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Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Auckland
Auckland2 stops$1,013
Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops$1,207
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$1,293
Wellington
Wellington2 stops$1,207
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,311
Rotorua
Rotorua2 stops$2,470
Tauranga
Tauranga2 stops$2,443
Kerikeri
Kerikeri2 stops$1,843
Hamilton
Hamilton3 stops$2,178
Auckland
Auckland2 stops$1,013
Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops$1,207
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$1,293
Wellington
Wellington2 stops$1,207
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,311
Rotorua
Rotorua2 stops$2,470
Tauranga
Tauranga2 stops$2,443
Kerikeri
Kerikeri2 stops$1,843
Hamilton
Hamilton3 stops$2,178

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Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand 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 Washington, D.C. to New Zealand

Mon, Oct 27 - Sun, Nov 9
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4:20 pm - 8:10 amBWI-AKL
22h 50m2 stops
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3:50 pm - 5:28 pmAKL-BWI
19h 38m1 stop
$1,013United Airlines
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Wed, Nov 5 - Tue, Nov 18
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8:05 am - 8:35 amBWI-AKL
30h 30m2 stops
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2:35 pm - 12:28 amAKL-BWI
27h 53m2 stops
$1,017Delta
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Wed, Oct 22 - Thu, Nov 13
Air New Zealand Logo
1:00 pm - 5:30 amBWI-AKL
23h 30m1 stop
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7:45 pm - 10:41 pmAKL-BWI
20h 56m1 stop
$1,078Air New Zealand
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Sat, Nov 1 - Sat, Nov 15
Air New Zealand Logo
6:16 pm - 5:55 amBWI-AKL
42h 39m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
3:50 pm - 5:28 pmAKL-BWI
19h 38m1 stop
$1,088Air New Zealand
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Thu, Oct 30 - Thu, Nov 6
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9:59 am - 2:40 pmDCA-AKL
35h 41m2 stops
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6:10 am - 8:00 pmAKL-DCA
31h 50m2 stops
$1,140Multiple Airlines
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Sat, Oct 18 - Thu, Oct 30
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 1:40 pmBWI-AKL
31h 05m3 stops
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2:50 pm - 6:35 amAKL-BWI
32h 45m2 stops
$1,160Multiple Airlines
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Mon, Dec 1 - Sun, Dec 14
American Airlines Logo
3:07 pm - 9:10 amBWI-AKL
24h 03m1 stop
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1:20 pm - 4:17 pmAKL-BWI
20h 57m2 stops
$1,167American Airlines
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Sat, Nov 8 - Mon, Nov 24
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3:22 pm - 12:45 amBWI-AKL
39h 23m2 stops
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1:20 pm - 10:54 pmAKL-BWI
27h 34m1 stop
$1,248Qantas Airways
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Wed, Nov 19 - Wed, Dec 3
Qantas Airways Logo
3:23 pm - 12:45 amBWI-AKL
39h 22m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
1:20 pm - 9:17 pmAKL-BWI
25h 57m1 stop
$1,277Qantas Airways
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Fri, Nov 21 - Mon, Dec 1
American Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 9:10 amBWI-AKL
32h 40m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 11:55 pmAKL-BWI
28h 35m2 stops
$1,317American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Washington, D.C. to New Zealand flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand, 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 Washington, D.C. to New Zealand is February, when tickets cost $1,093 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,979 and $1,659 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 25% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$495
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 44% increase in price.
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    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 Washington, D.C. to New Zealand up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $1,543 on average. On average, there is no price difference when choosing to fly in the morning or the evening on this flight route. The most expensive time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,858.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Washington, D.C. to New Zealand? 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.
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Air New ZealandOverall score based on 505 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.4Entertainment
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
7.3Food
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Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jul 2025CNS - AKL
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Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

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.

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

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

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

Again, Air New Zealand was great. They kept bathrooms clean, food was actually very good, New Zealand wines a big hit

The issue was with getting our boarding pases. There were issues with our arrangements that were made through Kayak. I am sorry to say that we will not use you again because of this. The flight itself was good and the flight attendants excellent.

It was good for a short domestic flight. As no food ar entertainment provided, there should be a n/a rating available for those.

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

Perfect flight both ways. On time, courteous staff, plane comfortable and cool. Best domestic flights I’ve had in awhile.

The food was terrible especially for a 15 hour international flight. The crew was unpleasant as well.

Really low quality food especially for an international flight. The crew also was surprisingly unpleasant except couple of ladies. I know we were not in first class but that’s no reason to treat customers as less.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

Quick check in. Everything went smooth. I don't know what can be done about airline food.

Crew was good. The reservation got mixed up and they didn't have my TSA number. I am also a Silver Medallion and wasn't able to use Sky Priority.

Delta made it easy, comfortable and timely. The crew was fantastic.

