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$132 Find cheap flights from Des Moines to San Juan

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Des Moines to San Juan departing on 7/2. 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 Des Moines to San Juan (DSM-SJU)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Des Moines to San Juan 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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4:20 pm - 11:10 amDSM-SJU
17h 50m2 stops
6:33 am - 6:04 pmSJU-DSM
12h 31m2 stops
$265American Airlines
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Sat, Sep 14 - Sat, Sep 21
9:40 am - 12:22 amDSM-SJU
13h 42m1 stop
6:33 am - 6:04 pmSJU-DSM
12h 31m2 stops
$266American Airlines
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Sat, Sep 14 - Sat, Sep 21
2:24 pm - 3:21 pmDSM-SJU
23h 57m2 stops
3:57 pm - 1:33 pmSJU-DSM
22h 36m2 stops
$340Frontier
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Sun, Jun 16 - Wed, Jun 19
6:57 pm - 8:22 amDSM-SJU
12h 25m1 stop
4:07 pm - 2:24 pmSJU-DSM
23h 17m2 stops
$351Frontier
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Thu, Jun 13 - Thu, Jun 20
9:00 am - 12:35 pmDSM-SJU
26h 35m2 stops
9:06 pm - 5:19 pmSJU-DSM
21h 13m3 stops
Sun, Jun 16 - Wed, Jun 19
9:00 am - 5:11 pmDSM-SJU
31h 11m3 stops
9:06 pm - 5:19 pmSJU-DSM
21h 13m3 stops
Sun, Jun 16 - Wed, Jun 19
8:00 am - 11:57 pmDSM-SJU
14h 57m2 stops
1:05 am - 1:56 pmSJU-DSM
13h 51m2 stops
$425United Airlines
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Sat, Oct 26 - Fri, Nov 1
6:00 am - 2:35 pmDSM-SJU
7h 35m1 stop
1:05 am - 1:56 pmSJU-DSM
13h 51m2 stops
$475United Airlines
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Sat, Oct 26 - Fri, Nov 1
2:14 pm - 10:09 pmDSM-SJU
6h 55m1 stop
6:00 am - 8:56 pmSJU-DSM
15h 56m2 stops
$576Delta
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Mon, Jul 15 - Fri, Jul 19
2:14 pm - 10:09 pmDSM-SJU
6h 55m1 stop
6:00 am - 1:26 pmSJU-DSM
8h 26m1 stop
$650Delta
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Wed, Jul 24 - Sun, Jul 28

Flights from Des Moines to San Juan - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Des Moines to San Juan 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 Des Moines to San Juan?

The average price of all flights from Des Moines to San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Des Moines to San Juan, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Friday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from San Juan, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Des Moines to San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Des Moines to San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Airport, 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 San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Airport is January, where tickets cost $316 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of tickets is $641 and $632 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Des Moines to San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Des Moines to San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Des Moines to San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Des Moines to San Juan?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the best return deals on flights connecting Des Moines to San Juan were found on American Airlines ($265) and Frontier ($340). American Airlines proposed the cheapest one-way flight at $132.

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Low season

October

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$132
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 21% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Des Moines to San Juan

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Des Moines to San Juan based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Des Moines to San Juan flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Des Moines to San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Des Moines to San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Airport was $132 for a one-way ticket and $265 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Des Moines and San Juan?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to San Juan from Des Moines.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Des Moines to San Juan?

    Des Moines and San Juan are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Des Moines from Des Moines and will be arriving at San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Des Moines to San Juan?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Des Moines to San Juan?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Des Moines and San Juan, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Des Moines to San Juan, Delta or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Des Moines to San Juan are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $424 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $663 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Des Moines to San Juan?

    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 Des Moines to San Juan.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Des Moines to San Juan?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Juan from Des Moines 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 Des Moines to San Juan?

    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 San Juan with an airline and back to Des Moines with another airline. Booking your flights between Des Moines and SJU 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 Des Moines to San Juan?

    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 San Juan from Des Moines 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 Des Moines to San Juan

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Des Moines to San Juan. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to San Juan? 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
DeltaOverall score based on 10778 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.6Crew
7.4Food
8.0Entertainment
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West Jet has a horrible boarding process and the seats have no cushion.

4.0 OkayDouglas, May 2024MSP - YEG
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West Jet has a horrible boarding process and the seats have no cushion.

