Flysafair R9 tickets: Here’s what you must know

Flysafair returns again this year to drive SA crazy with R9 flight tickets.

Flysafair R9 tickets will be the talk of social media when the low-cost airline launches its annual mega sale on Wednesday 3 May 2023.

How to buy Flysafair R9 tickets

While the prospect of scoring heavily discounted domestic flight tickets is exhilarating, securing one on the day of the sale is a tall order. Thousands of South Africans will be at the ready when the clock strikes 09:00 on Wednesday, and with the threat of server outages heightened by the frenzy building up around the sale, not forgetting loadshedding, patience may be the only way to secure a chance to buy Flysafair tickets for R9.

Even worse, there are only 50 000 tickets available.

But, somewhere in this near-impossible feat, hope still exists. While, for the most part, getting a chance to buy a Flysafair ticket for R9 rests on patience and luck, there are ways to be well-positioned for selection.

Here’s how the mega sale works:

  • At exactly 09:00 on Wednesday 3 May 2023, Flysafair will launch the mega sale, placing travel hopefuls in a ‘waiting room‘ for selection.
  • An algorithm will randomly select a group of customers to access its booking page.
  • Customers must not refresh the booking page for any reason whatsoever. Fill in the information required and click ‘Let’s Go’.
  • The next page will load a calendar of available flight dates for a user’s specific destination and estimated prices. Here’s the catch!
  • Customers must find the R8 ticket on the low-fare finder before the timer expires.
  • The website will refresh and allow the next group of customers after every five minutes, from when the sale starts at 09:00.

Terms and conditions you must know

This is Flysafair’s fifth annual mega sale, after pioneering the marketing ploy in 2015.

While the rules of the sale are pretty much straightforward — you go through the steps and buy a ticket online for super cheap and, yay, booked! — there are a number of important terms travel hopefuls need to consider:

  • The sale is only open to one-way ticket purchases
  • The R9 tickets can only be purchased on the website, not via the app or the call centre
  • The sale tickets are only open to select domestic destinations and are valid between 04 May 2023 and 31 October 2023
  • Flights to Mauritius are not included in the R9 ticket sale
  • Expenses such as luggage check, priority boarding and seat pre-selection are not included in the R9 purchase.
  • The sale is only open to Lite Fare flights
  • Participating in the sale means agreeing to receive marketing email promotions from Flysafair and its partners