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$47 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Tennessee

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Des Moines to Tennessee departing on 12/16. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Des Moines to Tennessee, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Des Moines to Tennessee, as well as popular online travel agencies

Best Tennessee Flight Deals

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Nashville
Nashvillenonstop$80
Knoxville
Knoxville1 stop$248
Memphis
Memphis1 stop$299
Chattanooga
Chattanooga1 stop$278

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January

High season

October

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$47
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 2% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price.
Flight from Des Moines to Nashville

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  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Des Moines to Tennessee?

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Des Moines to Tennessee?

    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 Tennessee with an airline and back to Des Moines with another airline.

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

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Tennessee

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Des Moines to the following destinations at these prices or less: Nashville $44 one-way - $139 round-trip
  • Morning departure is around 4% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 4 airlines serving from Des Moines to Tennessee

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Des Moines to Tennessee. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to Tennessee? 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
DeltaOverall score based on 8835 reviews
8.5Crew
7.9Entertainment
7.9Comfort
7.3Food
8.2Boarding
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I upgraded to first class only to find out that I still had no access to the sky lounge without a sky miles card or AmEx (something that should be emphasized outside of the fine print!) Also, no food or drink service provided during the flight, so I basically paid 4x more just for “free” checked baggage and a bigger seat. Not worth it.

2.0 MediocreEric, Oct 2024SLC - ABQ
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I upgraded to first class only to find out that I still had no access to the sky lounge without a sky miles card or AmEx (something that should be emphasized outside of the fine print!) Also, no food or drink service provided during the flight, so I basically paid 4x more just for “free” checked baggage and a bigger seat. Not worth it.

Delta was really good about being transparent with why we were delayed it’s just that’s the plane was really old and outdated and a lot of the comfort and amenities we know Delta to have did not shine through

Bottom seat cushion is almost non existent. Very uncomfortable seat.

Delta was great the entertainment was outdated. Screen was very small and didn’t work.

Flight did not have seat back entertainment and the wifi was iffy.

Pretty standard flight. Delta has a good selection of movies.

The WiFi has been awful on my last few Delta Air Lines flights.

The seats are uncomfortable, feels like a small seat pad on plywood.

The seats are uncomfortable and there was no power to recharge a phone.

Flight heavily delayed. No food available despite purchasing an upgrade. No in cabin service.

The plane was clean. The staff was excellent. The flight attendants were very good. Enjoyable flight. Overall. The seats in the back are too small but, will always be.

There was no air on the plane and it was very hot.

Flight crew was amazing! I don't like that the Polaris seats are side-by-side.

Not enough room between rows and food was gross. $160 baggage charge?! Never again.

Flight was 3 1/2 hour delayed with no credit or meal vouchers

Smoothly flight, pleasant flight attendants. I wish there were better food choices.

Everything was awful Flight attendant was condescending, rude and not helpful at all. Small outdated plane. No service, uncomfortable seats. Flight attendant was really the worst. He used hand gestures to communicate instead of words and whenever he used words he was condescending.

They need to improve their boarding process. Group 1 and/or paying first class passengers shouldn't be in the middle of boarding process

late departure due to some unspecified issue with ventilating the cabin. They got it running but it was FREEZING for the whole flight. I asked for a blanket but they didn't provide one. They could not turn up the heat. it was quite miserable.

This was a 5 hour flight with no entertainment and with a snack being provided (pretzels and fruit bar), which are both high in carbs and sugar. Nuts would have been a better choice.

Overall good. Tight connection in DFW because of gate unavailability upon landing.

Airplane was cold. Flight attendants were rude. Phone charger did not work. No food available.

No food, no entertainment. But the flight was really short so maybe they had to skip drinks. I was able to board early ONLY because I am old and decrepit and they let me pre-board. I RESENT your dumping us into category 9 if we do not pay up. And when I paid for a seat I was STILL given 9. The pre-boarding helps. THIS flight was exceptionally smooth, please congratulate the pilots.

I love to flight american however my carry on had to be sent with regular luggage and it was broken. Don't appreciate that. If when I buy a ticket says I can take a carry on and a hand item there should be space for mwsy stuff and not be basically forced to send the item even if it's at no charge. A.A. needs to work on that. Everything else excellent.

Deparature was late, which is annoying but the arrival was fine and the baggage came early.

Excellent customer service at check in at Austin flight to DFW and excellent customer service from Karren in terminal B at DFW.

The free internet access did not work, so we had to purchase 2 Internet packages. Flight attendants were not proactive in checking in with first class patrons

The flight attendants were talking the entire time on the back and I couldn’t even take a nap. Super annoying

11h50m total delay. Had to switch to another flight that was still a 7h30m delay.

A very good flight. All personnel were gracious and pleasant. Good flight. No complaints.

Stop changing gates at sfo. When you are elderly going back for it’s not fun.

We understand and comply with Frontier’s bag sizes. We’ve had some problems in past while having to await other passengers who do not understand the baggage restrictions or have not prepaid and that is usually our biggest concern (others delaying us) with flying Frontier. Flying OUT of ONT, however, has always been a great experience. I’ve also noted even on delayed Frontier flights very knowledgeable pilots who manage expectations well.

There was no easy way to check in. I don't want to install an app to checkin. I will use alaska from now on because they have a web check in method that is easy.

