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Cheapest round-trip
$1,160
Typical prices: $1,359-$1,806
United Airlines
Mon 11/2Mon 11/16
DTW - AKL • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$697
Typical prices: $694-$1,057
Delta
Fri 1/22
DTW - AKL • 1 stop
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Cheapest • Avg $334 (round-trip)
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Cheap Flights from Detroit to Auckland (DTW-AKL)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Detroit to Auckland 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Detroit to Auckland

Mon, Nov 2 - Mon, Nov 16
United Airlines Logo
5:05 pm - 9:10 am
DTW
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AKL
22h 05m
1 stop
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3:50 pm - 11:58 pm
AKL
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DTW
26h 08m
1 stop
$1,160United Airlines
Thu, Oct 29 - Mon, Nov 16
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8:40 am - 7:15 am
DTW
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AKL
29h 35m
1 stop
Delta Logo
2:35 pm - 7:05 pm
AKL
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DTW
22h 30m
1 stop
$1,160Delta
Thu, Oct 29 - Thu, Nov 12
Delta Logo
8:40 am - 7:15 am
DTW
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AKL
29h 35m
1 stop
Delta Logo
2:35 pm - 5:03 pm
AKL
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DTW
20h 28m
1 stop
$1,160Delta
Thu, Nov 19 - Tue, Dec 8
United Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 9:10 am
DTW
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AKL
30h 40m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:50 pm - 8:40 pm
AKL
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DTW
22h 50m
1 stop
$1,161United Airlines
Tue, Jan 12 - Tue, Jan 26
American Airlines Logo
11:20 am - 9:25 am
DTW
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AKL
28h 05m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 10:35 pm
AKL
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DTW
27h 15m
1 stop
$1,175American Airlines
Tue, Jan 12 - Wed, Jan 27
American Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 9:25 am
DTW
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AKL
26h 05m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 5:45 pm
AKL
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DTW
22h 25m
1 stop
$1,175American Airlines
Sun, Nov 1 - Fri, Nov 13
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2:49 pm - 9:25 am
DTW
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AKL
24h 36m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
1:20 pm - 3:43 pm
AKL
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DTW
20h 23m
1 stop
$1,183Qantas Airways
Mon, Nov 16 - Fri, Dec 4
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4:10 pm - 9:10 am
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AKL
23h 00m
2 stops
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3:50 pm - 11:52 pm
AKL
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DTW
26h 02m
2 stops
$1,240Air New Zealand
Mon, Nov 16 - Fri, Dec 4
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5:05 pm - 9:10 am
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AKL
22h 05m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
3:50 pm - 11:52 pm
AKL
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DTW
26h 02m
2 stops
$1,240Air New Zealand
Thu, Nov 19 - Wed, Dec 2
Qantas Airways Logo
2:49 pm - 9:25 am
DTW
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AKL
24h 36m
1 stop
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1:20 pm - 2:56 pm
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19h 36m
1 stop
$1,269Qantas Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Detroit to Auckland flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Detroit to Auckland to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Auckland?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Auckland departing in October.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Auckland from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport usually cost between $1,575 and $2,048 in October.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $1,160 on Delta (Oct 29-Nov 16).

What is the cheapest month to fly from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Auckland?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Auckland, 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 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Auckland is May, where tickets cost $524 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,521 and $1,901 respectively.

Good to know

Low season

September

Cheapest flight

$697
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 67% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 34% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Detroit to Auckland

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Detroit to Auckland 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 Detroit to Auckland flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Auckland?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Auckland was $697 for a one-way ticket and $1,160 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Detroit and Auckland?

    A passport is required to fly from Detroit to Auckland.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Detroit to Auckland?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Detroit to Auckland?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Detroit and Auckland, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Detroit to Auckland, Air New Zealand or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Detroit to Auckland are Air New Zealand and Delta. With an average price for the route of $1,575 and an overall rating of 8.0, Air New Zealand is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,584 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Detroit to Auckland?

    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 Detroit to Auckland.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Detroit to Auckland?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Auckland from Detroit 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 Detroit to Auckland?

