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8:00 pm - 12:00 pmSEA-CPT
31h 00m1 stop
5:15 pm - 6:05 pmCPT-SEA
33h 50m1 stop
$1,007Turkish Airlines
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Tue, Mar 11 - Mon, Mar 24
7:00 pm - 12:00 pmSEA-CPT
31h 00m1 stop
5:15 pm - 6:05 pmCPT-SEA
33h 50m1 stop
$1,045Turkish Airlines
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Sun, Feb 16 - Sun, Mar 9
4:05 pm - 10:30 amSEA-CPT
32h 25m1 stop
6:10 pm - 11:40 amCPT-SEA
51h 30m2 stops
$1,282Qatar Airways
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Sat, Feb 15 - Mon, Feb 24
4:05 pm - 10:40 amSEA-CPT
32h 35m1 stop
2:00 pm - 11:40 amCPT-SEA
55h 40m2 stops
$1,285Qatar Airways
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Fri, Feb 21 - Sat, Mar 1
6:50 pm - 10:20 amSEA-CPT
29h 30m1 stop
6:45 pm - 4:55 pmCPT-SEA
32h 10m1 stop
$1,446American Airlines
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Wed, Feb 19 - Fri, Feb 28
6:50 pm - 8:00 amSEA-CPT
27h 10m1 stop
10:00 pm - 4:55 pmCPT-SEA
28h 55m1 stop
$1,608American Airlines
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Mon, Jan 13 - Mon, Jan 27
12:40 am - 9:30 pmSEA-CPT
35h 50m2 stops
8:05 am - 4:31 pmCPT-SEA
41h 26m2 stops
$1,727Delta
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Mon, Mar 10 - Mon, Mar 24
9:20 am - 4:10 pmSEA-CPT
44h 50m3 stops
8:50 pm - 6:45 pmCPT-SEA
31h 55m2 stops
$1,782United Airlines
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Fri, Jan 31 - Sat, Mar 1
3:01 pm - 3:20 pmSEA-CPT
39h 19m3 stops
8:00 pm - 3:58 pmCPT-SEA
28h 58m2 stops
$1,832United Airlines
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Fri, Mar 28 - Sun, Apr 13
12:40 am - 9:25 pmSEA-CPT
35h 45m2 stops
11:15 pm - 4:05 pmCPT-SEA
25h 50m1 stop
$2,038Delta
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Fri, Mar 28 - Mon, Apr 14
2:35 pm - 9:50 amSEA-CPT
33h 15m2 stops
Sun, Feb 16
2:35 pm - 10:55 amSEA-CPT
34h 20m3 stops
Sun, Feb 16
1:45 pm - 12:10 pmSEA-CPT
36h 25m1 stop
$877American Airlines
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Fri, Dec 6
6:50 pm - 10:20 amSEA-CPT
29h 30m1 stop
$890American Airlines
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Sat, Jan 25
4:05 pm - 10:30 amSEA-CPT
32h 25m1 stop
$1,024Qatar Airways
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Mon, Jan 27
4:05 pm - 10:30 amSEA-CPT
32h 25m1 stop
$1,047Qatar Airways
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Thu, Feb 20
7:00 pm - 12:00 pmSEA-CPT
31h 00m1 stop
$1,093Turkish Airlines
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Wed, Jan 22
7:15 am - 12:00 pmSEA-CPT
42h 45m2 stops
$1,227Turkish Airlines
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Fri, Jan 3
12:40 am - 9:30 pmSEA-CPT
35h 50m2 stops
$1,605Delta
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Mon, Mar 17
12:40 am - 9:25 pmSEA-CPT
35h 45m2 stops
$1,711Delta
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Fri, May 9

Flights from Seattle to Cape Town - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Seattle to Cape Town?

The average price of all flights from Seattle to Cape Town clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Seattle to Cape Town, look for departures on Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Cape Town, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Wednesday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Seattle to Cape Town?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Seattle to Cape Town, 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 from Seattle to Cape Town is February, where tickets cost $1,311 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of tickets is $1,991 and $1,891 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Seattle to Cape Town?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Seattle to Cape Town, 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 on the flight from Seattle to Cape Town, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 141 days before departure.

