Protea Hotel Transit O R Tambo Airport
Jul 15, 2018, 2:40 am
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Protea Hotel Transit O R Tambo Airport
We’ve just booked our second First (not yet being on our first First - that treat is next month) in the 2-for-1 sale to CPT. The return let is routed through JNB where we will spend nearly 5 hours.
Due to my wife’s health issues I was planning on booking a room in the transit hotel, but all of the information indicates that this hotel can only be accessed when transiting from one international flight to another. Given that I should already have the JNB-LHR boarding passes issued in CPT will we be able to access the hotel?
TIA.
Due to my wife’s health issues I was planning on booking a room in the transit hotel, but all of the information indicates that this hotel can only be accessed when transiting from one international flight to another. Given that I should already have the JNB-LHR boarding passes issued in CPT will we be able to access the hotel?
TIA.
Jul 15, 2018, 6:48 am
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The hotel is airside in the international terminal. So you need to be checked in for your international flight and through security/passport control to access it. You can only take hand baggage in.
The entrance is at the far end of the concourse by the passport control used mainly by SAA flights.
The entrance is at the far end of the concourse by the passport control used mainly by SAA flights.
Jul 15, 2018, 7:53 am
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Thanks for the prompt response. This sounds like we should be ok then as our luggage will have been checked through from CPT to LHR so we will only have hand luggage and we will already be checked in. Excellent.
Last edited by bakera; Jul 15, 2018 at 7:53 am Reason: Ciorrected typo
Jul 15, 2018, 10:14 am
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The hotel is airside in the international terminal. So you need to be checked in for your international flight and through security/passport control to access it. You can only take hand baggage in.
The entrance is at the far end of the concourse by the passport control used mainly by SAA flights.
The entrance is at the far end of the concourse by the passport control used mainly by SAA flights.
Jul 15, 2018, 3:24 pm
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i just wanted to double check my understanding as I’ve looked at a terminal map and it appears that the only way into the hotel is from the transit corridor from international arrivals. Is there a way to enter the hotel from international departures having arrived on a domestic flight?
Jul 16, 2018, 1:24 am
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As a South African, who uses Johannesburg airport at least several times a year, I am totally surprised by this. I did not know there was a hotel IN the airport.
Thanks for the information!
Thanks for the information!