The Big Picture
Book your dream holiday to South Africa for as cheap as 22,500 points per person booking through Virgin Atlantic. Between October 2024 and June 2025, we found availability in economy between the east coast (JFK, ATL) and Johannesburg/ Cape Town flying Air France, KLM, or Virgin Atlantic through Europe.
While you can transfer directly from Chase, AMEX, and Citi to Virgin Atlantic, Capital One is actually only partnered with Virgin Red (not Virgin Atlantic). This is no problem as you can link your Virgin Red account to your Virgin Atlantic account, and then you will be able to book your flights on Virgin Atlantic using your Capital One points as usual.
All of the dates below have confirmed availability for at least 2 passengers with up to 9 seats available. Virgin Atlantic is known to hold award fares, so you are welcome to call Virgin Atlantic to hold the fare prior to transferring points. Expect to pay $300 per person each way in taxes.
Available Dates
Outbound
ATL-CPT
Nov 10, 11, 13, 17-19, 24, 27
Jan 26, 29
Feb 2, 4, 5, 11, 18, 19, 23-26
March 2, 4, 5, 9-12, 14, 16-21, 23-25
April 22, 23, 25, 27, 29
JFK-CPT
Nov 11-13, 17-20, 27, 29
Dec 3
Jan 25, 26, 29
Feb 2, 4, 5, 19, 23, 25, 26
March 2, 4, 5, 10-15, 16-27
April 22-30
May 7, 11-13, 21
ATL-JNB
Nov 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 24
Jan 19-31
Feb 2, 3, 5-7, 9-13, 16-21, 23-25
March 2-5, 9, 11, 13, 16-18, 20, 23, 24
JFK-JNB
Nov 11, 12, 14, 16-19, 21, 25
Dec 2
Jan 13-30
Feb 1-12, 17-28
March 1-27
April 22-30
May 1-31
June 1, 2, 4-12, 14
Return
CPT-ATL
Oct 8
Nov 6, 20
Jan 15, 16, 23, 25, 27, 30
Feb 12
April 25-30
May 1, 13, 21, 29
CPT-JFK
Oct 6, 8, 15
Nov 6-9, 15, 17, 20
Jan 15, 16, 23, 27, 30
Feb 12
March 25-30
April 1, 13, 21, 29
June 5
JNB-ATL
Oct 1, 2 8, 9, 21, 23, 24
Nov 6-8, 10-14, 17, 19-22, 24
Dec 3
Jan 17-31
Feb 1-13, 17, 18,
March 5-12, 14-19, 23, 25, 26
April 28-30
May 4, 6-8, 11, 13, 14, 17-22, 25-29
June 3, 4
JNB-JFK
Oct 1-4, 7-11, 14-16, 21
Nov 6, 7, 10-14, 18, 20, 25, 28
Jan 17, 20-31
Feb 1-12, 17-19, 25, 26, 28
March 1-3, 5-20, 23-26
April 25, 28-30
May 1, 2, 4, 6-22, 24-31
June 1-12
