Would you book a flight on SAA at this stage?

[maxwill]

Stopped flying SAA long time ago.

 

[Vimalsardar]

It all depends. I'm in the travel industry. If a client (usually Government) asks for SAA, this is what they will get. I won't offer it in a hurry unless I know the client and know that they don't like to travel on other airlines (usually this is to do with loyalty points such as Voyager Miles or similar or just brand loyalty). Personally, I won't travel on the airline. Even when I worked for them, I only travelled once.

 

[Vimalsardar]

I'm stuck with SA Airlink so not much choice

But when my cousin came to visit from Germany we urged her to fly Lufthansa instead of SAA internationally

SA Airlink is a privately owned airline that uses the SAA branding, flight numbers, shared call centre, ticketing prefix, etc. because it's a franchise agreement. As of June 2020, they are dropping all association with SAA. Currently, their flight numbers start with SA. After June, their flight numbers will start with 4Z.

 

[LD50]

No

 

[capetonian]

Just returned from a flight to P.E. to attend a funeral. Checked prices at all the airline kiosks... settled on Airlink . No prizes for guessing who the most expensive offering was.... SAA at around 45% more!

 

[CBranford]

No

 

[Willem Kleinschmidt]

SAA is very safe, the SA government will keep it running until they empty all sources of money. Landbank, Development bank, Pension funds, etc.

 

[Gaz{M}]

SAA will get R9 Billion more in Febraury budget and the SAA begging story will go quiet for another year or so.

 

[JayM]

Need to fly to London next month. SAA was suspiciously cheap - R7.8K return including all taxes...

 

[Gaz{M}]

Need to fly to London next month. SAA was suspiciously cheap - R7.8K return including all taxes...

Rather book a cargo freighter via Wuhan.

 

[Ghost in the Machine]

Hell no.

Sell it.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

norrafok

 

[Creag]

This thread belongs in the Humour and Entertainment sub-forum

 

[cavedog]

Not anymore. Before yes but now not anymore as it seems flights just gets cancelled left right and centre so don't want to get stuck.

 

[Creag]

Let's be frank and honest here. If companies like TIC stop covering tickets issued by South African Airways against insolvency, then why should anyone in their right mind buy a ticket weeks into the future. SAA has already started to cancel and withdraw certain routes to cut costs. We have no way of knowing which route will be next.

SAA dropped by leading travel insurer

The decision prompts Australian travel agency Flight Centre Travel Group to stop selling tickets for the airline.

www.moneyweb.co.za

 

[Varuni Naik]

Would you book a flight on SAA at this stage?

No - Never have to be honest, I use Kulula and British airways only locally. Internationally rotates dependent on destination. I do not trust SAA.

 

[Crowley]

Booking a return flight to Durban today for the end of March. I'm rather going with a airline which should still have planes in the air.

 

[markcpt]

SAA / Mango never again

 

[AndyC]

Nope, nope, and nope. Company books 40 -60 domestic business flights daily, only using Airlink, Kulula, and FlySafair. Mango and SAA are just too big a risk of implosion. We never used SAA for international because they are always 40% - 60% more expensive than everybody else!

 

[Arex]

Even if they weren't in debt I still wouldn't

Had a terrible experience with them involving my ticket being booked incorrectly and them saying i had to pay fees to amend the ticket even though it wasn't an error on my side, so never again.