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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$1,318
Brisbane
Brisbane2 stops$1,628
Perth
Perth2 stops$1,637
Sydney
Sydney2 stops$1,318
Brisbane
Brisbane2 stops$1,628
Perth
Perth2 stops$1,637

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

Sat, Jul 25 - Sat, Aug 1
American Airlines Logo
9:41 am - 5:00 am
DSM
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MEL
28h 19m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 11:58 pm
MEL
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DSM
25h 23m
1 stop
$1,073American Airlines
Mon, Jul 27 - Mon, Aug 3
United Airlines Logo
3:01 pm - 7:30 am
DSM
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MEL
25h 29m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
10:55 am - 10:42 am
MEL
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DSM
38h 47m
2 stops
$1,095United Airlines
Wed, Jul 29 - Wed, Aug 5
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 7:50 am
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MEL
34h 50m
2 stops
Delta Logo
10:00 am - 10:37 pm
MEL
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DSM
27h 37m
2 stops
$1,102Delta
Sat, Oct 31 - Mon, Nov 9
Delta Logo
11:04 am - 8:50 am
DSM
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MEL
29h 46m
2 stops
Delta Logo
12:00 pm - 8:52 pm
MEL
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DSM
25h 52m
2 stops
$1,103Delta
Mon, Jul 27 - Mon, Aug 3
American Airlines Logo
7:13 pm - 10:35 am
DSM
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MEL
24h 22m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
9:45 am - 6:33 pm
MEL
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DSM
23h 48m
2 stops
$1,108American Airlines
Fri, Dec 11 - Sat, Dec 26
United Airlines Logo
5:03 pm - 7:30 am
DSM
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BNE
46h 27m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
11:40 am - 5:33 pm
BNE
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DSM
21h 53m
2 stops
$1,628United Airlines
Sat, Oct 24 - Wed, Oct 28
Qatar Airways Logo
9:39 am - 5:30 pm
DSM
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BNE
40h 51m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
3:10 pm - 6:56 pm
BNE
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DSM
42h 46m
2 stops
$1,731Qatar Airways
Sat, Oct 24 - Wed, Oct 28
Qatar Airways Logo
9:39 am - 5:30 pm
DSM
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BNE
40h 51m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
3:10 pm - 6:56 pm
BNE
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DSM
42h 46m
2 stops
$1,732Qatar Airways
Tue, Nov 3 - Tue, Nov 10
Qantas Airways Logo
3:23 pm - 2:05 pm
DSM
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AVV
29h 42m
2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
4:25 pm - 2:59 pm
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DSM
39h 34m
2 stops
$1,949Qantas Airways
Fri, Oct 16 - Sat, Nov 7
Qantas Airways Logo
3:10 pm - 3:20 pm
DSM
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AVV
32h 10m
2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
4:25 pm - 2:59 pm
AVV
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DSM
39h 34m
2 stops
$2,470Qantas 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 June, when tickets cost $1,085 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,607 and $1,429 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$586
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 16% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% 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 9830 reviews
7.7Boarding
6.6Food
7.1Entertainment
7.3Comfort
8.1Crew
Airline reviews

This planes staff was top tier. Everything went great and had a great flight home.

10.0 ExcellentKati, Jun 2026
DEN - DFW
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This planes staff was top tier. Everything went great and had a great flight home.

Food was great. Staff was phenomenal. Seats were a bit hard and could use a lot more entertainment options as far as movies to choose from. WiFi was good. Overall great trip.

This was an overnight flight, and in the morning they did know coffee service. How you can throw passengers in a San Francisco airport at 5:40 a.m. in the morning and not giving them Coffee is a crime.

I was promised by United Airline (operated by ANA) that I will be seated together with my kids as I am the only adult flying with two minors. We did not get seats together in our 11 hours flight from LA to Tokyo. When asked at the gate, ANA representative said United Airline should have informed them that there is a parent flying with two minors. He said they can’t do anything in the system as the flight is full. He ask me to ask passengers next to me and the kids if they are willing to change seats. This is ridiculous! However, I went in the flight and asked other passages but no one willing to change seats. 11 hours and we were seating separately. I was very disappointed with this. It made things super inconvenient for me.

