$848 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to New Zealand

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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to New Zealand

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Auckland
Auckland2 stops$848
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$1,191
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,250
Nelson
Nelson2 stops$1,357
Auckland
Auckland2 stops$848
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$1,191
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,250
Nelson
Nelson2 stops$1,357

Book Cheap Des Moines to New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand

Sun, Feb 1 - Sun, Feb 8
KLM Logo
6:54 am - 8:35 am
DSM
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AKL
30h 41m2 stops
KLM Logo
2:35 pm - 10:19 am
AKL
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DSM
38h 44m2 stops
$848KLM
Sat, Jan 31 - Sat, Feb 7
American Airlines Logo
3:25 pm - 9:55 am
DSM
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AKL
23h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 5:06 pm
AKL
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DSM
22h 46m1 stop
$854American Airlines
Sat, Jan 31 - Sat, Feb 7
American Airlines Logo
3:25 pm - 9:55 am
DSM
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AKL
23h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 3:15 pm
AKL
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DSM
20h 55m1 stop
$858American Airlines
Sat, Jan 31 - Sat, Feb 7
American Airlines Logo
2:34 pm - 9:55 am
DSM
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AKL
24h 21m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 3:15 pm
AKL
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DSM
20h 55m1 stop
$859American Airlines
Fri, Jan 30 - Fri, Feb 6
American Airlines Logo
3:25 pm - 9:55 am
DSM
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AKL
23h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 5:06 pm
AKL
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DSM
22h 46m1 stop
$861American Airlines
Fri, Jan 30 - Fri, Feb 6
American Airlines Logo
3:25 pm - 9:55 am
DSM
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AKL
23h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:50 pm - 2:50 pm
AKL
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DSM
18h 00m1 stop
$862American Airlines
Thu, Feb 12 - Thu, Feb 26
Air New Zealand Logo
8:08 am - 1:30 pm
DSM
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ZQN
34h 22m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
9:20 am - 10:20 pm
ZQN
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DSM
32h 00m2 stops
$1,191Air New Zealand
Fri, Jan 30 - Fri, Feb 6
Air New Zealand Logo
8:10 am - 7:40 pm
DSM
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ZQN
40h 30m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
7:00 am - 10:30 pm
ZQN
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DSM
34h 30m2 stops
$1,203Air New Zealand
Fri, Jan 30 - Fri, Feb 6
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 2:30 pm
DSM
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DUD
35h 30m3 stops
United Airlines Logo
3:15 pm - 10:30 pm
DUD
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DSM
26h 15m2 stops
$1,726United Airlines
Thu, Feb 26 - Mon, Mar 2
United Airlines Logo
8:08 am - 11:45 am
DSM
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DUD
32h 37m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:30 am - 2:17 pm
DUD
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DSM
47h 47m2 stops
$1,969United Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to New Zealand flights

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

Which airlines fly non-stop between Des Moines and New Zealand?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Des Moines to New Zealand.

There are 3 airlines that fly nonstop from Des Moines to New Zealand. They are: American Airlines, United Airlines and Air New Zealand. The cheapest price of all airlines flying this route was found with United Airlines at $793 for a round-trip flight to Auckland (AKL). On average, American Airlines offers the best prices for nonstop flights between Des Moines and New Zealand.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Des Moines to New Zealand?

The cheapest round-trip price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.

In the past 3 days, the cheapest round-trip tickets from Des Moines to New Zealand were found on KLM ($848) and American Airlines ($854).

Good to know

Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$848
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 39% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 17% increase in price.
Flight from Des Moines to Auckland

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  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand?

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Des Moines to New Zealand

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to New Zealand? 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.
8.0
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 554 reviews
8.5Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
Airline reviews

My flying experience was not great. The temperature was ridiculously low. I had a sweater and a big jacket and even then. Since my ticket was an economy ticket, I suppose I didn’t deserve a blanket as they were only available for business. The result, o got a cold I have not been able to shake off in 6 days which has absolutely ruined my stay in Japan as I hasn’t had the chance to leave my hotel room. Everything else that was good, had overshadowed by this. BE A LITTLE MORE HUMAN

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Dec 2025
NAN - AKL
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My flying experience was not great. The temperature was ridiculously low. I had a sweater and a big jacket and even then. Since my ticket was an economy ticket, I suppose I didn’t deserve a blanket as they were only available for business. The result, o got a cold I have not been able to shake off in 6 days which has absolutely ruined my stay in Japan as I hasn’t had the chance to leave my hotel room. Everything else that was good, had overshadowed by this. BE A LITTLE MORE HUMAN

The food was not as good as Air New Zealand. The veg pasta was pass-able but the veg cibotta sandwich was dry, hard and not up to par. The coach staff were attentive and accommodating.