Everything went smoothly. I didn’t like that when I booked in the main cabin my wife and I weren’t seated together. One would think when booking on an option that allows picking your seat. They would put you and your travel partner together. Had to call to get it sorted. They did fix.

The gate area was incredibly short staffed, with one representative manning 4-5 flights, which caused a 3 hr delay in boarding even though the plane was all ready to leave. Other flights also were delayed because of this. The flight crew was awesome and I feel bad for the only gate worker on call, but Delta needs to hire more employees.

Very frustrated with boarding gate crew. She announced the plane was small and they would be limiting us to one item to carry on. Not a problem for me as I understand the tiny planes have limited space!! Not the case here! It was a rather large plane and had plenty of room for bags! So because I don’t want to be one of “those people” who ignores the request to check a carry on I did so asking if I would be able to pick it up at the bottom of the ramp on arrival in Knoxville to which she responded “yes”! Then I watched as every other passenger held onto their 2 items and boarded!! Then when we arrived in Knoxville our 2 carry ons had been put with all the other luggage and we had to go to baggage pick up and wait for all the big checked bags to come off the carousel! So she lied!! Frustrating. Next time I won’t be so nice!

It was a good experience except when boarding a female flight attendant did not go out of her way to assist my teenage daughters in finding space for their carry-ons after their compartments were full.

On time departure, smooth trip, flight attendant told through passengers the gate we would arrive at and the gate our outbound flight was departing from. Early arrival

Checking in at the airport the agent only booked the first keg of my trip and had my checked luggage going to the airport with a layover! Never was issued a boarding pass for the second leg or received sticker fir my checked bag. All was well in the end! Delta agents helped to resolve the situation!!!

Delayed due to an ill passenger after loading. Not preventable on Delta's part. Was in first class. The seats are becoming worn and detaching from their velcro attachments. Only got snacks on flight. The attendant was not the friendliest.

I would fly again the whole experience was great. The only feed back I can give that they don't do that American Airlines does is the crew there is more humorous with boarding and thank their passengers. It makes it more fun to fly with them. I would however fly Delta again.

Big plane, long flight, absolutely no leg room and basically non existent air! I am 5”4’ and always travel Main Cabin, I was miserable on this plane and could barely move when we arrived in Cabo due to the cramped leg area!

Flight was delayed 2.5 hours - a big deal on an overnight when you plan to sleep.

I feel like they have upgraded the app since I last flew United and I found it to be super helpful. I had stopped flying United unless absolutely necessary and my experience on this trip indicates they have been working hard to improve their services.

Surprisingly easy! I was hesitant to try this, but the cost swayed me. I actually felt like I had less stress than all the taxiing and possible delays that occur with short regional flights where you spend less time in the air than getting to and from the plane..

This flight was delayed multiple times and eventually canceled around 2-3ish. Original take off time was around 10:30am. By 3, there were no other options out of Houston, so stuck in Houston for from 3pm - 11am the next day.

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

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

Left from gate 30 minutes before flight. Never been late to a flight ever. It says 15 minutes before explicitly on the ticket.

I like the boarding process, it was fast. The seat doesn’t have a TV for a long flight and food wasn’t served, just snacks.

Use planes with TVs on flights over 4 hours. The free entertainment was a cheap in between solution for a very long flight that you don't even bother providing meals or decent snacks.

Even though we left CMI late, we mostly made up the time.

Delayed almost 4 hours for a 45 minute flight with no explanation.

Again, multiple delays and I eventually just canceled and drove!

Great crew. Very comfortable business seats with nice bedding. Good food. We were delayed to let late passengers on the flight, but otherwise great experience.

Great crew. We were delayed so that late passengers could get on the flight. Love the bedding in business class. Good food. Great experience.

The CX617 from HK to BKK was delayed more than 1.5 hours.

Horrible - they lied to me about baggage & boarding, even though I specifically spoke to their agents the day before my flight about my issue. When I showed up they did not let me board and stranded me at my airport until I bought a new flight with money I did not have to spend.

