$390 RT to South Africa!!!!

[amberlyrose]

thepointsguy.com/2016/07/deal-alert-nyc-dc-to-south-africa-from-390/

NYC or DC to South Africa. 

[LeggsBenedict]

what does he mean when he says it's an "ota-specific fare" ?

[amberlyrose]

Jul 1, 2016 10:28:02 GMT -5 LeggsBenedict said:

what does he mean when he says it's an "ota-specific fare" ?

"Sometimes Online Travel Agencies (OTA) can be the cause of an error fare. The unintentional discounted tickets are usually the consequence of a missing fuel surcharge, however, it is not necessarily “dumped” with the inclusion of another airline on the ticket. A glitch on the OTA systems can simply cause this to occur with very little understanding why. The main indication as to whether the error fare is in fact an OTA Glitch, is if the fare cannot be replicated elsewhere."

[LeggsBenedict]

thanks amberlyrose!

[gretchenindisguise]

God damn it. Stupid kids and job getting in my way of being all travel carefree!

I just have to keep reminding myself, there will be time for this later. Le sigh.

[amberlyrose]

Jul 1, 2016 10:52:49 GMT -5 @32flavors said:

I could only go Friday to Wed. I just don't think I can justify flying 48 hours to hang out for 72 hours.

I flew to Dubai for a long weekend. Still worth it.

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Jul 1, 2016 10:52:49 GMT -5 @32flavors said:

I could only go Friday to Wed. I just don't think I can justify flying 48 hours to hang out for 72 hours.

If it makes you feel any better if the flights are available for the next 2-3 months the weather is pretty shitty in Cape Town over winter. Rainy and cold and it's a miserable rainy and cold. It only gets down to 40, but it feels worse than that. At least living there most of the apartments don't have central heat and neither did our office. I was talking to a guy from Boston once right after I moved to Cape Town and he was like I get much colder here than I was living in Boston. I'm all about quick trips, but I wouldn't chance it if I were you!