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$522 Find Cheap Flights from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport

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Cheapest round-trip
$1,106
Typical prices: $1,519-$1,284
Turkish Airlines
Wed 10/21Wed 10/28
DTW - PVG • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$1,827
Typical prices: $2,655-$1,811
Delta
Tue 8/18Tue 11/17
DTW - PVG • Non-stop
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Best reviews • 8.3 score
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Cheapest • Avg $1,400 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 20h 01m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Detroit to Pu Dong (DTW-PVG)

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

Wed, Oct 21 - Wed, Oct 28
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8:50 pm - 6:25 am
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PVG
21h 35m
1 stop
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10:55 pm - 7:00 pm
PVG
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DTW
32h 05m
1 stop
$1,106Turkish Airlines
Wed, Oct 21 - Wed, Oct 28
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8:50 pm - 6:25 am
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PVG
21h 35m
1 stop
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10:55 pm - 7:00 pm
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DTW
32h 05m
1 stop
$1,107Turkish Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Tue, Nov 17
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8:50 pm - 6:25 am
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PVG
21h 35m
1 stop
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10:55 pm - 6:00 pm
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DTW
32h 05m
1 stop
$1,109Turkish Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Tue, Nov 17
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8:50 pm - 6:25 am
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PVG
21h 35m
1 stop
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10:55 pm - 6:00 pm
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DTW
32h 05m
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$1,110Turkish Airlines
Tue, Aug 11 - Tue, Dec 8
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8:50 pm - 6:25 am
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PVG
21h 35m
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9:55 am - 6:00 pm
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DTW
45h 05m
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$1,111Turkish Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Tue, Nov 17
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8:50 pm - 6:25 am
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PVG
21h 35m
1 stop
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9:55 am - 6:00 pm
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DTW
45h 05m
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$1,112Turkish Airlines
Thu, Oct 29 - Fri, Nov 6
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9:05 pm - 8:15 am
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PVG
23h 10m
1 stop
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9:55 am - 7:00 pm
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DTW
46h 05m
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$1,114Turkish Airlines
Wed, Oct 28 - Wed, Nov 4
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9:05 pm - 5:10 pm
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PVG
32h 05m
1 stop
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10:55 pm - 7:00 pm
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DTW
33h 05m
1 stop
$1,116Turkish Airlines
Sun, Aug 30 - Tue, Sep 8
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7:01 am - 4:20 pm
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PVG
45h 19m
2 stops
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12:35 am - 5:22 am
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DTW
40h 47m
2 stops
$1,117Multiple Airlines
Tue, Oct 27 - Mon, Nov 23
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7:00 am - 9:45 pm
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PVG
50h 45m
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6:10 pm - 5:18 am
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48h 08m
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$1,119Multiple Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Detroit to Pu Dong flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Detroit to Pu Dong 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 Shanghai Pu Dong Airport?

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 Shanghai Pu Dong Airport departing in October.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Friday is the most expensive. Flying from Shanghai Pudong Airport back to Detroit, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Friday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport?

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 Shanghai Pu Dong Airport, 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 Shanghai Pu Dong Airport is September, where tickets cost $1,300 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,492 and $2,216 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $1,483, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport, 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 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 23% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Detroit to Pu Dong

 
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KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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Daniel Scheffler

Daniel Scheffler

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Daniel Scheffler is a travel writer, podcaster, and producer. Born in Africa, bred in Europe and now living in America he has traveled to 140 countries (and all 50 U.S. states). Plus he has stayed at over 2500 hotels across the globe. His original shows Everywhere and Without Maps (available on Spotify) showcase his beliefs, travel is about humanity and sharing that beauty. And thus it reminds you that you shouldn’t believe everything you think.

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Ramsey Qubein

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An avid traveler and aviation expert who has visited 173 countries, all 50 states and seven continents, Ramsey Qubein flies nearly 400,000 miles a year. As a North Carolina-based freelance journalist for publications including Conde Nast Traveler, Forbes, USA Today and Bloomberg among others, he explores the latest trends in aviation, hospitality, cruises and business.

