$818 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Australia

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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Australia

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Sydney
Sydney2 stops$1,252
Brisbane
Brisbane2 stops$1,234
Perth
Perth2 stops$1,664
Sydney
Sydney2 stops$1,252
Brisbane
Brisbane2 stops$1,234
Perth
Perth2 stops$1,664

Book Cheap Des Moines to Australia Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Australia 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Des Moines to Australia

Sun, May 3 - Sun, May 10
American Airlines Logo
3:20 pm - 5:00 am
DSM
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BNE
22h 40m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
8:35 pm - 10:26 am
BNE
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DSM
28h 51m
2 stops
$1,234American Airlines
Wed, Apr 29 - Wed, May 6
Air New Zealand Logo
8:20 am - 8:45 am
DSM
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SYD
33h 25m
2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
9:55 am - 10:45 pm
SYD
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DSM
27h 50m
2 stops
$1,252Air New Zealand
Mon, May 4 - Mon, May 11
American Airlines Logo
3:20 pm - 5:00 am
DSM
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BNE
22h 40m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:40 am - 6:35 pm
BNE
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DSM
25h 55m
2 stops
$1,268American Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Fri, May 8
United Airlines Logo
2:58 pm - 7:30 am
DSM
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MEL
25h 32m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
10:55 am - 7:26 pm
MEL
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DSM
23h 31m
2 stops
$1,377United Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Fri, May 8
United Airlines Logo
2:58 pm - 7:30 am
DSM
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MEL
25h 32m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:30 am - 4:15 pm
MEL
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DSM
21h 45m
2 stops
$1,384United Airlines
Sun, May 3 - Sun, May 10
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:56 pm - 4:15 pm
DSM
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HBA
30h 19m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 6:25 pm
HBA
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DSM
27h 25m
2 stops
$1,585Multiple Airlines
Sat, May 2 - Sat, May 9
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 3:50 pm
DSM
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MEL
42h 50m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:20 pm - 10:18 pm
MEL
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DSM
43h 58m
2 stops
$1,604Multiple Airlines
Sun, May 3 - Sun, May 10
British Airways Logo
6:26 pm - 5:00 am
DSM
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BNE
43h 34m
2 stops
British Airways Logo
7:40 am - 6:25 pm
BNE
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DSM
49h 45m
2 stops
$1,639British Airways
Sat, May 2 - Sat, May 9
Qantas Airways Logo
3:20 pm - 8:20 pm
DSM
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AVV
38h 00m
2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
4:40 pm - 6:35 pm
AVV
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DSM
40h 55m
2 stops
$2,297Qantas Airways
Sat, May 9 - Sat, May 16
Qantas Airways Logo
7:05 pm - 10:50 pm
DSM
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AVV
36h 45m
2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
4:40 pm - 6:35 pm
AVV
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DSM
40h 55m
2 stops
$2,434Qantas Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to Australia flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Des Moines to Australia to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Des Moines to Australia?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Australia, 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 Des Moines to Australia is November, when tickets cost $1,345 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,043 and $1,887 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$818
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 5% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 21% increase in price.
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Reviews of the top airlines flying from Des Moines to Australia

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to Australia? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 9451 reviews
8.1Crew
7.7Boarding
7.1Entertainment
7.3Comfort
6.6Food
Airline reviews

Experience was great - no complaints. Took off on time, landed early. Got to the gate relatively quickly - took a little bit of extra time to deplane but nothing excessive.

10.0 ExcellentLaura, Mar 2026
MCO - EWR
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Experience was great - no complaints. Took off on time, landed early. Got to the gate relatively quickly - took a little bit of extra time to deplane but nothing excessive.

Business class seats felt very cramped compared to other airlines.

Economy plus was so cramped I could not use my laptop. It was beyond bad.

OK, we were delayed and had to de plane and reboard.

United is one airline which regardless of how many separate United tickets in existence, if one flight breaks down, the airline will take care of all the flights.

Both our flights were delayed. Almost didn’t get in the second flight. Staff was rude to the bone.

Both my flight where delayed Had 25min to make it to my transfer flight

Everything was on time and service on the flight was great!

Wifi Bluetooth features for watching in flight movie was horrible. Screen kept blacking out no connection of sound although it said connected. Other than that smooth trip .

The 777’s economy seat’s legroom was more tolerable than expected. I appreciate the reclining mechanism which slides the seat forward to minimize cannibalizing the space behind. The food was terrible: very salty.

Mostly good. The WiFi wasn’t working so that was not great.

I rated the experience "mediocre" because of the 2 hour delay in take off. This is the 4th flight from DFW on AA where there was a delay and in one of the instances (after 13 delays), the flight was cancelled. I understand weather but for the March 18th flight, there was no weather issue in Dallas or Detroit. I called Concierge Key and they were wonderful, booking me on a later flight in case my flight was cancelled. I have flown with American for many years and never has there been this consistent pattern of delays. Very disappointing.

They put me on an earlier and I got home sooner

Not good. One of my luggage is missing. And until now they can’t find it

Horrible experience upon landing. Probably more due to DCA utter incompetence than AA.

Jill was the flight attendant in first class she was fabulous!! Best flight attendant I have had in years.!! And I fly every other week. Other can learn from her!!

Really good. I accidentally left my duffel on the plane and the reps were so friendly in retrieving it.

My 9:50AM flight was delayed to 3:40PM "due to incoming aircraft delay". No aircraft is "delayed" that long. Found out once we did board (after several changes in times) that the aircraft had a maintenance issue and we had to wait for another aircraft. Just tell us that. The aircraft we did get was old and the seats need to be updated. I have been traveling for several weeks with AA and you should refresh your entertainment content as frequent flyers have gone through most of your new content. I have Celiac and a shellfish allergy and continue to have struggles with meals on business and first class flights. Please keep this in mind. Sorry - was a long travel day yesterday and a bit cranky this morning with my experience comments. Still an AA fan.

The business steward was absolutely amazing! Smiles and kindness! Wish all AA flights are like this one!

As a first class customer, there was no power the entire flight which limited my ability to work. I find this unacceptable. The first 11 rows on the left side of the plan were out. I was only offered the option to charge my phone which was not the issue because my laptop was out of power. I asked if there was anything that can be done for me, and the answer was, "no". I was not offered any type of compensation for this AA problem which caused me unnecessary stress due to inability to address business issues on an already challenging travel day. Flight attendants tried to reset the power once but that was the extent of their support. Very disappointing for the lack of expected services on a flight. Please contact me with customer focused response to this complaint.

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