The partner airlines involved are Air New Zealand, Air France, Ansett Australia,British Midland, Delta, El Al, Emirates, Lufthansa, Qantas, South African Airlink,South African Express Airways, SAS, Swissair, Thai Airways, Varig. Either click on the information you are wanting to take on the links below or scroll down to get the information you need. If travelling to the UK you can either fly direct to London on British Airways or SAA, or take advantage of generally lower fares by flying through another European destination. These fares will generally allow you a free stopover in that city, so if you want to sample the delights of another European capital before you hit London this is your chance. If you hold a South African passport you will have to purchase a return ticket or you will not be granted a visa to enter the United Kingdom, or indeed many other destinations.
Most airlines offer a one year open return ticket to the United Kingdom.
A few travel agencies have set up schemes where you purchase a standard one year return ticket to the UK to satisfy visa requirements, but can then postpone the return date for up to two years. To qualify for such schemes, however, you have to arrange your working holidaymaker visa through the agent as well, and there will be some costs involved for this. This is useful if you are planning on flying into a country, travelling overland through various others before flying back to SA from another country entirely. Do check with the embassies involved. In the region of R2650 - R2800 ex Johannesburg, add on R100 ex Durban and R200 ex Cape Town.