I would like to bring peoples attention to the fact that SAA is ripping people off with airport taxes. My personal opinion is that this is 2-fold:

1) It allows them to advertise seemingly competitive rates (but when you add the airport taxes they are WAY more epxensive than all of their competitors – how stupid do they think we as a public are?)

2) Due to the fact that so many people now have Voyager miles and are starting to ‘cash’ them in (Largely as a result of their own branded credit card which was launched just over 2 years ago). As a result, they are now having to find a way to backpeddle so that they don’t sink even further into the financial mire than they already are. (more…)