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June

High season

January

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Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 20% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Seattle to Cape Town

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

  • What are the benefits of flying First Class from Seattle to Cape Town?

    Delta Air Lines offers Sky Priority privileges like security service and accelerated check-in to their First Class passengers. Delta also offers personalized services like a hearty snack and more baggage allowance. Finnair offers wider, fully-flat seats and more legroom in their First Class cabins. Finnair also offers Business Class flyers preference to choose seats and priority in boarding.

  • What airlines are the most environmentally friendly from Seattle to Cape Town?

    Delta is the most sustainable airline flying to Cape Town from Seattle. Delta offsets 39% of the carbon emitted in this route. Delta Air Lines utilizes compostable stirrers from the cutlery to amenity packages, reducing around 30,000 lb of CO2. Delta Sky Clubs employ environmentally friendly packaging for their foods.

  • What are the common layovers for connecting flights to Cape Town from Seattle?

    Delta Air Lines flies to Cape Town through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). British Airways connects to Cape Town through London Heathrow (LHR) Airport and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Passengers on American Airlines will fly to Cape Town through Chicago O'Hare (ORD) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL).

  • What is the carry-on and luggage policy for airlines flying to Cape Town from Seattle?

    Turkish Airlines allow passengers to bring one carry-on baggage in their Economy Class cabins with a maximum weight of around 18 lb. Business Class flyers on Turkish Airlines may bring two carry-on bags not exceeding 18 lb each. Delta allows passengers to carry one cabin bag and one personal item with maximum dimensions of around 22 x 14 x 9 inches.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Seattle to Cape Town?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Seattle to Cape Town was $620 for a one-way ticket and $1,007 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Seattle and Cape Town?

    A passport is required to fly from Seattle to Cape Town.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Seattle to Cape Town?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Seattle to Cape Town?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Seattle and Cape Town, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Cape Town from Seattle?

    Doha is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Seattle to Cape Town.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Seattle to Cape Town, Emirates or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Seattle to Cape Town are Emirates and Delta. With an average price for the route of $1,776 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $2,062 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Seattle to Cape Town?

    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 from Seattle to Cape Town.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Seattle to Cape Town?

    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 Cape Town with an airline and back to Seattle with another airline. Booking your flights between Seattle and CPT can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

    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 Cape Town from Seattle up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Seattle to Cape Town

  • Passengers landing through Cape Town Aiport (CPT) can access car rental services within the airport facilities. Car rental companies are in front of the transport plaza and central Terminal building. Passengers can access the car rental desks through the pedestrian subway on either side of the Terminal building. They include Hertz, Budget, Avis, Thrifty, SIXT, and Europcar.
  • Cape Town Airport (CPT) is located in Matroosfontein, around 12 miles southeast of Cape Town city center. CPT Airport serves the metropolitan area of Cape Town. This includes Sunset Beach and Constantia around seven and eight miles from CPT Airport, respectively. Atlantis and Stellenbosch are around 25 miles and 26 miles away, respectively.
  • Passengers carrying personal respirators POC/CPAP machines into the cabins of Turkish Airlines must make sure the device is FAA approved. Passengers with diabetes may take their relevant medications without producing any medical reports on Turkish Airlines. Complimentary wheelchairs are available for passengers with mobility limitations.
  • A maximum of two pets are allowed per passenger on Turkish Airlines. However, only one pet is allowed into the cabin, while the other will travel in the hold. Pets in the cabin must be inside a kennel. The total weight of a pet and kennel in Turkish Airlines must not exceed approximately 18 lb.
  • Turkish Airlines does not allow newborn babies under the age of 48 hours on their flights. Passengers above the age of two years must travel in their own seats. Seat extenders are not allowed in Turkish Airlines cabins. Turkish Airlines also offer inflight games and films for children.
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Top 5 airlines serving from Seattle to Cape Town

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Seattle to Cape Town. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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DeltaOverall score based on 8758 reviews
7.9Entertainment
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
7.3Food
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I sat in comfort plus. It was fine. Seats were comfortable. I got drinks and snacks.

8.0 ExcellentAndrew, Nov 2024MCO - LGA
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I sat in comfort plus. It was fine. Seats were comfortable. I got drinks and snacks.