This route with Delta always has delays or is cancelled. Aircrafts seem smaller and older. I fly Delta quite a bit - haven’t had issues with the international flights. But this route has always been the troublesome one

Nothing special. The crew never went out of their way for anything.

My flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled. My entire trip was rerouted to include the following: Hartford to Washington DC Washington DC to JFK JFK to Auckland Auckland to Christchurch I paid for an aisle seat on the flight to Auckland and was asked if I would take a window seat to accommodate a family. The agent at the podium failed to mention that the family had a 3 month old baby and that a bassinet would be used during the 16 hour flight. The only way I could get out of my seat was to crawl under the bassinet of the sleeping baby. I think it is wrong that I was no given the choice to sit in another seat, that the agent knew what she was doing and chose to not properly disclose my seating arrangement. Terrible treatment.

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

One of the best Qantas business flights I've had. Quality product

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

One of the oldest most uncomfortable "lay down" seats I've ever experienced. Old plane and old seats that don't lay flat. The seat back does not even recline - at all. Instead the legrest awkwardly extends to fill the gap between a small cubby into which you must insert your feet/legs. I am 5' 11" and could not lay straight but had to tuck my knees. Ticket was also very expensive. Would not recommend flying business/first on Finair from Melbourne to Bangkok and will not do so again myself.

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

Loved the staff. The economy seats could have been bigger.

Airport and crew experience was excellent. We had to queue for the runway - no one’s fault, but it did mean we were 30 minutes late leaving

We had to deboard 2 times due to maintenance issues. They changed the plane, and then we got deviated to LAX due to maibtenance issues on the other plane, had to sleep at LAX and los a full day.

Great service on board. Boarding a bit slow due to process. Food was pretty average.

Very small cramped plane for an international flight. Everything else was good, but it was maybe the smallest comfort-wise I've ever been on for longer than 3-4 hours and the trip was 7.5

Flight was delayed 3 hours. No food and drink vouchers was provided. They offered a mini pretzel bag and water .

Staff was rude. Didn’t give water for 2 hours. Worst service

Was on time until within 1 hour of flight-how does that happen? Staff very friendly.

I liked the choice of lemon ginger tea. I think stewardesses can be more considerate of older people needs.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

I fly UAL 7-8 times per year. This flight was not up to snuff because it boarded very late "due to unexpected delays in restocking the plane" and yet Flight Aware showed the plane had landed some 10 hours earlier--so I think they could have planned accordingly. The FA's were nice but harried. The video system had to be rebooted 3-4 times. The food service was rather abrupt; they forgot my row and when I asked for my meal, they brought it with some impatience. Overall, the flight was fine, but the little details made it feel somewhat mundane and hurried.

I didn’t get on plane. Passport being processed by consulate with visa application. Tried to cancel through underpricer after purchasing cacelling for any reason. No dice, they are thieves.

Given it’s a red-eye into Charolotte, we didn’t get any food. The survey does not include “N/A” so the rating will be skewed.

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

American airlines suck they delay the flights all the time made me sleep in an airport because my flight was delayed and I miss my connecting flight

There's nothing I liked about it. For first off I scheduled this trip two weeks in advance then they delayed my flight which messed up my whole trip. So I scheduled it for the following weekend thinking there won't be a delay and guess what as soon as I got to the airport we said in the airplane on the tarmac for an hour and a half. Not only was it delayed I missed my connecting flight meaning I had to stay the night at Dallas-Fort Worth airport sleeping on the floor. I will tell you this I will never fly American airlines ever again I have had nothing but horrible experience with them and I just throw money at them

The stewardess hit me with the food kart twice on the head and didn't say I'm sorry once. The same stewardess gave me a warm Apple Juice with No ice. The Flight was delayed for Departure 6 times, starting from 2:36pm, finally taking off 7:50pm. I was late picking up my child from the sitter by 3 hours.

It took way too long to diagnose and solve the problem of a broken crew member cabin seat. Though compensation for the volunteer who left the flight was very kind.

We fly American Airlines quite a bit. And we always fly business class when traveling internationally. We were a bit disappointed with the comfort of this particular plane as well as the entertainment options.

The AA staff person who checked our bags was curt and almost rude. The FA also seemed unhappy doing her job. Overall it was like riding the school bus back in grade school.

They are still charging me after taking 466 and 833 for round trip from AR to to Bradley airport from 19 to 21. Then poor experience. Am hurt and I will say it on social media. Please stay away from this airline. I see in my bank account they are still taking 644. Am trying to stop it. I used to fly United airlines and I suggest that if you don't want extra charges and good service you go back there. American airlines delayed my flight again and I was late for my meeting, no recompensation but charging me over and over.

They changed our Gate 5 times, and concourse twice. Changed our seats twice.

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