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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$522
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 21% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 48% increase in price.
Flight from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport

When to book flights from Detroit to Pu Dong

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Detroit to Pu Dong 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 Shanghai Pudong Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport was $522 for a one-way ticket and $1,106 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Detroit and Shanghai Pudong Airport?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in Detroit and on arrival in Shanghai Pudong Airport.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport?

    Detroit airport is called Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County and the only airport in Shanghai Pudong Airport is Shanghai Pu Dong.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport?

    The Airbus A350-900 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport?

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

  • On which days can I fly direct from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport?

    There are nonstop flights from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Detroit to Shanghai, ANA or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Detroit to Shanghai are ANA and Delta. With an average price for the route of $1,645 and an overall rating of 8.3, ANA is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $2,085 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport?

    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 Shanghai Pudong Airport.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Shanghai Pudong Airport 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 Shanghai Pudong Airport?

    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 Shanghai Pudong Airport with an airline and back to Detroit with another airline. Booking your flights between Detroit and PVG 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 Shanghai Pudong Airport?

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

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $1,829 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County to Shanghai Pu Dong.
Find which airlines fly direct from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County to Shanghai Pu Dong

Monday

Delta

Delta

Tuesday

Delta

Delta

Wednesday

Delta

Delta

Thursday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

Delta

Saturday

Delta

Delta

Sunday

Delta

Delta

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Direct returns

Shanghai Pu Dong to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County

Monday

Delta

Delta

Tuesday

Delta

Delta

Wednesday

Delta

Delta

Thursday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

Delta

Saturday

Delta

Delta

Sunday

Delta

Delta

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Detroit to Pu Dong

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Detroit to Shanghai. 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 Detroit to Pu Dong? 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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ANAOverall score based on 1228 reviews
8.2Comfort
8.7Crew
7.9Entertainment
7.7Food
8.5Boarding
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The food was terrible and totally inedible. If you are flying with ANA/United bring your own food it was a long flight to be hingry

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Jun 2026
SFO - KIX
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The food was terrible and totally inedible. If you are flying with ANA/United bring your own food it was a long flight to be hingry

Staff at gate and crew on plane efficient and friendly.

I thought I bought the ticket directly through Kayak not a 3rd party

I like that we made it faster than regularly scheduled. Everything else was poor. The boarding was slow and chaotic. One person was screaming instructions to people that didn’t understand and there was only one camera so boarding was slow. The crew was not very friendly and one stewardess was extremely rude to everyone the entire flight. The food was not good and not themed to the country we were going to like every international flight I’ve taken. Lastly the seats were awful. After this flight I would never recommend United and will actively avoid booking another flight through them.

When I checked in, it printed two bag tags. The helper said they would cancel the other. They canceled both and my bag was left behind

The ladies are great seats should be a little bigger!

Couple of hours delayed, we had to re-booked our Shinkansen reservation twice. United Aiines need to improve their time!

The staff is amazing, I cannot stress that enough! The food is really good and snacks at stations to take for yourselves. Economy seating is fine, not the most comfortable, but our friends in Premium Economy said they were very comfortable! Decent entertainment options, but being built in, you have to use their cheap headsets unless you have your own plug in ones. I only have Bluetooth earbuds.

It was good. The crew was efficient, food was good

Seats were extremely cramped even for economy. Food was atrocious. Crew was fine but no follow up, additional drinks offered etc. For a 14 hour flight I expected more.

Long story short, it was one of the better flight experiences I've had in some time when compared with other airlines.

Flight was great! This flight from Atlanta was even better than when I paid for Comfort from SNA to Atlanta.

Connection flights should be spaced out farther because too close I missed my connection.

Definitely a southern flavor. Cordiality was evident even though no drinks or snacks were served.

On time! There were plenty of airport employees who were able to keep us moving in the right direction. The crew on the plane were professional.

