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$465 Find cheap flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco

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Cheap flight deals from Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco (SHA-SFO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco 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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11:50 am - 8:15 pmSHA-SFO
23h 25m2 stops
12:35 am - 11:25 amSFO-SHA
19h 50m1 stop
$965China Southern
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Thu, Oct 17 - Sat, Oct 19
1:20 pm - 10:20 pmSHA-SFO
24h 00m1 stop
1:45 am - 12:05 pmSFO-SHA
19h 20m1 stop
$1,040Cathay Pacific
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Mon, May 20 - Thu, Aug 8
6:25 pm - 10:40 amSHA-SFO
31h 15m1 stop
11:50 pm - 5:05 pmSFO-SHA
26h 15m1 stop
$1,148Korean Air
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Mon, May 20 - Fri, Aug 9
6:10 pm - 3:10 pmSHA-SFO
36h 00m1 stop
11:30 pm - 5:00 pmSFO-SHA
26h 30m1 stop
$1,152Asiana Airlines
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Wed, May 22 - Sat, Oct 12
12:50 pm - 6:06 pmSHA-SFO
20h 16m2 stops
12:00 pm - 11:25 amSFO-SHA
32h 25m1 stop
$1,179Japan Airlines
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Thu, May 30 - Wed, Jun 5
12:50 pm - 10:20 pmSHA-SFO
24h 30m2 stops
6:57 pm - 11:25 amSFO-SHA
25h 28m2 stops
$1,183Japan Airlines
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Thu, May 30 - Wed, Jun 5
1:35 pm - 4:30 pmSHA-SFO
17h 55m1 stop
12:20 am - 12:25 pmSFO-SHA
20h 05m1 stop
$1,282ANA
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Mon, Sep 16 - Sun, Dec 1
6:10 pm - 3:10 pmSHA-SFO
36h 00m1 stop
9:22 am - 5:00 pmSFO-SHA
40h 38m2 stops
$1,340Asiana Airlines
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Wed, May 22 - Sat, Oct 12
1:35 pm - 4:35 pmSHA-SFO
18h 00m1 stop
1:45 am - 12:15 pmSFO-SHA
19h 30m1 stop
$1,420ANA
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Tue, May 7 - Sun, Jun 23
6:25 pm - 10:40 amSHA-SFO
31h 15m1 stop
12:40 pm - 5:05 pmSFO-SHA
37h 25m1 stop
$1,424Korean Air
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Tue, May 28 - Tue, Jun 4

Flights from Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco?

The average price of all flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Friday is the most expensive. Flying from San Francisco back to Shanghai Hongqiao Intl, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco, 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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco is December, where tickets cost $831 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and April, where the average cost of tickets is $2,469 and $1,808 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 86 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, China Southern offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $579. KAYAK users also found Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco round-trip flights on China Southern from $965 and on Cathay Pacific from $1,040.

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Low season

March

High season

September

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$465
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 18% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco

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FAQs for booking Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to San Francisco was $465 for a one-way ticket and $965 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Shanghai Hongqiao Intl and San Francisco?

    Yes

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco?

    On your way to San Francisco, you’ll fly out from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl. You’ll be landing at San Francisco.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Shanghai Hongqiao Intl and San Francisco, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to San Francisco from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl?

    Incheon is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Shanghai to San Francisco, Korean Air or ANA?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Shanghai to San Francisco are Korean Air and ANA. With an average price for the route of $1,274 and an overall rating of 8.5, Korean Air is the most popular choice. ANA is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,533 and an overall rating of 8.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco?

    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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Francisco from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl 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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco?

    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 San Francisco with an airline and back to Shanghai Hongqiao Intl with another airline. Booking your flights between Shanghai Hongqiao Intl and SFO 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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco?

    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 San Francisco from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Shanghai to San Francisco. 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 Hongqiao Intl to San Francisco? 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.
8.5
Korean AirOverall score based on 1192 reviews
8.3comfort
8.6boarding
8.8crew
8.2entertainment
8.2food
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Not very comfortable seated in the back plane due to turbulence

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024ICN - ORD
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Not very comfortable seated in the back plane due to turbulence

Ford not that great the seat not to big for leg room like other airline

On time and flight crew are always so happy to help and always smiling unlike other airlines.

Crew was ok, but some passengers were a bit rude. Again, all outlets were not working, only the really slow charging usb plug on the entertainment system. Entertainment system was also bugged, some features just crash, the touch screen wasn't working and when trying to watch a movie the onscreen display kept flashing off and on making it very difficult to watch.

It was ok. Not good and not a bad experience

not too bad but not too great either. Service on all airlines declined ever since covid. Your Delta Stewardess are not that friendly at all. :-(

I like your stewardess, they are nice. However, your food could have been better and wheres your dessert? You do not offer beer or scotch. I do not drink alcohol biut my husband can have one or two, he has to ask if he can have one. during dinner or lunch, it should be offerred. Also, you do not have the most famous drinks ginger ale

Not accommodating ground staff On board slow service Crew members not very friendly

lunch was good; breakfast was kinda meh cabin temprature was way too high new entertainment system but somewhat limited content

I flew Asiana Air not Korean Air which was my original flight. So, I have no say about Korean Airlines right now. I hope you guys will not make any changes of my flight on Feb 15th. I want to fly Korean Air on Feb 15th. and make sure it is the same flightr njumber for my husband also and do not make any changes on either flights. thank you for reading my letter.

