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Find cheap flights from Detroit to Cape Town from $1,099

This is the cheapest round-trip flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Detroit to Cape Town departing on 9/18. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from Detroit to Cape Town (DTW-CPT)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Detroit to Cape Town that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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8:10 pm - 11:50 amDTW-CPT
33h 40m1 stop
4:35 pm - 6:25 pmCPT-DTW
31h 50m1 stop
$1,099Turkish Airlines
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Wed, Sep 18 - Wed, Sep 25
8:10 pm - 11:50 amDTW-CPT
33h 40m1 stop
4:35 pm - 6:25 pmCPT-DTW
31h 50m1 stop
$1,100Turkish Airlines
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Wed, Sep 18 - Wed, Sep 25
4:00 pm - 11:50 amDTW-CPT
37h 50m2 stops
4:35 pm - 6:25 pmCPT-DTW
31h 50m1 stop
$1,255Turkish Airlines
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Wed, Sep 18 - Wed, Sep 25
12:20 pm - 10:50 amDTW-CPT
40h 30m2 stops
1:00 pm - 12:13 amCPT-DTW
41h 13m2 stops
$1,538Qatar Airways
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Wed, Sep 18 - Wed, Sep 25
11:20 am - 11:35 amDTW-CPT
42h 15m2 stops
1:05 pm - 10:37 amCPT-DTW
51h 32m2 stops
$1,654
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Thu, Oct 3 - Sat, Oct 12
7:35 am - 1:45 pmDTW-CPT
24h 10m2 stops
5:50 am - 10:26 pmCPT-DTW
46h 36m3 stops
$1,740
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Sun, Jun 2 - Sun, Jun 9
6:00 am - 10:50 amDTW-CPT
46h 50m2 stops
1:00 pm - 4:23 pmCPT-DTW
33h 23m2 stops
$2,049Qatar Airways
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Mon, May 27 - Sat, Jun 15
6:00 am - 3:20 pmDTW-CPT
27h 20m1 stop
7:50 pm - 9:27 amCPT-DTW
19h 37m1 stop
$2,251United Airlines
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Thu, Oct 3 - Sat, Oct 12
6:00 am - 3:20 pmDTW-CPT
27h 20m1 stop
7:50 pm - 9:49 amCPT-DTW
19h 59m1 stop
$2,426United Airlines
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Thu, Jun 6 - Thu, Jun 13
4:40 pm - 9:10 pmDTW-CPT
22h 30m1 stop
11:15 pm - 4:10 pmCPT-DTW
22h 55m1 stop
$2,514KLM
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Sun, Jun 2 - Sun, Jun 9

Flights from Detroit to Cape Town - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Detroit 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 Detroit to Cape Town?

The average price of all flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Cape Town clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Cape Town on a Thursday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Wednesday is the most expensive day to fly from Detroit to Cape Town. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Monday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

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Low season

June

High season

September

Cheapest flight

$1,099
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 14% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from Detroit to Cape Town

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FAQs for booking Detroit to Cape Town flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Cape Town?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Cape Town was $1,099 for a round-trip ticket.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Detroit to Cape Town, KLM or Turkish Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Detroit to Cape Town are KLM and Turkish Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,836 and an overall rating of 7.8, KLM is the most popular choice. Turkish Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,241 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Detroit 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 Detroit to Cape Town.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cape Town from Detroit 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 Detroit 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 Detroit with another airline. Booking your flights between Detroit 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 Detroit 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 Detroit up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 4 airlines serving from Detroit to Cape Town

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Detroit 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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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10838 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.6Crew
8.0Entertainment
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
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8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024DTW - ORF
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Food service was bare-bone. Better bot to have any at all rather than hand out premade coffees and cookies to random few passengers.

Crew was great. Friendly, calm, interesting, happy to be there. That makes a huge difference. Plane was very quiet. Also quite empty so I had three seats to sleep across

Had assistance at airport getting from arrivals gate to departure gate; I couldn't have managed without that extra help. Thank you Delta.

They charge me for the luggage which is was included on the ticket

More space in the cabin. The guy in front of me leaned his seat back and I felt he was sitting in my lap.

Was a great smooth flight from Detroit to San Diego.

Late flight, always blaming the flight crew, stale almonds, pushy people. Why don’t they have the people sitting in the back board first? So much easier getting through an empty plane! Duh!!

As we lined up to board they gave our plane to a flight going to Newark. So then we got delayed until they could find another plane. Flight crew was ok. I’m assuming since it’s a shorter flight they only offered water and coffee.

Food could have been better. A little more leg room would have been appreciated.

The flight was again delayed for more then 2 hours with some lousy explanation regarding the reason of the delay. Although the flight was delayed for more than 2 hours, no refreshments were offered (according to EU regulations). Last 4 flights on KLM - always at least 2 hrs late. So be prepared that you cannot plan anything with KLM.

