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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to South Pacific

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Sydney
Sydney2 stops$1,233
Auckland
Auckland2 stops$840
Brisbane
Brisbane2 stops$1,250
Nadi
Nadi1 stop$1,202
Perth
Perth2 stops$1,787
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$2,077
Tamuning
Tamuning2 stops$1,919
Sydney
Sydney2 stops$1,233
Auckland
Auckland2 stops$840
Brisbane
Brisbane2 stops$1,250
Nadi
Nadi1 stop$1,202
Perth
Perth2 stops$1,787
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$2,077
Tamuning
Tamuning2 stops$1,919

Book Cheap Des Moines to South Pacific 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 South Pacific 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 South Pacific

Tue, May 12 - Sat, May 16
United Airlines Logo
11:31 am - 7:10 am
DSM
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AKL
26h 39m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
1:50 pm - 8:16 pm
AKL
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DSM
23h 26m
2 stops
$840United Airlines
Tue, May 12 - Sat, May 16
United Airlines Logo
11:40 am - 7:10 am
DSM
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AKL
26h 30m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
1:50 pm - 8:16 pm
AKL
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DSM
23h 26m
2 stops
$965United Airlines
Thu, Jun 4 - Thu, Jun 11
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:47 pm - 6:00 am
DSM
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NAN
18h 13m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:15 pm - 11:58 pm
NAN
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DSM
19h 43m
1 stop
$1,202Multiple Airlines
Mon, Jun 8 - Mon, Jun 15
American Airlines Logo
2:24 pm - 5:00 am
DSM
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BNE
23h 36m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
8:35 pm - 8:12 am
BNE
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DSM
26h 37m
2 stops
$1,250American Airlines
Sun, Jun 7 - Sun, Jun 14
Delta Logo
5:25 am - 6:50 am
DSM
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SYD
34h 25m
2 stops
Delta Logo
9:15 am - 4:54 pm
SYD
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DSM
22h 39m
2 stops
$1,250Delta
Mon, Jun 8 - Mon, Jun 15
American Airlines Logo
9:41 am - 5:00 am
DSM
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MEL
28h 19m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:45 am - 6:35 pm
MEL
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DSM
23h 50m
2 stops
$1,252American Airlines
Thu, May 21 - Tue, Jun 9
Delta Logo
6:15 am - 6:50 am
DSM
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SYD
33h 35m
2 stops
Delta Logo
9:15 am - 10:31 pm
SYD
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DSM
28h 16m
2 stops
$1,298Delta
Thu, Jun 4 - Thu, Jun 11
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:24 pm - 6:00 am
DSM
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NAN
22h 36m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:15 pm - 9:11 am
NAN
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DSM
28h 56m
1 stop
$1,337Multiple Airlines
Mon, Oct 12 - Mon, Oct 19
Air New Zealand Logo
6:15 am - 5:30 am
DSM
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AKL
29h 15m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
7:50 pm - 10:23 pm
AKL
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DSM
20h 33m
1 stop
$1,835Air New Zealand
Thu, Aug 6 - Mon, Aug 31
Air New Zealand Logo
6:20 am - 5:30 am
DSM
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AKL
30h 10m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
7:50 pm - 2:17 pm
AKL
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DSM
35h 27m
1 stop
$1,846Air New Zealand
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to South Pacific flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Des Moines to South Pacific 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 South Pacific?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to South Pacific, 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 South Pacific 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 $1,898 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$616
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 1% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Des Moines to South Pacific

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to South Pacific? 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 632 reviews
8.5Crew
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
7.4Entertainment
Airline reviews

Needed more leg room. Leg rest and entertainment system box took up a lot of space and I'm not tall. Breakfast was good. Poor quality of the entertainment options.

6.0 GoodCraig, Apr 2026
AKL - MEL
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Needed more leg room. Leg rest and entertainment system box took up a lot of space and I'm not tall. Breakfast was good. Poor quality of the entertainment options.

Time to upgrade those planes so you can provide first class.

