$616 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to South Pacific

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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$1,240
Auckland
Auckland2 stops$840
Brisbane
Brisbane2 stops$1,175
Nadi
Nadi1 stop$1,457
Perth
Perth2 stops$1,772
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$2,081
Tamuning
Tamuning2 stops$1,762
Sydney
Sydney2 stops$1,240
Auckland
Auckland2 stops$840
Brisbane
Brisbane2 stops$1,175
Nadi
Nadi1 stop$1,457
Perth
Perth2 stops$1,772
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$2,081
Tamuning
Tamuning2 stops$1,762

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
Wed, Jun 10 - Wed, Jun 17
American Airlines Logo
9:41 am - 5:00 am
DSM
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BNE
28h 19m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
8:35 pm - 6:17 pm
BNE
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DSM
36h 42m
1 stop
$1,175American Airlines
Wed, Jun 10 - Wed, Jun 17
American Airlines Logo
9:41 am - 5:00 am
DSM
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BNE
28h 19m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
8:35 pm - 6:17 pm
BNE
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DSM
36h 42m
1 stop
$1,176American Airlines
Wed, Aug 5 - Wed, Aug 12
American Airlines Logo
6:48 pm - 10:55 am
DSM
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BNE
25h 07m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
8:35 pm - 9:01 am
BNE
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DSM
27h 26m
2 stops
$1,207American Airlines
Wed, Jun 10 - Wed, Jun 17
United Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 6:55 am
DSM
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SYD
26h 20m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
10:20 am - 4:15 pm
SYD
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DSM
20h 55m
2 stops
$1,240United Airlines
Wed, Jun 10 - Wed, Jun 17
United Airlines Logo
3:16 pm - 7:00 am
DSM
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SYD
24h 44m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:30 am - 4:15 pm
SYD
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DSM
21h 45m
2 stops
$1,241United Airlines
Wed, Jun 3 - Tue, Jun 30
United Airlines Logo
1:05 pm - 6:55 am
DSM
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SYD
26h 50m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
10:20 am - 9:40 pm
SYD
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DSM
26h 20m
2 stops
$1,249United Airlines
Tue, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 16
Lufthansa Logo
1:35 pm - 8:15 am
DSM
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MEL
27h 40m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
10:55 am - 8:30 pm
MEL
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DSM
24h 35m
2 stops
$1,274Lufthansa
Wed, Jun 10 - Tue, Jun 16
Air New Zealand Logo
3:01 pm - 12:50 am
DSM
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DRW
43h 19m
3 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
1:50 am - 10:35 pm
DRW
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DSM
35h 15m
3 stops
$1,903Air New Zealand
Wed, Jun 10 - Wed, Jun 17
Air New Zealand Logo
3:01 pm - 5:30 am
DSM
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AKL
21h 29m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
7:50 pm - 10:35 pm
AKL
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DSM
19h 45m
1 stop
$1,942Air 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 April, when tickets cost $1,135 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,508 and $1,429 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$616
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 2% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
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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 638 reviews
8.5Crew
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
7.4Entertainment
7.9Comfort
Airline reviews

Great airline service by the staff. I highly recommend it

10.0 ExcellentManish, Apr 2026
SFO - AKL
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Great airline service by the staff. I highly recommend it

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

The Air New Zealand product is terrible, it's as expensive as a Jetstar ticket with add ons but with surely staff and old aircraft.

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

Some crew were unfriendly or in some cases just straight up rude.

Booked through Kayak Business, had a seat in middle and towards back due to booking rate, not comfortable.

Was great in general, try to respect time and excuses when slight changes have been made, appreciated!

A long delay. Don't travel late in the day.

Super friendly with lots of drink options an entertainment. Friendly crew.

Standard flight with a drinks and a snack- overall very quick flight. The flight attendants were very strict, bordered on rude.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

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.

Left early arrived early..right amount of talking from pilots..of course had to love the biscuit and water!

I would like a refund for the extra cost the seat I paid for. An oversized person sat next to me and I couldn’t fit on my seat and had to move to another seat.

Boarding gate at LAX was too crowded—two gates next to one another

The flight was delayed about an hour for a maintenance specialist to approve the maintenance repair

This flight was delayed but it worked in my favor because my Atlanta to Dallas flight was delayed.

This was a hard flight. 3 delays out of OKC (1 on the Tarmac). Delay in Atlanta coming to Dallas. total travel time was the equivalent of driving from OKC to Atlanta.

Like: flights are on time, good boarding process Can improve: planes are old, improve entertainment and make space more comfortable

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.

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