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Find cheap flights to Philadelphia from R19 658

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Cheap flight deals to Philadelphia

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Philadelphia that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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19:20 - 15:30JNB-PHL
26h 10m1 stop
18:30 - 9:25PHL-JNB
32h 55m1 stop
R19 658British Airways
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Sat, Jul 27 - Tue, Aug 6
19:20 - 21:59JNB-PHL
32h 39m2 stops
15:30 - 9:25PHL-JNB
35h 55m2 stops
R20 036American Airlines
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Sat, Jul 27 - Tue, Aug 6
19:20 - 15:30JNB-PHL
26h 10m1 stop
20:45 - 9:25PHL-JNB
30h 40m2 stops
R20 055British Airways
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Flights to Philadelphia - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Philadelphia to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Philadelphia?

The average price of all flights to Philadelphia clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Philadelphia is Sunday where tickets can be as cheap as R18 183. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where prices are R20 069 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Philadelphia?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Philadelphia, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights to Philadelphia is May, where tickets cost R16 993 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and January, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R23 571 and R21 945 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is November with an average price of R17 352.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Philadelphia?

The average price for all flights to Philadelphia depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Philadelphia is generally in the morning, when flights cost R17 005 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Philadelphia is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R20 549.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Philadelphia?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Philadelphia, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 38 days before departure.

How long is the flight to Philadelphia?

The duration of your flight to Philadelphia depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Philadelphia on KAYAK are from Johannesburg, which takes 24h 20m, and Cape Town, which takes 27h 15m.

Good to know

Low season

November

High season

July

Cheapest flight

R19 658
Best time to beat the crowds (13% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (3% more expensive on average)
Flight from Johannesburg to Philadelphia

When to book flights to Philadelphia

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Philadelphia based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs - booking Philadelphia flights

  • How far is Philadelphia from central Philadelphia?

    Philadelphia is 11 km from the centre of Philadelphia.

  • What is the name of Philadelphia’s airport?

    When flying to Philadelphia, you'll arrive at Philadelphia (PHL). The airport is also known as Philadelphia or Philadelphia Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Philadelphia?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Philadelphia.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Philadelphia?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Philadelphia is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Philadelphia?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Philadelphia with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Philadelphia?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Philadelphia up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Philadelphia?

    Of the 10 airlines that fly to Philadelphia, American Airlines offers the most flights, with around 2 454 per week, followed by Frontier with 369 flights per week.

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Direct departures

South Africa to Philadelphia

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +44 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +45 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

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Direct returns

Philadelphia to South Africa

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +44 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +45 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

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Top 5 airlines flying to Philadelphia

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Philadelphia. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Philadelphia. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Philadelphia? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7,8
KLMOverall score based on 1623 reviews
7,2entertainment
7,6comfort
8,4crew
7,8boarding
7,3food
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The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

8,0 ExcellentJacob Oluleke, Apr 2024LOS - AMS
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The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

The flight was again delayed for more then 2 hours with some lousy explanation regarding the reason of the delay. Although the flight was delayed for more than 2 hours, no refreshments were offered (according to EU regulations). Last 4 flights on KLM - always at least 2 hrs late. So be prepared that you cannot plan anything with KLM.

We left one hour late because of technical difficulties. The economy comfort seats are great for the price. The crew was mediocre, they do not provide a pleasant experience, they just deliver food and drinks and give orders, not very amicable, no service and hospitality focus.

I thought KLM was the best airline but the Lima - Amsterdam was 1 hours late, the Brussels - Amsterdam was 2.30 hours late and the Amsterdam - Lima was 30 minutes late

no issues at all... Kudos to the food. This time was really really good

The food was ok. The crew seemed like they were cranky. I had one guy get mad at me for passing in between the storage area to get to the other toilet. I can understand if it's not allowed but reprimanding me like I'm a student saying "This is the last time!" was not appropriate. During my meal time, there was a French family around me. No problems there but when we usually have meals, they are supposed to put their chair in the upright position. These people did not do it and the steward did not tell them to raise their seat in the upright position. However, I was told to do so! So, me and another person next to me had to eat with the monitor almost touching our faces. Furthermore, a lady in front of me was putting her feet up and preventing another elder passenger from putting her seat back. To make it worse, she was continuously hitting her back into her seat, shaking my monitor while I was watching a movie. A crew member did speak to her about it but then she accused me of pushing her seat forward! The crew member gave me a death stare and told me to stop pushing the seat forward. I did not even touch her seat at all, if I did, she would know it. Her boyfriend also stood up and tried to push her seat even further past the maximum decline to no avail. None of these people were reprimanded but the steward, some bald guy, was extremely friendly with them and did not even try to instruct them to do anything until it was time to land. I resisted the urge to really argue with them because I would have obviously been seen as the aggressor (I have no idea why). I hardly said anything on this flight except "more wine please" and "sorry" if I bumped into someone accidentally. Overall, it was an annoying flight and I had to resist the urge to yell at the steward and the people he was overly friendly with. The happiest moment of this flight was leaving it.

Overall a good experience. We were disappointed when we had to check our carry on due to the plane being full. KLM hadn’t notified us and we had valuable items in the carry on but they still made us check it. Some of the food was great and some was mediocre. Crew is really kind and funny.

It was nice to be on a legacy airline, people try at least.

One of their staff was so rude with discriminative. Such a reputed airline shouldn't hire such kind of arrogant attendants.

All and all pretty good. It’s crowded but that is what flying is all about. But no complaints otherwise.

More facilities to transport to the gates......felt too much walking distance

Just happy I flew Qatar Airways awesome no wonder they are #1 in the world right now! The food was just delicious, very courteous, professional crew.

