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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to the United Kingdom

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
London
London2 stops$744
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stop$742
Manchester
Manchester3 stops$793
Inverness
Inverness2 stops$808
Bristol
Bristol2 stops$1,103
London
London2 stops$744
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stop$742
Manchester
Manchester3 stops$793
Inverness
Inverness2 stops$808
Bristol
Bristol2 stops$1,103

Book Cheap Des Moines to the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom

Wed, Sep 9 - Wed, Sep 16
Lufthansa Logo
3:22 pm - 8:25 am
DSM
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EDI
11h 03m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
11:30 am - 9:28 pm
EDI
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DSM
15h 58m
1 stop
$742Lufthansa
Sun, Nov 1 - Tue, Nov 3
Lufthansa Logo
6:45 pm - 5:05 pm
DSM
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LHR
16h 20m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
6:30 am - 5:23 pm
LHR
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DSM
16h 53m
2 stops
$744Lufthansa
Sun, Nov 1 - Tue, Nov 3
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 7:55 am
DSM
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LHR
17h 55m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:50 am - 5:23 pm
LHR
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DSM
16h 33m
2 stops
$746United Airlines
Sun, Nov 1 - Tue, Nov 3
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 11:05 am
DSM
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LHR
21h 05m
3 stops
United Airlines Logo
11:05 am - 10:50 pm
LHR
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DSM
41h 45m
2 stops
$750United Airlines
Mon, Sep 14 - Mon, Sep 21
British Airways Logo
2:29 pm - 10:20 am
DSM
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INV
13h 51m
2 stops
British Airways Logo
11:10 am - 5:26 pm
INV
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DSM
36h 16m
2 stops
$825British Airways
Mon, Sep 14 - Mon, Sep 21
British Airways Logo
2:29 pm - 3:00 pm
DSM
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INV
18h 31m
2 stops
British Airways Logo
3:45 pm - 7:21 pm
INV
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DSM
33h 36m
2 stops
$829British Airways
Mon, Nov 23 - Fri, Nov 27
Delta Logo
6:55 am - 7:05 am
DSM
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LHR
18h 10m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:30 am - 4:49 pm
LHR
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DSM
16h 19m
2 stops
$871Delta
Thu, Sep 10 - Thu, Sep 17
American Airlines Logo
4:14 pm - 2:35 pm
DSM
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INV
16h 21m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:20 am - 6:58 pm
INV
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DSM
17h 38m
2 stops
$873American Airlines
Fri, Sep 11 - Fri, Sep 18
American Airlines Logo
6:22 pm - 9:35 pm
DSM
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INV
21h 13m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:50 am - 7:21 pm
INV
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DSM
17h 31m
2 stops
$874American Airlines
Wed, Dec 9 - Tue, Dec 15
Delta Logo
11:28 am - 7:50 am
DSM
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LHR
14h 22m
1 stop
Delta Logo
8:40 am - 8:50 pm
LHR
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DSM
18h 10m
2 stops
$874Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to the United Kingdom flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Des Moines to the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to the United Kingdom, 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 the United Kingdom is November, when tickets cost $770 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,391 and $1,280 respectively.

Good to know

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

$270
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 16% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 26% increase in price.
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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Des Moines to the United Kingdom

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to the United Kingdom? 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.
7.8
DeltaOverall score based on 8498 reviews
7.2Food
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
7.8Entertainment
Airline reviews

The crew were efficient. The pilots seemed professional. It was a bit chilly in our seats. The sheet provided weren’t very helpful.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, May 2026
ATL - LHR
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The crew were efficient. The pilots seemed professional. It was a bit chilly in our seats. The sheet provided weren’t very helpful.

The Boarding process was great. Particularly since my wife and I require assistance. The flight attendants were amazing. We travel frequently; they honestly were a cut above. 😀

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the poor service and unprofessional staff we encountered when traveling with an infant. Our flight was delayed, and the gate staff failed to manage the boarding process appropriately. Due to incorrect, unavailable, or missing 'pink tag' stroller and car seat check-in procedures at the gate, we were forced to board last. Furthermore, the gate staff was rude and dismissive, causing significant distress to our infant. To make matters worse, one of our checked items—an infant sleeper/lounger—was returned to us broken. Given the unsafe handling of essential equipment and unprofessional treatment, I expect a prompt resolution regarding compensation for the damaged items.

Plenty of leg room, temperature was great and staff was excellent. Would do it more often.

Passengers need to check in big baggage instead of bringing on the plane. That cause inconvenience for everyone. Otherwise flight was good.

Great. Very smooth. Plenty of information. However, wish they would give out a menu in advance of making a dinner choice like other international airlines. The flight attendant says chicken or pasta and there are details about ingredients or spices requiring the passenger to ask which requires the flight attendant to answer many times. So easy to solve this problem. P

All fine save for the abominable catering. Really gone downhill. We found it all inedible.

Late flight caused a missed connection, had to be put on a later international flight without my requested vegan meal.

Half the bathrooms assigned to economy were out of action

The crew members were great. The food was good. Entertainment was average - Could use a wider and better selections of movies and series.

I was very disappointed with my experience at the United Airlines baggage check. The representative was rude and unhelpful. I was required to remove approximately 1.5 pounds from my two checked bags, even though it was a very small amount over the limit. The interaction was unnecessarily unpleasant, and I expected much better customer service. I hope United will review this incident and provide additional customer service training to its staff.