I checked a bag because it was $5 less than carry on. They managed to lose my bag on a 2.5 hr direct flight! Frontier has no airport staff at baggage claim to help. As soon as I got home around 11 pm I tried to use their online system to file the claim for lost bag - system wouldn't take the # on my baggage claim ticket - said it was not the correct number. Also said that I had not checked a bag, which wasn't true - even my online boarding pass showed that I had checked a bag. Wasted about an hour on that process with no luck. Tried again in the morning - same thing. So tried online chat with Frontier bot - waited 35-40" twice to be connected to a baggage agent and it never happened. Eventually drove to PDX after work and waited 2 hrs for the Frontier ticket agents to arrive prior to the next Frontier flight out of PDX and FINALLY got some help from one of them, to take me to lost luggage area where I was able to retrive my bag. Probably took 4-5 hrs. of my time and endless frustration to get my bag. This was my first -- and LAST -- experience flying Frontier Airlines. Check-in was also extremely difficult and time consuming. The flight itself (and staff) were fine but everything else about the experience was a total disaster! The fact that Frontier literally has NO WAY to connect to a human voice for customer service (in this case for lost luggage) is the WORST!!!!!

Frontier is a crappy airline nothing about it is honest

I didn't get to do this flight l, hard to review

Not good 😐 Over priced baggage fees Small hard seats No wifi or entertainment options 😕

Didn't like anything!! Horrible flight. Small seating area and hard seats. Butt was sore after 2 hour flight to Seattle No entertainment or free refreshments No wifi or USB charging receptacles to charge phone entoute like other airliners Luggage rates were 3 times as much as competitors. Difficult to navigate online luggue process to pre pay before flight Overall bad experience WILL NEVER RIDE OR RECOMMEND FRONTIER TO FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS!!! THIS IS A SHAME!! MOST MESERIBLE FLIGHT OF MY LIFE!! AND I THOUGHT SPIRIT WAS 👎 YOU GOT THEM BEAD HANDS DOWN!!

Flight was a little late taking off. Seats are too upright, no ports to charge devices, no wifi, no entertainment

Six hour delay. Poor customer service. No voucher. Bad communication. Missed important appointments.

Our flight was delayed an hour, then when we got to board our flight finally, we were waiting in our seats for take off for 45 minutes before it was communicated that there was a maintenance issue therefore we waited on the plane for over an hour while that was resolved. We did not get to Phoenix until almost 3 hours after we were originally supposed to. This was the first and last time I will be flying Frontier.

Flight was canceled with little warning. Flight was rebooked through Ontario, California and connecting flight was delayed by over three hours. Frontier is living up to their Greyhound of the skies reputation for sure.

I purchased a carry on bag online…was supposed to cost $72 but after a whole slew of bs charges, the total was over $175.00. Because of these hidden charges, I will not even consider flying Frontier ever again. It’s just not worth the hassle. I’m scratching this company off my list forever.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Des Moines to San Juan found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/2Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
14h 36mDSM-SJU
$132
7/2Tue
2 stopsDelta
15h 37mDSM-SJU
$133
6/27Thu
2 stopsDelta
15h 37mDSM-SJU
$139
6/8Sat
2 stopsFrontier
16h 30mDSM-SJU
$145
6/10Mon
2 stopsFrontier
16h 45mDSM-SJU
$149
6/30Sun
1 stopFrontier
14h 22mDSM-SJU
$153
6/28Fri
2 stopsDelta
15h 37mDSM-SJU
$159
6/26Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
14h 36mDSM-SJU
$161
6/30Sun
2 stopsFrontier
23h 57mDSM-SJU
$166
6/13Thu
1 stopFrontier
25h 06mDSM-SJU
$170

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Last minute flights from Des Moines to San Juan

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 Des Moines to San Juan that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 00mDSM-SJU
8/24Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 54mSJU-DSM
$507
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
12h 35mDSM-SJU
8/24Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 06mSJU-DSM
$548
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 57mDSM-SJU
8/23Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 51mSJU-DSM
$626
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 38mDSM-SJU
8/23Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 51mSJU-DSM
$629
5/10Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
12h 35mDSM-SJU
5/13Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 04mSJU-DSM
$693
5/10Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 00mDSM-SJU
5/13Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
12h 07mSJU-DSM
$733
5/10Fri
multi-stop
18h 09mDSM-SJU
5/12Sun
multi-stop
20h 08mSJU-DSM
$796
5/10Fri
multi-stop
24h 22mDSM-SJU
5/12Sun
multi-stop
20h 08mSJU-DSM
$826
5/10Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 00mDSM-SJU
5/12Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 05mSJU-DSM
$848

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Des Moines - San Juan Flights

Departure:

Des Moines (undefined)United States

Destination:

San Juan (SJU)Puerto Rico

Return flight deals:

San Juan - Des Moines

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