Reply To: South Africa at end November and beginning of December

[WaynedP]

We’ve always hired a car at JHB airport and driven rather than fly, and always worked well for us. I always use Avis either with AWD code A756900 if carrying Amex Plat card if challenged (but never happened yet) or Virgin Silver code N645801 or Virgin Red code Z333300 if can prove that status if challenged (never happened yet).

Also have a Tom Tom portable sat nav that my family researched and bought for me several years ago specifically because it included South Africa, Lesotho & Eswatini (former Swaziland) road maps, and it must have paid back its purchase price many times over in convenience and savings on not hiring an Avis GPS device.

Only problem is no signal in the underground car hire pickup garage, so ask for directions to the Engen Skystop which once you know how to get there is a 60 second drive out the underground garage and still part of the airport complex. Park up for the free twenty minutes to get your sat nav up and running and programmed for next destination from there. Engen Skystop is always best place to fill up the tank just before returning the car – I always tell them that I’ve just filled up at Engen Skystop and have never been charged any extra.