The crew was ghetto lol I felt like I was on an inner city field trip

Horrible! The short distance flight ended up taking 5 hrs! There was a 3 hr delay for the flight to take off and there was a 70 min wait on the tarmac for some bogus reason that the pilot said the gate he was supposed to board was taken up. After a 30 min wait he said the plane that was supposed to push out of the gate called a medical emergency and 40 min later he ended up boarding another gate. For the initial 3 hr delay there was no information/alert about the gate or delay in the app or the boards up until the boarding time and even beyond! Had to walk all the way to the end of the terminal to find the frontier staff to ask what was going on. Avoid this airline at all costs! If you have carryon bags or checked bags , their prices come equivalent to the prices of more reliable airlines. They are the worst in timeliness at 60% (reported as delayed) this year (check the data) by a high margin even compared to the second worst airline. If you are ok with having a miserable flight experience with the odds close to flip of a coin, feel free to try them. If you value your time , money and flying experience, stay away.

There was nothing to like, flight delayed had to move to different departure areas, disorganized to say the leasr

Delayed for two hours due to trivial issues. No reimbursment. Also on arrival further delay due to terminal malfunction.

Our flight was canceled for no known reason. We weren’t told until we were checking in at 5:00 am. This was after our last flight with Frontier where we sat on the plane for three hours (not an exaggeration) before we took off because of a mechanical issue. We won’t be flying Frontier again.

Allowed me to chose my seat without extra charge (I purchased full-price ticket) and boarding was in group1. Didn't even serve water.

I went to the Frontier counter in San Jose at 1030am or so on Sunday 10/13/24 to see if I could get an earlier flight to San Diego in lieu of my reserved 630pm flight. One thing led to another, and I was able to obtain an open seat for about $ 56. on the earlier flight. Fine. Then the agent asked if I "was checking a bag". Not knowing that carry-ons cost extra per Frontier policy, I thought that she meant a regular checked bag. Therefore, I said no. Once I got to the gate, the same gate agent who sold me a ticket told me that I had to pay $99 for a carry-on, and that all bags were extra on Frontier. Having never flown on Frontier, I was not aware of this. Part of the issue was that she was not a native English speaker, so there was a miscommunication as to what "bag" meant. I would have preferred for her to have clearly let me know at the front counter that any bag including a carry-on cost $99. It would have had the same outcome, as I had to take my carry-on. But it got hectic at the last minute at the gate itself. The baggage policy should have mentioned "including carry-ons" when we first spoke.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Des Moines to Tennessee found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
12/16Mon
nonstopAllegiant Air
1h 40mDSM-BNA
12/20Fri
nonstopAllegiant Air
1h 46mBNA-DSM
$80
12/9Mon
nonstopAllegiant Air
1h 40mDSM-BNA
12/13Fri
nonstopAllegiant Air
1h 46mBNA-DSM
$92
11/14Thu
1 stopFrontier
14h 57mDSM-BNA
11/18Mon
1 stopFrontier
6h 27mBNA-DSM
$204
11/14Thu
1 stopFrontier
22h 59mDSM-BNA
11/17Sun
1 stopFrontier
21h 59mBNA-DSM
$228
11/21Thu
1 stopDelta
7h 46mDSM-TYS
11/23Sat
1 stopDelta
6h 09mTYS-DSM
$248
11/16Sat
1 stopDelta
6h 07mDSM-TYS
11/20Wed
1 stopDelta
6h 16mTYS-DSM
$253
11/14Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 49mDSM-TYS
11/17Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
7h 18mTYS-DSM
$263
12/6Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 39mDSM-BNA
12/9Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 06mBNA-DSM
$277
11/29Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 18mDSM-MEM
12/5Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 36mMEM-DSM
$299
11/14Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
6h 04mDSM-TYS
11/20Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 03mTYS-DSM
$323

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Des Moines to Tennessee found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
12/16Mon
nonstopAllegiant Air
1h 40mDSM-BNA
$47
1/24Fri
nonstopAllegiant Air
1h 46mDSM-BNA
$70
11/15Fri
1 stopFrontier
25h 05mDSM-BNA
$73
11/7Thu
1 stopFrontier
15h 42mDSM-MEM
$134
1/24Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
5h 16mDSM-MEM
$153
1/24Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
7h 59mDSM-MEM
$158
1/17Fri
1 stopDelta
5h 37mDSM-BNA
$163
12/5Thu
1 stopDelta
5h 27mDSM-BNA
$173
1/21Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
10h 57mDSM-BNA
$213
11/12Tue
3 stopsUnited Airlines
25h 20mDSM-BNA
$386

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Last minute flights from Des Moines to Tennessee

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Des Moines to Tennessee that are departing in the next 10 days.
11/3Sun
nonstop
1h 35mDSM-BNA
11/6Wed
multi-stop
25h 47mBNA-DSM
$193
11/1Fri
nonstopAllegiant Air
1h 35mDSM-BNA
11/3Sun
nonstopAllegiant Air
1h 44mBNA-DSM
$252
11/2Sat
multi-stopDelta
6h 22mDSM-TYS
11/5Tue
multi-stopDelta
8h 56mTYS-DSM
$323
11/2Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 08mDSM-TYS
11/5Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 27mTYS-DSM
$328
11/2Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 08mDSM-TYS
11/5Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 17mTYS-DSM
$373
11/2Sat
multi-stopDelta
9h 13mDSM-TRI
11/5Tue
multi-stopDelta
7h 21mTRI-DSM
$408
11/3Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 41mDSM-CHA
11/10Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 05mCHA-DSM
$519
11/5Tue
multi-stopSouthwest
8h 55mDSM-BNA
11/8Fri
multi-stopSouthwest
12h 25mBNA-DSM
$543
11/5Tue
multi-stopSouthwest
6h 15mDSM-BNA
11/8Fri
multi-stopSouthwest
5h 45mBNA-DSM
$548
11/2Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 18mDSM-BNA
11/2Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 47mBNA-DSM
$580

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