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08-08-2009, 06:08 PM
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Flights to Africa?
From Chicago... what would be the cheapest African city to fly too?
I would like to fly to either ...Cape Town, [SIZE=3]Johannesburg, or [/SIZE]Nairobi
Any thoughts?
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08-08-2009, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by SouperStar34
From Chicago... what would be the cheapest African city to fly too?
I would like to fly to either ...Cape Town, [SIZE=3]Johannesburg, or [/SIZE]Nairobi
Any thoughts?
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Yup.
Go to a couple of online travel sites like Expedia or travelocity, punch in yur travel dates for the 2 destinations and see what kind of prices come up for the various available airlines. |
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08-09-2009, 01:17 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SouperStar34
From Chicago... what would be the cheapest African city to fly too?
I would like to fly to either ...Cape Town, [SIZE=3]Johannesburg, or [/SIZE]Nairobi
Any thoughts?
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I'm from North africa and fly to africa all the time. The cheapest fly is tough for an american to find mainly because flight prices depend on the heavy traffic on a route. Many americans go to mexico so to flights there are cheap. Few americans go to africa so direct flights are costly. Your best bet is to try to get a flight to England and then a same day flight to cape town or nairobi if there are direct flights. I take flights to france-cheap for an american -then to Algeria because many french go there and there is a big algerian community in france. England has the biggest southafrican and kenyan community of any place outside africa so it will have the cheapest flights |
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08-09-2009, 05:58 AM
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So you are saying I should by two one way tickets? Either from Mexico to Africa or England to Africa?
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08-09-2009, 05:59 AM
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Does anyone know anything about overland African tours... I am looking for something between 21 day and 42 days. They seem pretty cheap... but are there hidden costs?
Africatravelco - Overland Safaris and Adventures |
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08-09-2009, 07:18 AM
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I know that South African Airways & Delta have direct flights from NYC-JFK to Johannesburg. Perhaps you could get a connection from Chicago.
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