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Velocity Gold and Platinum members are welcome to relax at South African Airways’ impressive domestic lounge at Cape Town before their SAA flight back to Johannesburg.

SAA has many flights a day between Jo’burg and Cape Town, but only one offers the airline’s best international-grade Business Class seats.

Velocity Gold and Platinum members flying SAA are welcome to relax in the airline’s flagship Business Class lounge, which recently underwent a full refit.

We join South African Airways on its first flight from Perth to Johannesburg in over four years – which you can book using Velocity Points without any carrier charges.

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