Left /arrived on time. Decent seat space. Like the wifi/plugs and entertainment. Windows and tray table were kinda gross. Attendants didn't start snack service til 40mins before landing. Two rows before us, captain came on to say there's turbulence and recalled staff to seats. So, no drink/snack. Later, attendants didn't stop to see if we had trash nor even look our way. Felt invisible! Almost all pilot announcements were not only unintelligible, but so quiet. We had no idea what she said.

Average seat comfort, a drink and chips were provided, early boarding because we checked a carryon at the gate was nice. Ticket pricing shenanigans, including fees to pick a seat, check a bag, and get food onboard - evidence the industry is reinvigorating last century’s strategies- destroys the experience before one ever arrives at the airport. It’s difficult to recognize any value or sustain loyalty in the end-to-end process making air travel more drudgery than pleasure.

Gate agent was unhelpful for handicapped boarding. Flight attendant seemed untrained.

No service flight that took 5 hrs and a stop at an unscheduled airport. Crew and pilots did their jobs

Clean planes and not take my comfort class seat away.

Entertainment system is okay, flight attendants were ok. Leg space very narrow, I couldn’t get what I wanted to eat, dinner nor breakfast.

Excellent experience with business class area. Staff was attentive and food was amazing. Only one bathroom for business class which was logistically difficult for the staff while preparing meals. Need to offer fluids with meals. I did not get enough water to drink. But overall I rate it 5 star.

On time, great food, good drink selection! Only down was alcohol-free lounge. Lufthansa had a much better offering!

Be honest of what you sell: This was sold as Business Class on all three legs, while the JetBlue plane didn't even have business class seats, and wanted $164 for extra legroom seats.

Seat assignments for family traveling with 2 children. Loud crowd during sleep time

It was crowded… the bathrooms dirty and smelly. The seats have been made even smaller.

delayed to take off from detroit by 3 hours lost baggage in istanbul and now in venice without baggage

Seats were very tight with poor legroom - and I am average height. During the 12 hour flight, tiny paper cups of drinks we're only offered during the super and breakfast services, with the crew nowhere to be seen in between. One of the bathrooms was out of order, leading to long lines waiting to use the remaining two available to the economy class passengers.

short flight but we still got a very nice lunch and the crew did an excellent job in taking care of us

For that price on Business class, I expected to have the pod seats. These were configured as 2/3/2 and my seat mate talked half the flight with a friend across the isle, loudly. Very uncouth.

This was my first time ever flying China Eatern and it will not be my last. I was very satisfied with my whole experience and trip. Thank you very much and until soon.

It was just fine. The sirlines did live up fully to my expectation.

The flight was delayed. The staff made us wait in the room that is too small and it was crowded and with no seats available for waiting. They did not tell us why the delay occurred.

While boarding at PVG, there was a ticket checking at the gate, then there was another ticket checking at the bottom of the escalator, which created quite a dangerous congestion. Not sure which idiot made this absolutely unnecessary arrangement.

While boarding at PVG, there was a ticket checking by the gate, then there was another ticket checking right at the bottom of the escalator, which created quite a dangerous congestion. Don't understand why the duplication?

I was traveling alone with an infant, so the crew was incredibly helpful. Both the international and subsequent domestic flights were impeccable.

Plane was good. But food was bad and air host was so rude. I will never fly with China Eastern again

The flight was delayed by 2 hours, although to their credit they delayed my connecting flight so people could reach it. Also their site is a nightmare to navigate on a phone. Everything else was good.

The ticket was last minute buy so no concerns about the pricing this time, but the crew in general could have been more accommodating, helpful.

CTU-KMG-CNX with 1.5 hr connection at KMG. Doable but just barely bc immigration exit from China is at the last flight leg, here: KMG to CNX. We hauled out of the domestic terminal to reenter at the international departures (luggage checked thru to CNX thankfully). Immigration had only two agents, even though KMG gets a HUGE number of foreigners. It took forever for such a shot line. Then security also took a while, so I just just made the connection. Recommend if you exit China with domestic international transfer, plan for 2+ hrs to avoid a heart attack. Airline personnel don’t suffer if you miss the flight, you do. Plan accordingly.

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