    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 Auckland with an airline and back to Detroit with another airline. Booking your flights between Detroit and AKL 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 Detroit to Auckland?

    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 Auckland from Detroit up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Detroit to Auckland

 
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Air New ZealandOverall score based on 657 reviews
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7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
7.4Entertainment
7.5Food
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Crew members are so courteous and easy to talk to. My flight ticket was expensive from Chicago to Rotorua at $2800 usd. Everything else is very nice!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2026
ROT - AKL
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Crew members are so courteous and easy to talk to. My flight ticket was expensive from Chicago to Rotorua at $2800 usd. Everything else is very nice!

Great airline service by the staff. I highly recommend it

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.

Overall the plane was good and the crew great. The big disappointment was the skycouch. Maybe it would be good if you were a parent with 2 small kids travelling but as a couple it's hopeless. It's impossible for 2 adults to lie down so one ends up sitting. We split our time with one lying and the other sitting. We both got more sleep sitting upright. We will never book one again and don't recommend it to anyone.

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

Everything very good except the sofa couch not as comfortable as expected.

New Zealand crew were attentive. We were not informed that we needed transit document to pass through New Zealand. A checkin employee helped with this for which we were thankful.

There was a snafu with confirming seats at check which left us in limbo for the second leg of our trip. I believe the ANZ app is not well integrated with the systems at the terminal resulting in this disconcerting error.

The only thing that was less than excellent was the food server at dinner. (I had the chicken.) It wasn't that it was poorly heated or in difficult-to-open containers; it was just that it had a very peculiar taste. And I use that to describe not just the main course but the dessert as well. Very odd flavours for what seemed to be a mainstream item. I did like that the airline offered us a free glass of wine. The breakfast omelette wasn't bad, although it was quite bland.

Staff is friendly and helpful but flight was delayed by one hour from Detroit, making for tight window in Toronto to clear Canada Customs and pass through security screening in order to get to connecting flight on time.

Chaotic boarding at these gates, multiple gates squeezed in at the very end of a concourse, behind a restaurant. Agents gave up on boarding by individual zones. Flight itself was uneventful, which is all we hope for any more.

Weather in Atlanta necessitated an hour's hold on the tarmac before we could leave Detroit. The plane was packed, and I expected some surliness. But no! The crew was fantastic (jovial even!), responsive to people's needs, and kept us informed. Consequently, the passengers took the delay in stride, and what could have been an ugly situation turned out to be no more than a minor inconvenience. The crew were the stars here.

The flight was mostly smooth and direct (although it was 2 hours late). The glow of the flight attendant’s phone was annoying as I tried to sleep on this midnight flight.

Everything about this flight was good except for the very end when I reached my destination. Everyone from the tune to the wheelchair escorts were great with the case were great but I miss you with people at the check in this at the very end. I need help from the chicken desk because I forgot my pillow on the plane The female worker at the chicken desk said that they found my pillow and she was going to retrieve it for me. She left a 30 minutes without any update and her so she saw me walking back and forth waiting for her and they didn't even bother calling her or radioing her for any updates. They were busy because they were behind schedule and they were overwhelmed but thanks because at least glanced me and try to give me an update just a quick radio check or phone call. I don't care about the pillow but if you tell me to wait, I waited for at least half an hour before I said something and I just left because they wouldn't bother talking to me so I could, so everything's going in the review. I took pictures of the two men that were left working at the check-in counter. The totally ignored me despite the signals I've been giving them. I don't see any offers in the kayak review to add pictures or screenshots so I'm going to post another review I don't know their name but I'm pretty sure Delta will find other names when they see the review. Google with pictures. There was another guy at the chicken counter bring an orange workers vest who finally left after telling me that the girl that was retrieving my pillow is working the gates now. That would have been if they just told me that's what happened. But I had no update. Make me wait for nothing. Thank you Delta airlines!

Crew was real good, flight was smooth and came in early.

Should never have had to go to Detroit from Orlando back to Tennessee!

Free & relatively fast Wi-Fi. Would've liked a wider drink selection.