Air conditioning was turned to the wrong setting. Way too hot. The entertainment system kept resetting and didn’t work half the flight. Said something to the crew. They didn’t do anything to help. Plane had a mechanical problem that resulted in 2.5 hour delay. Boarded the plane, had to disembark and get back on.

Good and appreciate the effort Air Zealand puts into using more environmentally friendly food containers and utensils. yay! One of the better airlines for this for sure. Still some bad stuff, but at least Air NZ is trying. :) Also really enjoyed the bluetooth option for personal headsets. :)

I was trying to get confirmation on if my luggage was going to be moved to the earlier flight (I requested standby to get home earlier) and was unable to get help from those working at the counter. The request to be moved to an earlier flight was handled smoothly through the app and appreciate the ease of the request.

They are my favourite airline in the world by a million miles.

Kayak did not propagate my United miles account and I had to manually get credit.

Like: Aircraft was better than others I've flown in. Crew was great, food was very good. Air New Zealand is now my favorite airline. On our long flight from AKL to YVR there was enough room for those of us in Economy to stretch a bit. My sister is disabled and they took very good care of her and me. Best entertainment offering of all the other airlines. Not so much; Flight from AKL to YRV was delayed BUT they recovered really well so no complaints here. Pretty petty point to complain about. Only negative I have. I will recommend to friends.

Great entertainment options on the screen. uSB A and C chargers. Free WiFi! Crew were excellent.

Check in crew member was very helpful, nice and excellent service👍

The flight was on time. I generally don’t drink or eat on short flights and the seats were good and the flight attendants were friendly. That’s all I expect

It was nice to have gotten up upgraded to first class with a meal on a three hour flight

Not great experience - we were super late boarding due to issues with aircraft. Then when we finally all got onboard and seated and they started taxiing out to the runway they just stopped then turned around and went back to the airport. Apparently the crew “ran out of time” to legally fly us. They mentioned that they were about 2 minutes away from taking off. I understand the rules and safety but kinda wonder why they would have bothered boarding us in the first place? Had to go all the way back and de plane and then wait in a HUGE line to get a hotel (this is somewhere around 2:30am) finally got to hotel by Uber (no shuttle after 20min so gave up) and they ended up putting us all back on the same aircraft at 10am next morning so got about 2.5 hours sleep. They did give us. $250 credit, but it was a São Paulo Brazil flight out of Dulles. The flight and everything was fine.

United overall experience is great these days. Airport experience was very organized. Staff on flight were great. App and information as good as it gets.

United have really come back. Airport and boarding process is clear and good, app and information also very good

They charged a fee for 1st bag checked. Others in same party were free.

Flight was delayed 8 times. We were sitting at the airport for 14 hours. We got 2 hours of sleep (if that) on what was not meant to be a red-eye.

The movies offered were great. Staff were very pleasant and very efficient.

After a delay at the gate, C3, at Ohare on Sunday, I left my Blk ski coat on the bench at the gate, lost! Please review my lob claim, thx.

Very bad! They kept delaying my flight and wouldn’t do anything about it

Experience was good, however I had a delay due to weather happening and had to re purchase a seat on a new plane for a higher price (could be my own issue and misunderstanding) but other than that situation. First time flyer (by myself) was terrific!! The last from ORD to ALO didn't have wifi, but it was only 45 minutes so I'm sure that was part of the reason. Overall my experience was great! Next time I will remember to buy tickets with longer layovers. The delays really saved my overall anxiety. :)

Flight was delayed 17 hours due to aircraft issues. American did provide hotel, transportation and meals, 3 hours past boarding time, but it took us another hour to get the vouchers.

Flight was on time is the only good thing. Person loading the plane called 1-6 to board at the same time, made it chaotic. Plane was too small for even putting backpacks in overhead. Seat for normal sized people were too small. The WIFI didn't work. When we landed had to wait because not enough ground crew.

Did not understand a single word the attendant said on the pa system. I was glad it was not an emergency.

Flight was late and boarding was confusing because gate changed and I didn’t get a notification

Gate was overcrowded. Gate agents performed very well. Flight crew was top notch! Efficient & professional & courteous. Both meals not thermalized well. Dinner main dish was actually cold in the center. Almost inedible. Breakfast sandwich was lukewarm.

The boarding was as always, the crew tried their best but not enough. The food was a disaster I had dietary restrictions that were half met because the company did not loaded the food for the flight. The entertainment screen was fine but content was not and also they removed the free messaging option from the flight and they charged 30 dollars for that crappy bandwidth. This flight is not worth the cost and the company is going down on quality.

Not comparable to Qatar Airways services on flights to Doha. Flight attendants provided basic services; I was never recognized by name or as an Executive Platinum member. Restrooms were not kept clean during the flight.

Awful. They won’t help me with anything. I booked on American but they abdicated to Iberia. The ticket was overpriced. Everything negative

it was fine, decent flight... dont get food besides cookies or pretzels so not sure why you ask about food. same for entertainment..

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