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Find cheap flights to Philadelphia from R12 373

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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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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 Monday where tickets can be as cheap as R17 558. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where prices are R19 246 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 February, where tickets cost R16 056 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and December, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R23 585 and R21 263 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is November with an average price of R16 364.

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 R16 387 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 R19 686.

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 18 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 25h 06m, and Cape Town, which takes 27h 55m.

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Low season

February

High season

July

Cheapest flight

R12 373
Best time to beat the crowds (15% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (1% 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 3 089 per week, followed by Frontier with 364 flights per week.

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Direct departures

South Africa to Philadelphia

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Friday

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Saturday

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ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Sunday

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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, +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.
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KLMOverall score based on 1558 reviews
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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.

I requested wheel chair assistance , it was confirmed via email that inwoood get it but I didn’t get it . The last leg of my trip to Nigeria was the worst.

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

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,

Entertainment... No earphones passed out. Many including me couldn't use the TV. Legroom was good. Crew was indifferent and a bit surly. Free wifi was a nice convenience. Check in desk location was unknown. Gate number on the boarding passes was wrong.

Going through JFK’s security is a mess. The TSA security said no shoes on the bins. So, we place our shoes in the belt and they came out all over the belt. Boarding was delayed and Flight as well.

Safe and on time were the positives. The plane wasn't cleaned before boarding, there was garbage and food on the floor and in the seat pocket. The TV screen was small and the picture fuzzy, audio quality was poor. Seatbelt was fraying and seat did not recline properly. No charging ports near the seats,

Confusing. Delay updates were out of whack At one point it said my flight was 25 hours. Three gate changes and two delays only to change back to original departure time. Gate announcer and on board flight attendant (Alejandro) making the announcements was impossible to understand due to accent and speed of speech. After beverage service the rear flight attendants sat back there on their phones. No refills no checking in, one sweep through for trash collection. Very impersonal. Bring back Coke products

Delayed departure. Delayed after landing pulling into gate. Delay due to sky bridge malfunction

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.

My seat was broken. WiFi didn’t work. Gate crew at HOU were rude and condescending. Treated all the passengers badly. Bad experience, United.

First flight of the day… MINIMUM FUEL! 15 minute landing delay at HOU due to fog turned into a 2+ hour delay! Rather than circle, they had to divert to another city to refuel! Sat on tarmac at Austin to refuel. We ALL missed our connections! The crew, including pilots, were clueless. Crew was really a mess. At HOU, Untied employees were exceedingly rude to all. It was pitiful.

The check in from Panama to Houston was good. From Houston to Toronto was definitely an experience. The Pilot from Houston to Toronto was exceptional. He probably saved our lives by noticing a dent in the fuselage. Everyone was taken off the plane and we boarded a new plane

An hour and a half late is UNACCEPTABLE. The negative impact to our family is unconscionable. And for the price we were forced to pay...

We enjoyed that we boarded and took off on time. We didn’t like that our connection flight was a twenty minute walk through the airport with only one hour in between flights.

No lounge access with “United First” ticket. False alarm about late flight, jeopardizing connection. Wrong meal. Loose power socket would not hold plug, could not charge device. In-flight access to text messaging did not work. Toilet seat on plane would not stay up.

We ended up with seats in the very back. So they did not recline. Have no idea why, we reserved and checked in very early. The isles were very narrow and the seats had very little leg room. But they did give us water, and a snack.

Boarding was terrible. My wife uses a wheel chair and she was in an incredibly hot closed metal cargo box for close to 20 minutes before getting on board

Check in etc was very good. As for on the plane, it was like flying in a freezer. It was so cold, i have flown for years and never been so cold on a plane. Staff on board said its always cold when flying which is a load of rubbish. They wouldnt put any heating on and now i have the flu because of this .

I’ve had a couple flights this week on United that were delayed by an hour or more

Flight delayed an hour due to plane maintenance issues after getting in line to board. Issue was plane galley ovens which eliminated hot meals for overseas flight. Cold selections were limited due to availability. Drink and meal service (already an hour delayed) was very slow. Upon arrival in Nashville, had to sit at gate for about 15 minutes before disembarking with no explanation. Local police then boarded plane as we were disembarking so maybe that was the issue.

Leg space was not enough. The meal was not satisfactory.