Smooth flight. Left on time, and got in 15 minutes early. Onboard video was great

Everything went smoothly, although the usual gripes about airline travel were still present: the boarding process is inefficient, the snack selection is limited, and so on. Since there was extra space on the flight, the gate agent rearranged many people's seats to put people on the aisles and windows, leaving the middle seats empty, as much as possible, which was pretty great.

My flight with Qantas was excellent, the crew were exceptional, the food was very good, and the seats were surprisingly spacious and comfortable. I was extremely disappointed when my checked bag did not make it onto my connecting flight, but was pleased with the ease of filing a report of a missing bag with Qantas at the Auckland airport - there, my pleasure ended. I can see, with an apple tag on my bag, that it is still in Sydney and has not moved in more than 30 hours. I shared the tracking information with Qantas and was assured when I filed the missing bag report that my bag would be delivered first thing the next morning on the next flight from Sydney to Auckland. Qantas' missing bag tracking feature still lists its status as "searching for your bag, check back later" more than a full 24 hours after filing the report despite my having shared tracking information, a photo of the bag, and calling the customer care line and being assured that an "urgent action message" had been sent to the team in Sydney. The lack of communication from Qantas' customer service department and the lack of action after an incredibly expensive business class ticket price is outrageous and has, definitively, affected my willingness to consider flying Qantas in the future, much less on long-haul international flights with high cost airfare.

I'd like to see AA's flight safety record clearly and prominently posted online.

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

Enjoyed the flight with attentive flight staff. Thank you Qantas.

It was nice having space in the way back where it thinned out with passengers, most folks in the far back were able to lay down and sleep. That was a pleasant surprise. Made the 15 hr flight go by pretty smooth, watching a few movies and resting. I had previously never used an airplane toilet, but finally used one. It wasn't too bad. All workers were very helpful and friendly. Their hospitality was welcomed as well

I thought the overall standard in Premium Economy was very good indeed.

After Qantas staff asked us we have the option to book our hotel and then email per written letter. I was denied my right for a $300 voucher after the flight was delayed 24h. Wael Idriss On Nov 22

We were seated in the furthest back row of the plane. Our seats seemed to be the only ones that didn't recline, and our seat row was also closer to the seats in front of us than any other route. I'm a tall man, and this made the long overnight flight extremely uncomfortable and near impossible to sleep on. There was nothing indicated in booking that this row was tighter than the others.

We were downgraded from business class to premium economy with no advance notice. The staff at the gate were extremely rude, the crew on board not very interested in our comfort, mostly stood in the galley and talked with each other. The food was about the worst I have had and the portions were small ( and I am not a big eater). altogether sbout as disappointing an experience as is possible

Polite staff but incompetent staff. They changed my window seat to isle seat and then lied saying the seat was broken, yet I see someone else sitting there! They lost my luggage. Their standards have dropped a lot compared to pre-pandemic.

Flight staff and all was fine. Food always sucks on planes so nothing new.

The flight crew were very helpful. The seats were very close together. There was barely room to sit without touching the person next to you.

This flight is a quick way to get to Chicago, but a bit expensive.

We got delayed three hours and nobody thought to have the bathroom fixed while we were sitting waiting to board? took a full hour to have maintenance come and check it off. Had to shut the bathroom down twice so that the pilots could go to the bathroom. Everyone missed their connections.

Not good - outbound flight was delayed and missed my connection even though I got to the gate after running through the airport - the agent would not let me on because the door was closed (flight had not left). There was no notification from United - overall experience was very disappointing. Additionally, I was downgraded from first class to coach on the alternative flight

I liked that the flight was nonstop from ORD to CIU for $200 round trip.

Some sort of compensation for missing work because of a cancelled flight that was United’s fault

Not a fan of the diagonal partially enclosed business class seats or how they have to be converted to beds manually by crew. I prefer more isolation and user control for switching to lie flat.

I was told we'd have a hot breakfast option in first class, so I chose not get a hot breakfast. It was a very strange meal, but the fresh fruit was very good quality. Service was excellent from ORD to ELP. No service from MBS to ORD, not even water. However, when flying American from FNT to ORD, which is a shorter flight, they at least pass out snacks and offer water.

Staff friendly and app worked really well. Modest delays were frustrating

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