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$145 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Washington

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 Washington departing on 11/11. 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 Washington, 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 Washington, as well as popular online travel agencies

Best Washington Flight Deals

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

Seattle
Seattle1 stop$289
Spokane
Spokane1 stop$381
Portland
Portland1 stop$208

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January

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July

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$145
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
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Flight from Des Moines to Seattle

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Washington

  • Morning departure is around 7% 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 Washington

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Des Moines to Washington. 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 Washington? 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
8.2Boarding
8.5Crew
7.3Food
7.9Comfort
7.9Entertainment
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Delta was great the entertainment was outdated. Screen was very small and didn’t work.

8.0 ExcellentCraig, Oct 2024ANC - SEA
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Delta was great the entertainment was outdated. Screen was very small and didn’t work.

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

My husband is very tall and we generally fly Delta Comfort. We used our companion benefit, and our seats were coach and extremely uncomfortable........ horrid even

My seat had no padding, it was literally plywood with a plastic cover. I could not change seats on my 10 hour flight. My excitement for this trip helped me deal with the pain.

I notice that every time I fly delta or any American carrier, the staff seem tired, overworked, and not at the service level I’m accustomed to in Asia. They frequently crash into my arm when coming down the aisle. Food is shoved at my face with no greeting or verbal cue. The food portions seemed much smaller than usual and didn’t see much wine or beverage options. This is comfort plus? The plane was old and tired. The bathroom was dripping with mineral stains after a long lack of cleaning. The power socket did not work, although the USB output did. I really wonder why I’m flying Delta, I think it’s time to switch to ANA.

The flight was great. The crew were a little terse about the size of my bag. It fit fine.

Screen didn’t play movies, do I was pretty boated the entire flight.

It was very cold because the air conditioner was on high power, and my son got sick.

Delta crushed it. Flight attendant in first was attentive and just never stopped. Honestly one of the best domestic flights I’ve been on.

Delta is one of the best airlines I have flown

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 Washington found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/13Wed
1 stopFrontier
7h 23mDSM-PDX
11/17Sun
1 stopFrontier
5h 31mPDX-DSM
$208
11/27Wed
1 stop
8h 01mDSM-SEA
12/4Wed
2 stops
20h 56mSEA-DSM
$289
12/24Tue
1 stopDelta
8h 00mDSM-SEA
12/29Sun
1 stopDelta
8h 25mSEA-DSM
$371
11/17Sun
1 stopDelta
7h 44mDSM-GEG
11/24Sun
1 stopDelta
9h 17mGEG-DSM
$381
11/15Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
13h 34mDSM-SEA
11/19Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
13h 45mSEA-DSM
$382
12/13Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 00mDSM-SEA
12/16Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
12h 21mSEA-DSM
$386
11/17Sun
1 stopSouthwest
6h 50mDSM-GEG
11/24Sun
2 stopsSouthwest
8h 30mGEG-DSM
$397
11/28Thu
1 stopSouthwest
7h 50mDSM-SEA
12/5Thu
1 stopSouthwest
8h 45mSEA-DSM
$402
12/6Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
9h 12mDSM-PDX
12/9Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 31mPDX-DSM
$406
12/13Fri
2 stopsUnited Airlines
17h 04mDSM-SEA
12/17Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
18h 28mSEA-DSM
$410

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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 Washington found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/11Mon
1 stopFrontier
26h 35mDSM-SEA
$145
11/27Wed
1 stop
8h 01mDSM-SEA
$168
1/24Fri
1 stop
11h 34mDSM-SEA
$178
1/25Sat
1 stopDelta
7h 05mDSM-GEG
$193
1/25Sat
2 stopsDelta
11h 23mDSM-GEG
$198
1/24Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 29mDSM-PDX
$203
12/4Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
27h 52mDSM-SEA
$217
11/14Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 47mDSM-GEG
$223
11/12Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 05mDSM-SEA
$253
11/5Tue
2 stopsSouthwest
8h 30mDSM-SEA
$355

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Last minute flights from Des Moines to Washington

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 Washington that are departing in the next 10 days.
11/4Mon
multi-stopFrontier
15h 18mDSM-SEA
11/7Thu
multi-stopFrontier
13h 42mSEA-DSM
$297
11/2Sat
multi-stopFrontier
29h 15mDSM-SEA
11/4Mon
multi-stopFrontier
7h 00mSEA-DSM
$338
11/5Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 22mDSM-PDX
11/12Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
20h 53mPDX-DSM
$612
11/2Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 58mDSM-SEA
11/4Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
20h 56mSEA-DSM
$672
11/1Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 22mDSM-PDX
12/16Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
22h 40mPDX-DSM
$709
11/5Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
24h 35mDSM-PDX
11/12Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
12h 32mPDX-DSM
$710
11/1Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
11h 33mDSM-PDX
12/16Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
27h 04mPDX-DSM
$714
11/1Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
11h 33mDSM-PDX
12/16Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
20h 51mPDX-DSM
$719
11/1Fri
multi-stopDelta
6h 37mDSM-SEA
11/5Tue
multi-stopDelta
6h 03mSEA-DSM
$833
11/4Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 41mDSM-SEA
11/6Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 43mSEA-DSM
$866

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