1 flight cancelled Had to fly out of different city Flight at new departure city was delayed 3 hours causing us to miss connecting flights. By the time we did make it to Prague our luggage did not. Had to wait day and a half for luggage to be delivered. Customer service was not good. Agents did not arrive at gate until 5-10 minutes before boarding

Cree was organized and pleasant. Plane had good seating but as it’s a shuttle toilets hadn’t been thoroughly cleaned (eg. bins too full)

It was better than excellent. The staff in Mason City were great. The young woman that pushed my wheelchair did more than could be expected of her. She came from India 17 years ago. I don't remember her name.

All good flight was 35 minutes early when arriving in Edinburgh

Once boarding started it was pretty quick. Food was inedible; cold and salty..

Some flight attendants were great others were cranky. Seats were very tight and sitting on an aisle was very hard as the carts and people walking constantly bumped shoulder and arm.

Very rough getting into denver. my kid threw up it was so rough.

Liked that we left on time for each flight. Snacks not the best, but we're okay.

I had requested wheelchair assistance prior to flight. The airport staff had no record of it. It was not provided at Cedar Rapids which was a small airport, so I managed on my own. At O'Hare airport the same thing happened. The staff told me they had no record of my request for a wheel chair. But they finally provided it after a delay when I insisted that I needed it.

Comfort in premium economy is worth it for long hauls especially on the 787-9P Dreamliner with the modern updates. The food was okay. All 4 of us selected the same meal, 2 of us had very dry hard to cut chicken, the other 2 were tender and good. The sides/salad/dessert all very good as far as airline food goes. Crew were very attentive. Will be hard to ever go back to regular economy!

Getting to Scotland with no luggage (no medicine, no clothes and no club) on golf trip very disappointed

Crew was great! Food sub-bar, tepid & flavorless. No snack options on trans-atlantic flight. Premium Economy seats ok, leg rest wouldn’t stay in place.

The plane was experiencing problems with the HVAC system, it was very cold in the front of the plane and very hot in the back.

The boarding process needs to be fixed. The zone don't work, especially when there is hardly anyone in zones 3, 4,and 5, leaving the majority of the passengers backed up in the aisle, especially because passengers seated near the front are blocking passengers who are seated in the rear of the plane. It would also help if the size of carry on bags was more strictly enforced.

In flight connectivity (via T-Mobile) was often not working.

Terrible. Internet/kiosk glitch prevented baggage checkin. Line at ticket co in Ter was under serviced and did not move. Agents did not call for flight but rather allowed time to pass. Then told each person as they reached the front if line that it was too late to check bags so they’d have to rebook flights. At least 15 people missed the flight as a result of this incompetence.

It was exactly what I expected, actually arriving sooner than scheduled.

Terrible, they canceled my flight due to an issue they had, couldn't fly me into the same place within 24 hrs so had to fly in 2.5 hrs away from my destination and spend even more money. The customer service was terrible (except at the airport in Charleston). Had to call to get my checked baggage fees reimbursed 2 wks later in which one customer service agent was very rude, wouldn't listen and then hung up on me. The second lady I spoke with was actually able to help me with that part thankfully. Would not recommend flying AA.

Delayed, missed connecting flight, ground crew double charged for international charges, were super rude and told me to just”deal with it” when I complained. Horrible airline, very frustrating.

Comfortable seats, good service overall. The food could’ve been a little bit better. The boarding process was slightly chaotic and in fairness, not all of that is related to the performance of British Airways.

The chairs were a bit tight even though I had extra feet space…2nd plane didn’t have entertainment and even though they said there was free WiFi-I believe the free WiFi wasn’t accessible unless u had some account set up….which I didn’t figure out

As I remember my last BA flight - mediocre at best. Uncomfortable with poor and minimal food and drinks. Screen broke shortly into flight so didn’t have access to entertainment either.

They gave away my business class seat. No explanation and no apology. Told me I had to take the downgrade if I wanted to get to India. Then no WiFi for 10 hours. Just ridiculous. We should not work with this company at Deloitte. They don’t know how to run a business.

Work being done at DIA made it difficult to find BA desk.

The airplane was refreshingly silent in flight than Airbuses, landing was very soft and secure. Food was also warm and light , not a big fan of curry though. Staff was polite, discrete, professional and helpful.

I was booked in Premium Economy and never given a chance to choose to purchase my own seat. Ended up with a middle seat, which was very difficult for me. The airline then left my bag in London so when I arrived in Instanbul it was not there. They delivered it to me the next day but many valuable items had been stolen. I've been flying with BA for years and this was the first time I had such a bizarre and bad experience with them.

Meh. Lived the seat. The entertainment unit did not work and had to be reset 3 times. Service was SLOW taking over 90 min to be served. Crew forgot about my meal. Chicken was dry and almost inedible.

Boarding process was chaotic. Confusion over Boarding gates: gate 55 or gate 56 ???. Unnecessary standing in long lines to board. Better to call out Boarding groups one at a time and everyone else to sit. Airline only has 2 Boarding groups 1-3 and 4-9. That causes over crowding and chaos

Our luggage didn’t arrive with us, that puts a damper on the whole trip.

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