Our flight was delayed several Times due to mechanical issues. Although I understand this may happen at times, it was very inconvenient and we had to book a hotel for an overnight stay. We were traveling with my 3-yo grandson and waiting at the airport from noon until 6:30pm with no reassurance that our next rescheduled flight would depart, we had to decide what’s best for him. A day later, I found out that I may be able to demand compensation if my flight is delayed more than 4 hours. I will hav to read the fine print next time.

Flight cancelled instead of leaving Friday am now, maybe, leaving Sunday

The pilot had to extend the flight time from san antonio to Houston to burn off fuel. This caused a lot of unnecessary stress since we had a tight connection to Aruba. And with no other flights going to Aruba we were worried about spending a night in Houston. We had to to run to our connection because of the flight crews mistake. Not happy.

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

one of the flight attendants on the Dallas to frankfurt leg was somewhat rude..

I'm a United 1K member and have ben for 10 years. The gate agent had no control over the boarding process and had us passengers queued for hours as delays were announced. On the plane, the overhead air nozzle was broken so col over was powering through on me and the passenger next to me. Not a great experience for a million miler on United. Feel free to contact me. Josh Smigel - DM426089

Flight was delayed by 6 hours... the level of incompetence was truly astounding. I won't be flying American Airlines again. I don't care if AA is direct and there is a layover with another airline, I'll take the layover.

Leave on time. We waited on the plane for hour hours and it was hot and smelly

Two hours delay, probably one hour because they didn’t bring catering and they had to bring water in board. There a change of aircraft. But delays galore at CLT so it must be a CLT and/or AA operation issue. The 1 hr additional delays because nobody could bring 2 packs of water sooner is probably the best example of this airline operates

Flight was delayed 5 hours. Initial reason for delay was 'maintenance' - which makes sense. Then, the additional 2 hours continued to say it was maintenance - when I know EWR had a 2 hour delay. AA did not say that. Additionally, when boarding, there was only one agent at the counter for a long time - until another came to help. After boarding, we had to wait another 45 minutes due to 'no catering'. So while we waited for catering, AA continued to board additional passengers - which seemed odd - and raised questions about what really was going on. I sat in First Class. During the flight, the flight crew allowed a significant number of non-First Class passengers to use the front bathroom - which created a very crowded environment in First Class which was uncomfortable. This also delayed First Class passengers from using the bathroom. Overall, horrible experience.

The Charleston, WV airport was cute. Very good staff and small enough to feel comfortable. The plane had more leg room than bigger planes. Much more comfortable.

Another uncoordinated American experience. Always surprises me at DFW for them of all places. Have to take this flight as there are no other good time options. We knew from the start that something was wrong, but the pilot wouldn't tell us. I just watched my Kayak app grow the delay by 10 minutes as it went to 3.5 hours. They were uncoordinated with maintenance (as maintenance, when finally arriving, knew within 15 minutes the plane wasn't going. No 'sorry' or 'this is what is going on' comment. The pilot seemed unfazed / didn't care about the process we were going through.

The seats. The seat in front of me was awful and when the guy sat down, it flew back and hit my head when I was putting my backpack under the seat, It didn't make for a pleasant experience,

Luggage did not make it onto my plane. Business seats were economy with empty row seat. Just horrible experience. Why would the company allow for transfers that don’t give employees enough time to transfer luggages??

I’ve got 31F seat and window seat . My 2 co passengers was AA crew members and they were very rude attitude and when I was going to use bathroom their gestures was very different and awkward and the guy beside me completely occupied the hand rest and I was really uncomfortable

The gate experience at LAX was abysmal (same for the arrival experience two days prior). Despite the LAX -> SAT schedule of two flights daily, our departure gate was at a smaller hub that we had to be bussed to from Terminal 4. Fortunately, I arrived at LAX extra early and had time to spare, but if I had not known, I might have missed my flight. I looked at the LAX airport map in the AA app and there was no indication of the additional boarding process. Lastly the gate area we were bussed to was crowded with limited food and beverage options. On flight, the fight attendant was hospitable and attentive, the flight was smooth, and AA's free (and working) wifi for AA members were all on the positive side.

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