Boarding good. Seats uncomfortable when lie flat. Food was awful. Tasted stale and chicken was dry. No live tv or flight map. Had to pay for internet.

Poor technical details on this plane. 1) There was no WiFi on an 8 hour long-haul flight. So no work could be done. That's below the standard expected for airlines these days. 2) The power outlet at my seat was busted and not working. 3) The headphone jack was loose and I had to keep adjusting my headphones to get good reception, or when it slipped out. - The flight was delayed to due mechanics. Sometimes this can't be avoided, I understand, and it's a big inconvenience to arrive that much later when traveling across time zones (then arriving at 4am from the prior time zone). - Also unique to this flight, the northern lights were visible on the right side of the aircraft, but I only found out after we landed (b/c again no wifi). I understand there are considerations about people being out of their seats to look, but I feel extremely disappointed and resentful that I wasn't told so that I could have a chance to look at this probably once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event from a view in the sky. - Flight crew was otherwise friendly and helpful.

I would have preferred something lighter for the second meal. Maybe a small sandwich .

They cancelled our flight the morning of departure at 4:30am.

Coach seats are too tight. Seem designed for small people. Food different but OK. Staff helpful.

my original flight was cancelled the previous day, and i was rescheduled onto this flight, which left much earlier in the morning, impacting my previous evening and requiring me to get up much earlier in the morning to get to the airport online. This practice happens way way way too much, and it seems on every airline, though AA is probably the worst.

Spending 10 hours on a flight with no video or wifi access due to issues per stewardess was not enjoyable nor acceptable. Will follow up directly with the airline as well

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!

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These are the cheapest return flights to Philadelphia found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
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1 stop
25h 30mJNB-PHL
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32h 55mPHL-JNB
R17 362
15/7ma
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24h 25mJNB-PHL
22/8to
2 stops
34h 26mPHL-JNB
R17 870
15/7ma
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27h 20mJNB-PHL
22/8to
2 stopsBritish Airways
30h 29mPHL-JNB
R18 142
4/6ti
2 stopsKLM
27h 01mJNB-PHL
11/6ti
2 stopsKLM
26h 52mPHL-JNB
R18 596
2/6su
2 stopsDelta
28h 31mJNB-PHL
15/1ke
2 stopsDelta
23h 15mPHL-JNB
R18 650
4/6ti
1 stopQatar Airways
31h 46mJNB-PHL
11/6ti
1 stopQatar Airways
37h 25mPHL-JNB
R18 759
4/6ti
1 stopQatar Airways
25h 06mJNB-PHL
24/7ke
1 stopQatar Airways
38h 15mPHL-JNB
R18 959
4/6ti
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51h 09mJNB-PHL
24/7ke
1 stop
30h 45mPHL-JNB
R19 086
27/7la
2 stopsBritish Airways
25h 35mJNB-PHL
6/8ti
2 stopsBritish Airways
30h 29mPHL-JNB
R22 370
4/6ti
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24/7ke
2 stopsUnited Airlines
29h 21mPHL-JNB
R25 835

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Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Philadelphia found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
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1 stopBritish Airways
25h 30mJNB-PHL
R12 373
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25h 10mJNB-PHL
R12 663
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25h 10mJNB-PHL
R14 079
7/8ke
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21h 40mJNB-PHL
R14 332
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25h 10mJNB-PHL
R15 693
11/9ke
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24h 40mJNB-PHL
R15 711
14/8ke
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25h 30mJNB-PHL
R15 947
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29h 22mJNB-PHL
R24 837
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R35 450

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21h 01mDEN-PHL
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3/6ma
multi-stopSun Country Air
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R2 903
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directDelta
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directJetBlue
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directDelta
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directDelta
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directJetBlue
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1/6la
directJetBlue
1h 21mPHL-BOS
R3 211
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multi-stopSouthwest
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6/6to
multi-stopSouthwest
4h 05mPHL-ATL
R4 427
3/6ma
multi-stopSouthwest
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6/6to
multi-stopSouthwest
4h 05mPHL-ATL
R4 517
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multi-stopUnited Airlines
7h 57mSFO-PHL
17/8la
directUnited Airlines
5h 54mPHL-SFO
R5 787
11/9ke
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 05mSFO-PHL
14/9la
directUnited Airlines
6h 01mPHL-SFO
R6 060

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Flights to Philadelphia

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Philadelphia (PHL)United States

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Philadelphia - South Africa

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