Asian Vegitarian food was test less No Salt or pepper served Need to improve with Chef who can caters for Peaple from India I am sure Chef knows different varieties of food Indian People like

The flight attendant, where kind of rude, there where hiding for almost 3 hours, without doing rounds to see if people needed water or pickup the water cups, the toilets were full of water cups, because they never come back to pick them up.

Flew on an Airbus 350-900. Excellent aircraft properly cleaned and serviced. Flight crew was excellent plane departed and arrived on time. The A350 has excellent air circulation far better than the 777. I would recommend Asiana to anyone looking to fly in a clean comfortable environment. This is my second round trip flight from New York to Bangkok via Asiana and I will book Asiana again!

Amazing service and fabulous syaff. Loved the jumbo jet too, comfortable.

The entertainment screens are dated and needs to be changed to new screens. Then when we got home, I found out 2 of our luggage’s were damaged (huge) and some items stolen.

I had the most wonderful experience from CEB bag drop through deplaning. The staff, the aircraft, food, and cabin crew were all amazing. I want to give a kudos to Marky from Mactan Cebu's Asiana airport staff for his exceptional customer service and assistance.

JetBlue's check-in was great, but there was an in-flight attendant who was very rude and unkind. I didn't realize that the bathrooms were already locked 30 mins prior to landing and needed to use the restroom. Instead of politely asking me to return, she rudely told me, 'NO, bathrooms are locked! Go back to your seat!' The JetBlue flight was more than an hour delay, which made me almost miss my connecting flight with Asiana. I understand the reasoning, but the action they took to get a hold of maintenance was time consuming. It took them more than 30 mins to get a hold of maintenance and for maintenance to get started. The Asiana flight and crew were wonderful, in general. They waited for us who were delayed from the previous flight before they took off and were very kind to take my checked baggage's info. Seats were a little uncomfortable for such long flight, but service and flight attendants were great! However, my 3 checked baggages are missing! They're lost somewhere in the transition. I'm writing this review 3 days after my arrival to the Philippines, and my 3 checked baggages, where my wedding dress is, are all still missing! I and the CEB airport crew have sent multiple emails to both JetBlue and Asiana, and neither has responded to any of our emails. Although, I was able to get in contact with JetBlue's Interline Department who confirmed that the bags were turned over to Asiana without confirmation details.

Airfare was ok . Food not good , seat ok but not comfortable. Lay over too long , crew was ok Overall just ok

Aside from a LOT of turbulence the flight was perfect! The flight crew was superb and the food was delicious!

2 things that really tanked our experience with this trip with Asiana Airline (which used to be among my favorite airlines): 1) The "random" security screening at the boarding gate is crazily thorough (which is completely redundant to the security screening before we went through the security checkpoint before getting into the gate area), and the water was acquired inside of the gate area (from a lounge operated by the Inchon airport). We were asked to take out *EVERY* single items from the carry-on luggage and open up every comtainers / bags / packages to inspect. To add to it, there were two inspection workers there (one seemed to be a trainee and the other seemed to be a trainer), and the trainer worker held a very unfriendly / arrogant attitude towards us. As the youngest member (a minor) of my family was being "screened", the rest of my family wanted to make sure that no inappropriate actions would happen to her. That trainer worker yelled at us and attempted to use rude body language (waving her hands) and facial expression to ask us to stay away. 2) The luggage handling at the destination was really *REALLY* bad. Among my 25+ years of travel experiences, I'm going to have to say that this was the worst luggage experience where we didn't lose our luggage. Our flight was scheduled to land 12:45pm, and landed around 1pm. 15mins delay in landing is absolutely normal. Deplane process took a bit longer than usual flight (we waited for around 20mins, after arriving at the gate, before people were able to actually leave the plane). However, the luggage took another *2 HOURS* to arrive at the baggage claim carousel. This is insane. What's worse is, due to the delay in luggage, the flurry of passengers from our flight collided with 3 other incoming flights. The US border / custom line was like the longest Disneyland attraction line winding through the entire arrival hall and around all the baggage claim carousels (like at least a thousand people). I've never seen anything like that at SeaTec airport (US border control), period. The luggage claim experience really tanked our trust and overall impression for Asiana Airline's Seattle airport ground operational effectiveness and efficiency. This has to change in order for them to remain relevant / in-business with increased competitions from Korean Air and other Asia-based airlines.

Our seat tv didn’t work All the rest was perfect

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

Meals were adequate but could be better. Lots of movies, podcasts, tv shows. We really enjoyed using our personal headsets highly recommended. 15 hrs flight great to travel at night.

