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Three U.S. companies are also selling packages. They are Destination Southern Africa, Great Atlantic Travel and Cartan Tours, which is advertising a five-night $799 hotel/ticket package on its site.

You don’t have to buy a package though. Upon landing in South Africa, match tickets can be purchased at the FIFA Ticket Terminals inside the airport arrivals section at JoBurg’s O.R. Tambo, Cape Town and Durban’s King Shaka International.

There are also FIFA ticketing centers stationed around the host cities. A max of four tickets per person will be sold for individual games (starting at $80 each), for up to seven of the 64 matches. Or, one can buy up to four Team Specific Ticket series (TST) starting at $265 each.

For TST tix, a fan follows their chosen team, and depending on play, will see between three and seven matches. If your team is eliminated and your TST Series still has rounds left, your ticket strip is valid to follow the progressing team. Tickets are sold in categories 1-3 with Category 4 seats behind the goal said to be only available for SA residents.

A Note About Scalping
Word on the street is that ticket scalping will be near impossible as legit tickets must be purchased with ID and purchaser’s name will be on them, making transfers difficult. Also, under South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry, it’ll be considered a criminal offenseto sell non-FIFA approved tickets.

The "Ticket Transfer Policy" on FIFA’s website is a laundry list of rules meant to deter anyone thinking about selling up. Ironically, posts appear on that same website with people offering their tickets for one reason or another, so there may be a way around the uber-strict rules.

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[Photo: David DiGregorio]

Disclosure: Chanize Thorpe was hosted by South Africa Tourism on a recent assignment.