Spending a full day in JNB O.R. Tambo
Dec 27, 2016, 4:40 pm
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I've stayed at the Protea and it was good (I do remember dirty windows!) I think there was a Gautrain station very close by to whisk you in to the terminal in no time, otherwise a taxi for a few rand.
I'd agree with Mec72 re Sandton.
I'd agree with Mec72 re Sandton.
Dec 27, 2016, 6:23 pm
#17
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Do airlines let you check in and use printed boarding passes to access airside? or do you have to wait until three hours before departure for the ticket counter to open to get back airside?
I imagine the transit desks will be confused when I show up from LHR at 7am and ask for a new boarding pass for the evening service back. Or will there be someone there that can still print it at the transit counter?
I imagine the transit desks will be confused when I show up from LHR at 7am and ask for a new boarding pass for the evening service back. Or will there be someone there that can still print it at the transit counter?
Alternatively if you are leaving the airport you should be able to OLCI and use that instead.
Jan 20, 2017, 1:19 pm
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Which lounge has better showers? SAA or Shongololo? Does SAA have a sleeping room? I know Shongololo doesn't.
Jan 23, 2017, 9:10 am
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OK, I'm going to ask but....
...have I missed something here? How come you are flying into JNB in the morning and leaving again the same night, but actually have nothing you need to do in JNB at all? I don't get how come you're even making this trip?
...have I missed something here? How come you are flying into JNB in the morning and leaving again the same night, but actually have nothing you need to do in JNB at all? I don't get how come you're even making this trip?
Jan 25, 2017, 1:38 am
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I would guess that it is a tier point/mile run.
Jan 25, 2017, 7:24 am
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Jul 16, 2018, 3:19 pm
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I recently had to spend the day at OR Tambo having arrived on the 55.
I booked a day room at the City Lodge hotel which is walking distance from the terminal for about £35. The room was clean, had a good shower and was perfect for a good sleep after the overnight flight.
When I woke up I headed off to Quills restaurant at the Intercontinental Hotel which is next door to the City Lodge for lunch.
The BA lounge opens at around 3.30pm / 4pm so you can then head back there.
I booked a day room at the City Lodge hotel which is walking distance from the terminal for about £35. The room was clean, had a good shower and was perfect for a good sleep after the overnight flight.
When I woke up I headed off to Quills restaurant at the Intercontinental Hotel which is next door to the City Lodge for lunch.
The BA lounge opens at around 3.30pm / 4pm so you can then head back there.
Jul 16, 2018, 3:52 pm
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Jul 16, 2018, 5:43 pm
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Jul 16, 2018, 10:22 pm
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I spent an entire day airside an JNB about 15 years ago (I think The Terminal starring Tom Hanks had just been released) after being denied entry to RSA. The sympathetic BA staff let me use the old lounge, although it, and the part of the terminal I had access to, were deserted for most of the day. In those communication-staved days of yore it was a strangely serene experience, although the deserted calmness was tinged with a dystopian post-apocalyptic Shining atmosphere. I whiled away some of the time reading a lounge copy of Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom.
I'd book a day room at Southern Sun.
I'd book a day room at Southern Sun.
Jan 28, 2019, 4:18 pm
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Anyone know how long a car journey from the airport to Sandton would take starting about 15:30 ?
Am thinking of staying at the IC in Sandton.
I know there's the train which I could take (albeit with luggage) but I will be hiring a car for several days and its probably easier to collect it at the airport after I land than try to get them to deliver it or to return to the airport the following day to collect it.
Thoughts ?
Cheers.
Am thinking of staying at the IC in Sandton.
I know there's the train which I could take (albeit with luggage) but I will be hiring a car for several days and its probably easier to collect it at the airport after I land than try to get them to deliver it or to return to the airport the following day to collect it.
Thoughts ?
Cheers.
Jan 28, 2019, 5:03 pm
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