This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.

the plane was old. the wifi didn’t work. the entertainment was boring and dated. the charging ports were impossible to find. i was mostly ignored by flight attendants that had no problem speaking to the man beside me. i got two drinks the entire time i was on the plane.

Quit making seats narrower and narrower. The guy beside me spilled over in to my seat.

The service was non existent . Crew did very little didn’t even answer call button . Premium economy in this long haul was the worst I have ever experienced . Never again flying with them .

The crews are great.. Easy boarding. Inflight entertainment ok. Food is a disappointment.

The real big issue with this flight was that it was 3 hours delayed. Other than that, no big praises or complaints.

I was not able to buy food in the flight. They refer to include your Credit card in the APP, and if you are not from USA (i have a credit card form Canada) it is not possible

Upgrade their seats. They’ve got 20-year-old business class seats in their 777s. The food choices. On the way to Manila and the way back I thought we’re lousy compared to other carriers. The staff was fantastic and very happy.

Not a pleasant experience from the start of booking first flight all the way through to the actually flight. Only saving grace is the food.

No power on an 11 hour flight? What a joke. Crew did not come by enough to get trash or offer water.

Checking in was okay but boarding a little bit slow

There is a problem with the sound while watching movie or listening to the music ( the sound is static & goes on and off). Aside from the sound, the experience was good & stewardesses are nice.

Not leave 12 hours late. This airline is horrible always late does not refund upgrades for cancelled flights inept counter staff.. needs to be shutdown

The food was good but could be better. Also, less salt would be nice.

My biggest concern was with all the schedule changes. Both inbound and outbound flights times were changed, including a time change less than two days before the scheduled departure.

The flight itself was good, however, the disorganization of boarding and the sheer amount of baggage STUFFED into the over head compartments in what appear to be an outdated plane was not okay. The plane was outdated. I walked into the restroom and a panel underneath the sink was on the floor. I called the attention of the stewardess and she quickly put it back into place. The entertainment system had to be rebooted in order to “work,” but even after rebooting, the sound was off. For the amount of money my wife and I paid, we expected a little bit more. Sad to say, but Phillippines Airlines missed the mark on many things going all the way to sectioning off such a small area for all the passengers to wait for boarding. Everyone was on top of each other. They also made you throw away your water, even after the initial security check. So the water you bought after the first security check wasn’t allowed onto the plane, but they didn’t offer a refill station or another place to buy water. Will definitely need to think again about booking with Philippine Airlines.

The charges for overweight luggage were not clear, I think I paid twice, I didn’t argue because I was traveling alone & already felt exhausted.

The flight was cancelled without any reason. But the next flight to Shanghai has to be cancelled to pay penalty.

How do you run out of beer after one hour of a twelve hour flight?!

You’re in the three parts of my life, the China Eastern air crew remembered and wish me happy birthday. I was given pastries on two different occasions and a complementary drink. The stew is wish me happy birthday and gave me a birthday card. Everything was first class. Thank you.

It was my birthday while I was on the flight on China eastern airlines. They celebrated my day by giving me a personalized birthday card and also a very delicious pastry. I was surprised and thankful by the China Eastern crew! The whole staff was kind and professional? My second flight into China and the most memorable! Thank you-

2 hours delay on the 1st plane out of the day!!!!!

Multiple delays, with no explanation. Caused us to almost miss our connector. The airline made no effort when we arrived in Shanghai to help us make it to our next flight with the same airline.

Pros: "The flight was smooth. Food was on time . Wine is available for the anxious flyers who can’t sleep."
Cons: "Better softer hand soap , sprays and lotion . Sleep mask"
Cons: "delay of about 1 hour, we almost missed our international flight from beigin"
Pros: "Nice staff."
Cons: "Although I've ordered vegan food about 3 months in advance, I have not been provided with a vegan meal and received cheese lasagne. Pretty sad on such a long distance flight."
Pros: "Great crew in business class!"
Cons: "Wifi was terrible, entertainment is below average and angle seats for a 12 hour flight is sub par. The food was so so"

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Shanghai to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/19Sun
2 stops
33h 45mSHA-SFO
$465
5/2Thu
2 stops
33h 45mSHA-SFO
$486
5/17Fri
1 stopChina Southern
38h 50mSHA-SFO
$579
5/19Sun
2 stopsChina Southern
37h 25mSHA-SFO
$583
6/12Wed
1 stopAsiana Airlines
36h 00mSHA-SFO
$714
6/12Wed
1 stopJapan Airlines
35h 55mSHA-SFO
$721
6/26Wed
1 stopJapan Airlines
35h 55mSHA-SFO
$724
7/1Mon
1 stopAsiana Airlines
36h 30mSHA-SFO
$1,032
8/15Thu
1 stopKorean Air
31h 35mSHA-SFO
$1,260
8/14Wed
1 stopKorean Air
31h 35mSHA-SFO
$1,274

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Shanghai Hongqiao Intl - San Francisco Flights

Departure:

Shanghai Hongqiao Intl (SHA)China

Destination:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

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