The Big Picture
Wide open availability to South Africa throughout 2024. Book the South Africa trip of your dreams with flights on Virgin Atlantic through Europe in business class (aka Upper Class) for 105,000 per person from Atlanta or New York to Johannesburg or Cape Town.
Virgin Atlantic is a transfer partner of many different flexible points programs making this deal accessible to everyone with transferable points. Plus those with AMEX points will be able to utilize the 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic if you transfer points before Dec 31, 2023. This transfer bonus from AMEX knocks the price down to 81,000 points per person. To calculate: total points needed/ 1.3 = points to transfer.
While you can transfer directly from Chase, AMEX, and Citi to Virgin Atlantic, Capital One is actually only partners 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. If your party is larger than 9 people, call Virgin Atlantic to check availability and book. 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 taxes to be around ~$600 per person.
Available Dates
JFK-JNB
Jan 4-31
Feb 1-29
March 1-21
April 16-30
May 1-22, 26-29
June 2-5, 7-13, 23-27, 30
July 1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17-19, 21-27
Sept 3-6, 8-13, 15, 16, 23
Oct 17, 24
Nov 6-21
JFK-CPT
Jan 4, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21, 27
Feb 7, 9-12, 14-29
March 1-20
ATL-CPT
Feb 7, 11, 14, 18, 20, 21, 25, 27
March 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20

