Earn triple SAA Voyager miles when you fly Business Class to South Africa

If your business travel will see you in Southern Africa over the next few months, South African Airways has launched an interesting ‘triple miles’ offer for UK members of its Voyager loyalty scheme.

‘Southern Africa’ is defined as South Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, East London & Port Elizabeth), Namibia (Windhoek), Mozambique (Maputo), Zimbabwe (Harare & Victoria Falls), Zambia (Livingstone & Lusaka), Angola (Luanda), Malawi (Lilongwe & Blantyre).

Full details can be found on the SAA website here.

There are a few rules:

the offer only applies to Business Class flights (booking class C, J, D, Z)

you must book between 8th November 2016 and 9th December 2016 and fly between 8th November 2016 and 31 March 2017

you MUST register in advance at this page of the SAA website

all flights must start and end in London and must be purchased and ticketed in the UK

SAA business class is 2 x 2 x 2 (see photo above) and the airlines flies an A330 and A340 out of London on its two daily services from Heathrow Terminal 2.

South African Airways is a member of Star Alliance so you can redeem your triple miles across any of their 28 member airlines including Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, United, Air Canada etc.  If you are not already a member of Voyager you can sign up at the same time as you register.

Full details of this offer can be found on the SAA website here.

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How to maximise your miles when paying for flights (April 2025)

Some UK credit cards offer special bonuses when used for buying flights. If you spend a lot on airline tickets, using one of these cards could sharply increase the credit card points you earn.

Booking flights on any airline?

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold earns double points (2 Membership Rewards points per £1) when used to buy flights directly from an airline website.

The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points. These would convert to 20,000 Avios or various other airline or hotel programmes. The standard earning rate is 1 point per £1.

You can apply here.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

Buying flights on British Airways?

The British Airways Premium Plus American Express card earns double Avios (3 Avios per £1) when used at ba.com.

The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 30,000 Avios. The standard earning rate is 1.5 Avios per £1.

You do not earn bonus Avios if you pay for BA flights on the free British Airways American Express card or either of the Barclaycard Avios Mastercards.

You can apply here.

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

Buying flights on Virgin Atlantic?

Both the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard and the annual fee Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard earn double Virgin Points when used at fly.virgin.com.

This means 1.5 Virgin Points per £1 on the free card and 3 Virgin Points per £1 on the paid card.

There is a sign-up bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points on the free card and 18,000 Virgin Points on the paid card.

You can apply for either of the cards here.

Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard

3,000 bonus points, no fee and 1 point for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

18,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review