Crew was nice. Flight was timely. Seats could be better as well as the food considering it’s first class.

Left on time and arrived early this extending our 31 minute transfer. Bags made it also!

Good and consistent Printer in lounge did not work for me :(

Most of my discomfort was going through TSA. However, the Delta seats had inadequate leg room and I tried my very best to connect to the wi-fi and it was a cumbersome process that finally gave me the info that I needed to sign in AFTER I had completed the flight...Why make it so difficult to use? That said I really really appreciate the pilot taking a little extra time to avoid a bad storm area and both landings in Atlanta and Orlando were flawless to my delight!!!

Delayed in taking off because no flight crew. The in seat entertainment was working properly.

All fine save for the abominable catering. Really gone downhill. We found it all inedible.

Bottom seat cushion is almost non existent. Very uncomfortable seat.

Coach seating is debilitating, neither my husband or I can walk the following day

It was NOT pleasant. Started from checking our luggage to the last time getting off the plane. The crew was not friendly, the food was horrible and the seats were too close to each other that I got a bruise on my knee.

Did not like anything. Seats were crammed, leg space was minimal and food was terrible. This was the first time traveling overseas in American Airlines and was the worst experience ever. Have learned a lesson to never travel in American Airlines.

Delayed my flights and no communication. We end up spending 6 hrs in Doha. No food or any concern from the airline. Terrible

Check in desk people constrained by fear. Obvious typo on Uganda visa, even though approved, caused loss of flight. Something is definitely wrong with this system.

Between Air India and Qatar my luggage was lost for three days. I eventually found my own luggage location using the Apple Air Tag. Air India used a paper form to report my lost luggage. I could never get past getting past luggage personnel with my report number before they would hang up on me. Only after them specifically telling Air India at Chandigarh airport where my luggage was located which was right under their noses did they react. After three days I finally received my luggage. The Air India luggage folks didn’t seem proactive in finding the luggage’s rightful owner.

Besides the flight cancellation, everything else was prefect. Kudos to Malaysian Airlines.

Operated by American Airlines. Very chaotic and the crew was bit rough responding any enquiries. Restricted leg space.. Qatar would have been better

Qatar airways from Doha to guangzhau was excellent big bird Boeing 777 more room and smoothly flight, I Love it

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

The made us waiting and held our passports and boarding pass making us miss our flights

Not impressed. Only allowed one carry on on such a long flight.

Check in was not available online. It was super long line to check in

I did not have a good experience from the first point of contact to the check in person to boarding and the comfort of the seats. I would not travel on Turkish again. I will let my family and friends know about my experience which was not a pleasant one.

Food quality and the overall service of the staff and significantly decreased. The flight was delayed at the Istanbul airport and the passengers were kept onboard for more than 3 hours. The staff didn’t kept the passengers informed and everyone was upset.

Cross Atlantic flight terrible aircraft TK10 on the way back : Old configuration tacky . The boarding in Istanbul at the gate fly TK686 was a mess unorganized , very rude ground staff . Overall never again

The food served was frozen salad and hummus. The hot meal was fine. Crew was doing bare minimum

I enjoy flying with Turkish Airlines and such good hospitality among the crew memebers

Good food and wine. Some of the Guy who are in charge to board Passengers on the plane couldn’t use the word “Please” to direct them drop their hand luggage to be loaded on Plane bcos he said the inside storage may not have enough room for all.

Turkish Airlines apparently no longer gives you 2 checked bags allowance on international flights, so that pleasure cost me $165 for my second suitcase at the airport. On top of that, they damaged that very suitcase, which happens to be a designer one and part of a set - ripped one of the four wheels right off.

Pretty standard for long haul international flying. Food was fine, tv/movie selection was great, wifi did not work at all, crew was pleasant enough.

Very poor service. Not friendly and special food ordered but not served

There was no USB plug in my section of the plane. So I could not charge my phone. Also, there was no screen to watch movie or anything like that. Wish I had known that in advance, I would’ve brought my iPad.

Had a crying baby and a toddler behind me so it was difficult to get comfortable. Searing was tight even for a relatively small person like myself (5’8” 155). Fast flight but arrived so early the gate assigned was still occupied by another plane so we had to wait for about 20-25 minutes to get reassigned to a new gate and get over there.