The flight was delayed for 2 hrs. Because they didn’t have a crew to fly. And it is not a first time for klm to do that. Last time they cancelled my filght and rebooked me 3 days later. Not reliable airline

Seats are fair enough for medium tall people. Good food all the trip. Fight attendances are warm

The food was ok. The crew seemed like they were cranky. I had one guy get mad at me for passing in between the storage area to get to the other toilet. I can understand if it's not allowed but reprimanding me like I'm a student saying "This is the last time!" was not appropriate. During my meal time, there was a French family around me. No problems there but when we usually have meals, they are supposed to put their chair in the upright position. These people did not do it and the steward did not tell them to raise their seat in the upright position. However, I was told to do so! So, me and another person next to me had to eat with the monitor almost touching our faces. Furthermore, a lady in front of me was putting her feet up and preventing another elder passenger from putting her seat back. To make it worse, she was continuously hitting her back into her seat, shaking my monitor while I was watching a movie. A crew member did speak to her about it but then she accused me of pushing her seat forward! The crew member gave me a death stare and told me to stop pushing the seat forward. I did not even touch her seat at all, if I did, she would know it. Her boyfriend also stood up and tried to push her seat even further past the maximum decline to no avail. None of these people were reprimanded but the steward, some bald guy, was extremely friendly with them and did not even try to instruct them to do anything until it was time to land. I resisted the urge to really argue with them because I would have obviously been seen as the aggressor (I have no idea why). I hardly said anything on this flight except "more wine please" and "sorry" if I bumped into someone accidentally. Overall, it was an annoying flight and I had to resist the urge to yell at the steward and the people he was overly friendly with. The happiest moment of this flight was leaving it.

Overall a good experience. We were disappointed when we had to check our carry on due to the plane being full. KLM hadn’t notified us and we had valuable items in the carry on but they still made us check it. Some of the food was great and some was mediocre. Crew is really kind and funny.

It was nice to be on a legacy airline, people try at least.

Mostly fine. Minor delays departing and arriving. Quite a cramped plane, not so much as regards legroom but very narrow seats. Quiet nice food. Non-working USB charger. Flight attendants were helpful but not particularly proactive — one had to work to get their attention (but all was fine once they notice you), very Dutch style:)

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

The plane was clean and the staff was friendly. Food and drinks as expected on international flights. The entertainment system was old style, with a pullout controller, and selections not as extensive as on other flights.

Amazing KLM service and brilliant economy comfort seats. Well worth the extra.

Excellent service and comfort from the moment you check in. Flight crew is hyper focused on making passengers comfortable and at ease. It’s like a flying hotel!

Only chicken as a meat dish through out the flight

Nothing really was great as such. Seen other no name airlines perform better.

Quality of service on board was very inconsistent. FA service primarily seemed robotic and they barely engaged with passengers

I’m unclear why I had to pay extra for assigned seats as Turkish airlines did not honor the seating. We were placed across the aisle from each other on TK 34, and were seated behind one another on TK 694. Because my name was misspelled on e-ticket (Klawiter, instead of Klawitter) I could not log onto website to get the connection gate number in Istanbul. The monitors in the airport were a jumbled mess 1/2 Arabic and 1/2 English.

On line check in needs a lot of improvement. I tried and gave up.

Food not good, flight attendants not the best, not accommodating very ruff

the female flight attendant was racist towards me. I could tell she treated the two other passengers next to me with more softness.

Oh my god! For an13 hour flight they serve you food just one time. Also don’t be thirsty they give you a little small cup of soda to drink. They seem like their goal is to feed you one so they don’t have to be bothered with you. It quite surprise for such a long flight there are several times to eat at least three and the food was well lackluster. The food and lack of offering drinks which were always hot no ice provided.

We were traveling first class. Checkin counter lady and her manager, both were in bad mood and did not treat us well about checking in the handbag. The gate agent took care of it right away. I travel Turkish twice a year in first class. No one has ever refused to check in the hand bag. Not sure, why this agent and her manager refused. Everything else was excellent.

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

The plane was dirty and the in seat air wasn't blowing as planes usually do.

Generally good but there wasn’t any staff available when my luggage didn’t appear at baggage claim in Fresno. It took about half an hour to locate a staff member to open up the locked room where it was being kept.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

All flights were on time and boarding was issue free

Terrible! The plane was old and you are required to connect your own device to their Wi-Fi rather than have entertainment options in the back of the seat in front of you. The Wi-Fi went out during the flight and there was only one plug for the devices every two seats. Three out of five surrounding my family did not work. The seats and spaces under them were so small I could not fit my backpack, which I’ve always brought on flights and fit before no problem. The crew were unpleasant and patronizing.

Great! The plane was decently sized and comfortable. The staff was nice and there was great in flight entertainment

Food was terrible Not many options Stewards dont care Delay

Water service would be great. The way they board is terrible. Slow passengers first😂😂 They need to smart up a bit

Our original business class flight was cancelled so we not only downgraded but we were also spread out across the plane not sitting together in separate middle seats. My poor kids were scared and couldn’t see me on the flight and the crew wasn’t sensitive to the situation and what the airlines did to us. Very dissatisfied with United airlines.

Last minute flights from Detroit to Cape Town

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Detroit to Cape Town that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/5Sun
multi-stop
41h 37mDTW-CPT
5/11Sat
multi-stop
47h 55mCPT-DTW
$2,600
5/5Sun
multi-stop
35h 55mDTW-CPT
5/11Sat
multi-stop
47h 55mCPT-DTW
$3,418
5/5Sun
multi-stopKLM
23h 05mDTW-CPT
5/11Sat
multi-stopKLM
23h 00mCPT-DTW
$3,814

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Cape Town (CPT)South Africa

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