380's during SA Summer). Only the B744 and A380's have F, the B788 only has Business, Economy Plus and Economy.
While the fare maybe good for LHR-JNB direct, with a little planning fares from an ex-EU starting point routing AMS-LHR-JNB are available with BA from around £1,200 return and anybody with spare Avios or GUF's can look to upgrade to F on points which would be better value.

Pilot37

Thanks for the heads up, I was only browsing direct flights this morning and this seemed cheap in comparison. Ironically I live about 2 hours drive from AMS so that would be my starting airport anyway. I don't have any Avios unfortunately but you're quite correct that often a stopover in the itinerary would result in a cheaper flight.

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