An overnight flight from CPT to Europe has no jet lag and I always found I could sleep quite well and get off in London in the morning not feeling too wretched
The OS flight leaves CPT after midnight so most pax will want to sleep asap - arrives VIE 10.50
Yes her bags will be tagged through to LON
If your pal feels up for it then a jaunt into the City could be lovely (make sure she is dressed for VIE in January, and not still in summer CPT clothes LOL)
All she does is exit the airport through the green channel. Make sure she has her passport (and her VIE-LON boarding pass) and ensure to be back at VIE airport no later than 75 minutes before departure - go straight to security and then to the departure gate.
I guess this is her flight---
Austrian Airlines OS32
11h 30
00:20
10:50
CPT Cape Town
VIE Vienna
6h 25 Connect in airport Long wait
Austrian Airlines OS455
2h 25
17:15
18:40
VIE Vienna
LHR London Heathrow
An alternate is to look to buy a cheap VIE-LON ticket on another airline to get home sooner PDQ? (ensuring her bags at CPT are short shipped tagged only to VIE)
If she misses that one then she has her original flight to fall back on and can recheck in her bags at VIE for LON.
OR spend the night in VIE as suggested? Flights to LON STN can be got for £19!
Last edited by rog747; 16th Nov 2018 at 07:21.