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

It was a really long flight from Doha to Philadelphia and it was overall a good one. The one area that I would comment on is that there is a lot of single-use plastic and disposables in the meal service for American Airlines. It would be great to see more circular options in the meal service to reduce the amount of waste.

Suddenly Flight has been change by Qatar and there’s no information is there of us from Bom to Doha and counter person is behaving like Qatar owner next I will not buy Qatar and I will not suggest anyone to fly in Qatar

The crew was fantastic and the over flight was perfect as well.

They shld provide food. Between food they are giving 10 hours gap which is toooo much

The crew was great and the food and liquor offerings were good. Seats were a bit cramped. Flight arrived early at destination. That's a plus.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

I had already opted for Vegan food before 2 months yet they say we have no record for it,

Great. Loved that there was WiFi on flight to keep in touch and excellent service of beverages and snacks.

Flew business class. Everything was excellent. No issues at all. Not very many “good” movies to choose from. But lots of mediocre ones

Business class is great. New airplane, very comfortable, better than some of the major airlines I am used to

Terrible. Flight was cancelled due to the weather in the east and sout east(florida). Did not get any compesation of any kind. According to them, it was not under their control so I lost all the money paid for the 2 fairs from Raleigh, NC to Orlando, Fl.

great flight. Pilot was communicative, flight attendants were excellent. Really nice experience except my tv didn’t work.

The best experience that I have had traveling with JetBlue!

Overall, the flight was better than the flight I took to go to Florida, which had a bunch of problems. The crew is really nice and the plane was new so it had a small problem when we were on the runway, but the flight itself was great. They even made some time back up, which is always a good thing.

Crew was just ok. Flight was packed. On a 3/4 hour flight I would hope they would come around more than once to see if you needed anything further. Not very attentive.

There were multiple delays but JetBlue tried to make the boarding and departure process as quick and efficient as possible. The crew was as detached from reality as could be, meaning: not very friendly and just doing things by the numbers.

Nothing. Jet Blue is a great choice for me And I’m going to miss flying with them Since I travel to Lima Peru very often 😞😞😞

United business class just sucks. There’s no reason to go business class with United. This time there were no screens. Boarding is ridiculous, always. The pull-out table was broken. The female crew members were very nice. The male crew member liked to listen to himself talk on the intercom. And gives his stupid comments on almost anything.

The WiFi didn’t work and the seats are too close together. Very uncomfortable.

Two flights,both poor. No entertainment. Cramped and uncomfortable seats, little space, the rest was OK. Staff were acceptable good.

I was told we'd have a hot breakfast option in first class, so I chose not get a hot breakfast. It was a very strange meal, but the fresh fruit was very good quality. Service was excellent from ORD to ELP. No service from MBS to ORD, not even water. However, when flying American from FNT to ORD, which is a shorter flight, they at least pass out snacks and offer water.

Last minute gate change nearly caused us to miss our flight. Change was not announced or displayed in the main board at the old gate. Terrible communication. When we landed we had to wait 20 minutes because there was another plane at the assigned gate. Not the crew’s fault, but adding 20 minutes to a 45 minute flight sucked.

We were delayed an hour leaving Munich (No fault of the crew). They kept us posted on the status so we knew what was going on, but as a result we missed our connection in Chicago and the communication on connecting flights was pretty poor as we disembarked. It was already stressful and some of that could have been reduced by better communications about where to find transfers, etc.

One problem, but a serious one - the plane is built with electric windows that tint dark to reduce light. Sitting next to the window is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE as it emits so much HEAT in the face when tinted.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Terrible. 2 hour delay. Sat on the tarmac. Missed my connecting flight. Had to ARGUE with Customer service to get a hotel and food. Terrible experience with my loyal carrier

I really did not like being ordered to pull my shade down by the attendants. One of them was very rude to me about it, standing there until I closed it like I was a child brusquely reaching across me to close an adjoining one. They claim it was so people who wanted to could sleep. It’s a 10:30am flight not a red eye. Closing your shade or leaving it up for natural light should be a choice. Ruined my flight!

My baggage did not arrived with me. Took 3 days to get it after so may calls and follow up

The crew was very attentive and kept busy serving a variety of treats!

Terrible. Flight was 3 hours delayed and I missed my other flight to my final destination

Offered vegetable curry when it was actually tofu which I don’t care for.

The flight was good the crew excellent…but take off delayed three hours!!!

Both mine and my husband's chairs were broken. Also it took 2 hours to get our bags after our flight which was wild.

perhaps eye contact with the cabin crew, instead of abruptness and an impatience to serve.

Not enough trash pickups throughout the flight. Everything else was great.

Overall good, the gluten free food is very hit/miss though and you must tell them you have an allergy days in advance.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Philadelphia found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
27/7Sat
1 stopBritish Airways
26h 10mJNB-PHL
6/8Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
32h 55mPHL-JNB
R19 658
27/7Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
32h 39mJNB-PHL
6/8Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
35h 55mPHL-JNB
R20 036
27/7Sat
1 stopBritish Airways
26h 10mJNB-PHL
6/8Tue
2 stopsBritish Airways
30h 40mPHL-JNB
R20 055

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directSpirit Airlines
2h 43mFLL-PHL
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2h 59mPHL-FLL
R2 079
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17h 45mBOS-PHL
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14h 35mPHL-BOS
R2 136
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directDelta
1h 38mBOS-PHL
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R2 627
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1h 32mPHL-BOS
R2 986
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directJetBlue
1h 26mPHL-BOS
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3h 44mDEN-PHL
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4h 18mPHL-DEN
R3 837
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directUnited Airlines
2h 03mORD-PHL
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directUnited Airlines
2h 25mPHL-ORD
R3 950
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directUnited Airlines
3h 34mDEN-PHL
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R3 950
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