Best part: It’s operated by All Nippon Airways. It’s quite literally comfortable, reliable and respected from boarding to landing each and every time. It’s perfection without extremity in lavishness — it’s how flying should always be!

The flight attendants were unhelpful. It was a packed flight, and usually a flight attendant would help find a spot in the bin for your carry on or shift things around. Neither made any effort to do so. Also, I had to then check my bag. I was told it would be on the carousel in YYZ, but it came up on the jetway. So lucky I saw others standing around for their bags. I would have walked straight past this and on to the carousel. They could have at least told me that they had given me wrong information. Very unsatisfactory.

Made all groups except 2 check despite ample bin space. Inflight WiFi and entertainment didn’t work most of the time.

The check-in process is not the best They should have agents in site to help with any problem especially a rebook. Why does one have to get on the phone when there were at least 8 agents around that could have help?! Flying is stressful as it is and having someone willing to do their customer service will ease some of the stress.

It was a good flight. Nothing comes to mind about how it could have been better. It was a newer plane, seemed like a great upgrade from your older ones. Staff was very good as well.

Seats are smaller and harder than other airlines we have travels with. Food was edible but no good. The sandwich was the only thing I would eat again. They did have a lot of movies to watch.

boarding was uneventful. Snack was pathetic. A tiny fruit bar. Entertainment was limited to just select movies on your own tablet or phone. No live TV. I recently flew Jetblue and they had unlimited snacks and live satellite TV the entire flight. My seat was an exit seat, 20A. It was super uncomfortable. It felt cramped and the middle seat was taken up by a large woman who pushed into my shoulder and arm. Horrible flight.

I liked that the flight to Kosice was on time, the service was excellent and we arrived to Vienna early. The only thing I did not like, is that I had to pay for my suitcase $75. Bummer

It was as expected for such a short flight. No complaints

The departing flight from Newark to Charlotte was fine. It was the returning flight from Charlotte to Newark that was awful. We had scheduled an 8:35pm return flight time. We got delayed TEN times all the way to 5am in the morning! We were told over 4 different excuses as to why the flight kept getting delayed. First it was the flight crew needed to rest, then it was something technical with the plane, then it was something with air traffic control, and finally it was because they couldn’t find a captain and had to wait until the morning so the captain could get some rest. It was terrible sleeping overnight in the airport. They offered a $12 meal voucher. That was it! And the only place open in the middle of the night was Dunkin’ Donuts who didn’t even accept the voucher. They should have cancelled the flight much earlier on in the evening instead of just stringing us along hour by hour with more delays. Not professional and unacceptable. There was no refund for inconvenience. I probably will not be flying American Airlines again.

This leg they tried and did well with what they had to work from.

It was nice being on a flight that had working wifi. The boarding was quick - why don’t all airlines have small boarding groups window to aisle? Makes so much sense!!! I was disappointed to be the first person stopped to have to gate check my carryon. Especially when there was plenty of overhead space at the back! But I get it…keeps it moving. Crew was nice.

The flight was as good as it gets when flying. On time departure and arrival plus no lost luggage.

My boarding pass wouldn't pull up in the app very easily and had to really dig through my email. That caused a delay in TSA..

Packed commercial flight was as comfortable as can be expected

My seat was very worn. Otherwise I had an excellent flight

I'm not a valued flyer so I'm always in the last group to board...that sucks, always

My flight back my reservations were list because they said I didn't pay my pet fee when I had a receipt

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Seattle to Cape Town found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/16Sun
2 stops
33h 15mSEA-CPT
$620
2/16Sun
3 stops
34h 20mSEA-CPT
$705
12/6Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
36h 25mSEA-CPT
$877
1/25Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
29h 30mSEA-CPT
$890
1/27Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
32h 25mSEA-CPT
$1,024
2/20Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
32h 25mSEA-CPT
$1,047
1/22Wed
1 stopTurkish Airlines
31h 00mSEA-CPT
$1,093
1/3Fri
2 stopsTurkish Airlines
42h 45mSEA-CPT
$1,227
3/17Mon
2 stopsDelta
35h 50mSEA-CPT
$1,605
5/9Fri
2 stopsDelta
35h 45mSEA-CPT
$1,711

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