What are airline consolidators?
They are travel wholesalers who buy large quantities of plane tickets on airlines. For South Africa and Africa you need to see if the consolidator has contracts with airlines like South African Airways, British Airways, Lufthansa, and Air France. These are some of the top airlines to Africa and if the consolidator has contracts with them, among others, they can pass on big savings to you. In the UK, consolidators, and the travel agents that they often sell through, are also known as bucket shops. They can save you a lot of money, especially on international flights to South Africa. Sometimes the savings are up to 70% off the airlines’ published airfares. Tip #2: Once in South Africa Look at Low Cost, No Frills Airlines to Get Cheep Flights Within South Africa Increasingly, cheep flights within South Africa are found on some of South Africa’s newer, no frills or low cost airlines. Kulula, Mango, 1 time, all have cheep flights within South Africa. But the no frills airlines aren’t the on