My experience with Underpricer was not great. The representative assigned to me did not tell me beforehand that selecting seats, which i could not do through ANZ, WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANT cost to my ticket (all flight segments were reg economy seats. The seat selections for the ticket, MCI-AKL, AKL-PER, PER-MCI, cost $284 USD. I WAS NOT TOLD AHEAD OF SELECTING SEATS chosen by the rep OF THE COSTS and never received an itemized invoice of the seat selections.). The costs of seat selection, an option solicited as a service, with no mention of costs, should have been disclosed to me prior to seat selection and certaily should have been itemized. For all I know, the $284 was not referred from the airline but made up and taken directly by Underpricer. Next, when i checked in, united couldnt find my ticket. This is probably why i didnt get a seat selection on that flight and couldnt check in online, despite Underpricer prompts to do so a week before departure, or at the kiosk at the airport. I had to wait for special help at the counter, then was told that because the flight segment, MCI-IAH, operated by United Airlines via the ANZ. ticket, had changed schedule slightly since I BOOKED MY FLIGHT, the MCI-IAH segment had been decoupled from the rest of the ticket because the IAH layover was now 12.5 hrs AND DID NOT QUALIFY AS A THROUGH FLIGHT TO AKL.. This meant my checked bag could not be checked through to AKL and id have to pick it up at IAH, THEN WAIT MOST OF the long layover WITH the large checked bag until ANZ counter in IAH OPENED for checkING just prior to the flight. Apparently, although underpricer had notified me of schedule changes, they did not update the ANZ TICKET, leading to this problem. Finallly, although I RECHECKED TH BAG IN At IAH 3.5-4 hours before the scheduled departure and the IAH-AKL segment was a direct flight, ANZ LOST MY bag and it took 4 days to find it and get it to me. Not fun.

The flight was smooth and on time. Entertainment options were lacking and there was no food, other than some very boring snacks.

Appreciated the ability to get an earlier flight home after flying in from in from Japan. No problem with boarding or crew service. The limited choice of snacks, compared to previous years. Aircraft seats seem to be getting harder and more uncomfortable all the time. Overall, happy to be home

This flight was the second leg of a trip that began in Auckland, New Zealand. I was unable to find a way to select seats in advance. The boarding passes we were given in Auckland did not have seat assignments for the second flight. There was no way to check on it until personnel showed up at the gate in Los Angeles, immediately before boarding time. The flight was overbooked by one, and since I was traveling with my sister, we needed two seats. We waited in considerable anxiety for everyone else to board and when one person did not show up, we had to take whatever was left. At least we finally got on the flight although we were the very last to board. We were not able to sit together, of course.

The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

The seats are feeling very hard to sit on. All the padding is flat, like sitting on a park bench for over an hour

Nothing better than Air New Zealand. Top scores in every category.

We had difficulty checking in as United didn’t recognize the confirmation number and the agent was not helpful. We went to the United Assistance desk where the agent was able to process our reservation. We also weren’t allowed to choose seats in advance.

United Airline crews were very friendly and very attentive. 12 hours flight was gone like in a shorter one.

Delayed - weather wasn't bad at either end. Also sat on tarmac in ORD.

Food was surprisingly delicious. Space in the seat is horrible when the seating front is reclined. Movie offerings were terrible. Crew was friendly and helpful.

They told us yesterday APR21st that they were cleaning the plane and we got delayed. After that they said they didn't had any crew for the flight so they cancelled the flight till next day.

The crew was great. Very friendly and responsive. The plane was old, small and tight. We ran out of overhead space and I had to check. Middle seat was particularly tight.

Flight itself excellent, but delayed so missed connection & got to destination 2 hrs later

The flight crew on this leg of my trip was very friendly and pleasant. Every one of them was humorous, as well as helpful and accommodating. This group was BY FAR the best crew I’ve flown with. They deserve kudos.

boarded early to only find out that flight would sit at gate for 45 min to an hour. Landed in chicago and sat on runway for over an hour before got to gate. Total delay was extensive for a 45 min flight door to door.

The flight was delayed from take off because only one runway was operational in San Francisco.

Several missed and almost missed connections. It felt like everything was being patched together last minute without enough resources and it ended up being an extremely stressful experience that basically ruined our weekend on the west coast. What a waste.

Had to wait for a gate for a long time, then waited on the run way for a long time before leaving. The actual flights part was good.

The airplane was an old model, the overhead didn’t have enough room for people’s items and made boarding and boarding disappointing and stressful. Crew allowed passengers to bring more than the permitted baggage sizes.

Flying in the United States with the major airlines has become so underwhelming. A 2-3hr flight in most other parts of the world with the major carriers of the area comes with newer, CLEANER aircraft and significantly better in flight service in terms of both staff attitude and a actual meal service.

On time departure and early arrival. Flight attendant very nice.

As we approached Denver, we encountered quite a bit of turbulence. I know this can sometimes be the case as I frequently fly this route but not on American. My gripe: Usually a pilot or co-pilot alerts passengers to the possibility of turbulance ahead of time. This did not occur nor did he communiucate during what was a pretty rough ride.

The staff was nice. I appreciated that I was able to take an earlier flight, even though it was last minute. The boarding process felt rather chaotic.

Overall a good experience, however Wifi was not working on the flight.

For a 4 1/2 hour international flight all we got was 1 small pack of cookies and a drink. You had to watch movies on your own devise.

Airlines should be prohibited from using the seats they get away with.

My flight got delayed a total of five times. And the boarding gate changed four times. most of the time the platform was not up-to-date with the changes taking place. The most discouraging part of the entire trip by far.

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