{"id":526468,"date":"2021-10-05T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=526468"},"modified":"2021-10-05T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T08:53:00","slug":"a-low-cost-airline-has-just-launched-a-flight-subscription-service-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/526468\/a-low-cost-airline-has-just-launched-a-flight-subscription-service-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"A low-cost airline has just launched a flight subscription service in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Low-cost domestic airline Flysafair has launched a new monthly subscription service &#8211; &#8216;the FlyMore Club&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Aimed at business travellers, people in long-distance relationships, commuters, people with holiday homes, and kids at boarding school, the service will allow customers to pay a set monthly fee for an allocation of flights.<\/p>\n<p>The subscription will also include\u00a0additional benefits such as special offers and preferential pricing, Flysafair said.<\/p>\n<p>The FlyMore Club has initially launched with three pricing tiers, with options ranging between two and 10 flights a month over a 12-month period.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two one-way flights, or one return flight free per month &#8211; <strong>R800<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Six one-way or three return flights free per month &#8211;\u00a0 <strong><span class=\"CvoVerticalPlan-price\">R2,400<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Ten one-way or five return flights free per month &#8211; <strong><span class=\"CvoVerticalPlan-price\">R4,000<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*These free flights exclude additional airport taxes.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With flights between Jozi, Cape Town, Durbs, PE, East London, George, and more recently, Bloem &amp; Mauritius, you have more choice in where to go than ever before and more freedom to fly to all your favourite destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Book at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WHR2Gnrr18\">https:\/\/t.co\/WHR2Gnrr18<\/a><\/p>\n<p>T&#8217;s&amp;C&#8217;s apply <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bNQs48EAj9\">pic.twitter.com\/bNQs48EAj9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FlySafair (@FlySafair) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlySafair\/status\/1445008957211299842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The offering comes as more South Africans take to the skies, following the relaxing of travel restrictions in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>FlySafair said that its FlyMore Club subscription gives you access to all domestic routes operated by the airline.<\/p>\n<p>Any unused flight allocation in each month will expire and be forfeited, the group stressed, adding that FlyMore Club flights are intended for use by the main subscriber-only.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can cancel your subscription, and a penalty fee equal to the outstanding value of your subscription will be charged,&#8221; the group said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have the option to either pre-select your seat when making your booking, for which you will be charged, or you can select your seat when checking in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In September, the low-cost carrier announced that it would soon launch its first international flights with a service to Mauritius.<\/p>\n<p>The new direct route launches on 11 December 2021, and the twice-weekly service will operate out of OR Tambo International Airport every Tuesday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/525932\/uk-updates-red-list-system-for-travel-with-changes-expected-for-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK updates red list system for travel \u2013 with changes expected for South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low-cost domestic airline Flysafair has launched a new monthly subscription service &#8211; &#8216;the FlyMore Club&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":526478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[10020,26],"class_list":["post-526468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-flysafair","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526468"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526500,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526468\/revisions\/526500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}