$849 Find Cheap Flights from Detroit to South Africa

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Cheap Flights from Detroit to South Africa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop$1,092
Durban
Durban2 stops$1,262
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop$1,092
Durban
Durban2 stops$1,262

Book Cheap Detroit to South Africa Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Detroit to South Africa 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 Detroit to South Africa

Sat, Mar 7 - Wed, Mar 18
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8:05 pm - 11:50 am
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CPT
32h 45m
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5:15 pm - 7:10 pm
CPT
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DTW
31h 55m
1 stop
$1,092Turkish Airlines
Thu, Mar 19 - Thu, Mar 26
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9:05 pm - 10:50 am
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JNB
31h 45m
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7:10 pm - 7:10 pm
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DTW
30h 00m
1 stop
$1,123Turkish Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Tue, Mar 17
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8:05 pm - 10:50 am
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JNB
31h 45m
1 stop
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7:10 pm - 7:10 pm
JNB
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DTW
30h 00m
1 stop
$1,131Turkish Airlines
Sun, May 3 - Fri, May 15
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8:50 pm - 10:30 am
DTW
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JNB
31h 40m
1 stop
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6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
JNB
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DTW
30h 45m
1 stop
$1,151Turkish Airlines
Sat, May 2 - Tue, May 12
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8:50 pm - 10:30 am
DTW
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JNB
31h 40m
1 stop
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5:50 pm - 6:45 pm
JNB
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DTW
30h 55m
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$1,156Turkish Airlines
Thu, Apr 9 - Mon, Apr 13
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8:50 pm - 10:30 am
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JNB
31h 40m
1 stop
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6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
JNB
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DTW
30h 45m
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$1,177Turkish Airlines
Thu, Apr 9 - Mon, Apr 13
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8:50 pm - 10:30 am
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JNB
31h 40m
1 stop
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6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
JNB
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DTW
30h 45m
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$1,179Turkish Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Wed, Mar 18
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6:00 am - 8:20 am
DTW
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JNB
43h 20m
2 stops
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9:50 am - 11:59 pm
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DTW
44h 09m
2 stops
$1,189Etihad Airways
Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 16
Etihad Airways Logo
6:00 am - 8:20 am
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JNB
43h 20m
2 stops
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9:50 am - 11:59 pm
JNB
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DTW
44h 09m
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$1,195Etihad Airways
Wed, May 6 - Fri, May 15
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8:50 pm - 11:50 am
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CPT
33h 00m
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6:05 am - 6:45 pm
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DTW
42h 40m
2 stops
$1,345Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Detroit to South Africa flights

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

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

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 South Africa, 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 South Africa is April, when tickets cost $1,177 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,105 and $2,015 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$849
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 22% increase in price.
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    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 from Detroit to South Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Detroit to South Africa?

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

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Detroit to South Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Detroit to South Africa? 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8139 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.2Food
7.9Comfort
7.8Entertainment
Airline reviews

I was given middle seat on this flight and prior Boston to Seoul flight That is a problem for long flights, Kayak system did not give me a change to select my seats and assigned me middle seats regardless of my elevated status in Delta. This needs immediate attention.

2.0 MediocreAlparda, Feb 2026
BOS - ICN
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I was given middle seat on this flight and prior Boston to Seoul flight That is a problem for long flights, Kayak system did not give me a change to select my seats and assigned me middle seats regardless of my elevated status in Delta. This needs immediate attention.

I didn't take this flight. I changed the flight. Why am I getting surveys and notifications on flights that I change. Seems like a defect with Kayak.

Delta One is extraordinary. I fly business when somebody hires me. I just wonder why there is such a chasm between business class and the insanely inhumane and nonsensical coach. The seats are not large enough to fit even my tiny wife. We fly 10% of what we did because we don’t want to pay 5-10 k but for $400 it’s unbearable. It seems like the accountants took over and made stupid decisions. Screw in 20 extra seats and make it so unbearable that people fly 90% less. Just put the damn price up and put some proper chairs in. But business, yay.

Timing, quality of service, promptness and courtesy of the staff

It was last minute due to weather - considering - it was amazing! Good smiles, friendly staff and they were making sure we knew what was going on when and where.

delta last minute gave me a boarding pass for a different flight with no confirmation that they were changing it

The flight was comfortable and uneventful, which is what I desire

The service from the flight attendants were of supreme quality. They greeted and treated everyone with a wide smile. This is totally absent nowadays. Kudos to them!!!!

Excellent flight and got us around tough weather. Only issue was seat TV did not work and crew tried to reboot.

Very large passenger too space from my own seat. Arm board couldn’t be lowered because of his size. It wads very uncomfortable trip, as the flight was full couldn’t move anywhere having back pain because of the position in which I was the entire flight.

Not being stranded in Chicago for her airport to 11:30 tomorrow morning the 3rd

the whole trip was smooth, and as comfortable as flying is these days. flight crew was friendly and very courteous and helpful.

The attendant on board was amazing. She should be doing business/first international long haul.

Although our flight was delayed the overall boarding process was very smooth and the crew was accommodating.

I was fully checked in the prior night and i was unchecked and then didn’t have a seat when I boarded. Instead of an aisle seat, I was out in the middle seat of the very last row of the plane.

In overall it was a good experience, the only down point was that the entertainment screen was working properly.

HORRIBLE, my initial flight was cancelled, they made me pay $200 extra dollars and that got cancelled as well! After 6 cancellations I decided to get a refund because I needed to get home to my babies. Out of $1000+ dollars they offered me only $40 in refund! Totally unacceptable! The flight that they cancelled I was able to fly it on another airline. I had to spend $400 on one way tickets just to get home! I’m still getting the runaround.

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Seated dude next to me even though lots of empty rows. But main thing was we sat on the tarmac after landing for 30 minutes because of, in the words of the dude who sat next to me, “operational incompetence”. We got changing directions about where to pick up gate checked bags. Pilot and flight attendant were awesome though.

The food was terrible this time. Otherwise pleasant, quiet, on-time.

Typically good service onboard but baggage delay in airport was significant

My, Syed Zawar Hussein Shirazi frequently flyer membership number was not included on my boarding pass from O’Hare to Istanbul despite my reminder to the attendant at check in. Further she forgot to give me my boarding pass form Istanbul to Lahore and she needs to improve her customer service, please 🙏

Everything about that day was great I was happy with how things went as a first time traveling with the airline thank you for all that you’ve doing by taking us there to our various destinations thanks.

They oversold the tickets by one which was my ticket so I didn’t have a ticket till last second

Not good. I was supposed to be in Mint but got in economy class

Service was slow and checked bag was off last evening when flying business

Turkish Airline canceled our tickets in the very last minute, with our luggage and everything else, all prepared and good to go. It’s clear that they sold the tickets for better money to someone else. Bad, Bad, Bad business!!!

Awful seating. Bad food. Staff only have one bottle of water and no cans.

it was like a banya -so hot... They did provide a great experience with special food. one toilet broke midflight In general it was a peaceful and relaxing flight - for business class it was good.

Chicago to Istanbul was a much better experience than I expected since I’m more accustomed to Qatar Airways business class. The business lounge in the Istanbul airport was amazing - loved the lockers and phone charging stations, and the bathroom was a spa experience in itself. The onward leg from Istanbul to Karachi was utterly disappointing. Terrible plane, and I felt like I was in economy - the seats don’t come near to lying flat and the food was mediocre. What a sad downgrade - it isn’t as though the ticket on that leg was cheaper. So, on that front, there’s no contest with Qatar airways.

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