Airline Customer Rewards · South Africa · ZAR

Airline Customer Rewards in South Africa.

South Africa has Africa's most competitive aviation market — FlySafair, Kulula, and SA Express compete on price while South African Airways rebuilds. O.R. Tambo is Africa's busiest airport.

60M+

Population

ZAR

Local currency

20M+

Annual domestic passengers

Key South Africa players

01

FlySafair

02

Kulula (Comair)

03

South African Airways

04

SA Express

05

Airlink

Delivery channels in South Africa

SMSWhatsAppWebApp push

South Africa use cases

How passenger loyalty rewards
work in South Africa.

Every reward is issued in ZAR (R) and redeemable at local South Africa brands. Delivered via SMS and WhatsApp — works on any phone.

Example 01

FlySafair frequent flyer rewards

ZAR reward cards at flight milestones — 10th, 25th, 50th completed FlySafair flight.

Example 02

SAA upgrade completion reward

R reward card on business class upgrade purchase — reinforces upgrade decision for SAA passengers.

Example 03

Kulula direct booking cashback

Cashback reward card on direct Kulula website or app booking — reduces commission costs.

Example 04

Airlink delay goodwill card

Automatic R goodwill card for Airlink passengers on flights delayed 2+ hours.

Integration

Issuing passenger loyalty rewards in South Africa.

01

Connect to your reservation system

QIFTS integrates via API or webhook with any airline PSS (Passenger Service System) — Amadeus, Sabre, Navitaire, or custom.

02

Configure passenger triggers

First flight, milestone, upgrade, referral, delay — set any event as a reward trigger in the QIFTS dashboard.

03

Rewards issue in local currency

Reward cards issued in the passenger's home market currency — NGN for Nigerian passengers, KES for Kenyan, ZAR for South African.

04

Passengers spend at local brands

Recipients choose from curated local brands within the reward category — spent at merchants relevant to their country.

South Africa reward card details

Currency

ZAR (R)

Delivery

SMS

Issue time

< 2 seconds

Region

Southern Africa

Get started

Build your South Africa airline reward programme.

Tell us your trigger events and we will configure rewards in ZAR — delivered via SMS.