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Cheapest round-trip
$1,030
Typical prices: $1,253-$1,291
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Tue 2/3Tue 2/24
MCI - PVG • 3 stops
Cheapest one-way
$531
Multiple Airlines
Wed 3/11
MCI - PVG • 3 stops
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ANA
Cheapest • from $1,117 (round-trip)
Japan Airlines
Best reviews • 8.3 score
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Cheap Flights from Kansas City to Shanghai (MCI-SHA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Kansas City to Shanghai 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 Kansas City to Shanghai

Tue, Feb 3 - Tue, Feb 24
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7:00 am - 6:40 pm
MCI
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PVG
45h 40m3 stops
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7:10 am - 11:33 pm
PVG
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MCI
30h 23m3 stops
$1,030Multiple Airlines
Mon, Feb 2 - Wed, Mar 4
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10:00 am - 1:15 am
MCI
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PVG
25h 15m2 stops
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2:35 am - 10:36 am
PVG
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MCI
22h 01m2 stops
$1,117ANA
Mon, Jan 26 - Wed, Jan 28
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8:00 am - 1:15 am
MCI
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PVG
27h 15m2 stops
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2:35 am - 2:27 pm
PVG
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MCI
25h 52m2 stops
$1,134ANA
Tue, Jan 20 - Wed, Mar 4
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11:29 am - 1:15 am
MCI
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PVG
23h 46m2 stops
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1:35 pm - 10:36 am
PVG
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MCI
35h 01m2 stops
$1,153ANA
Wed, Jan 21 - Wed, Mar 4
ANA Logo
8:00 am - 9:25 pm
MCI
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PVG
23h 25m2 stops
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8:30 am - 10:36 am
PVG
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MCI
40h 06m2 stops
$1,155ANA
Mon, Jan 19 - Wed, Mar 4
ANA Logo
11:29 am - 1:15 am
MCI
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PVG
23h 46m2 stops
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2:35 am - 12:19 pm
PVG
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MCI
23h 44m2 stops
$1,156ANA
Mon, Feb 16 - Mon, Feb 23
American Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 4:25 pm
MCI
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PVG
20h 55m1 stop
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6:25 pm - 10:51 pm
PVG
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MCI
18h 26m1 stop
$1,192American Airlines
Mon, Jan 26 - Thu, Jan 29
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3:01 pm - 11:45 am
MCI
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SHA
30h 44m2 stops
Japan Airlines Logo
1:10 pm - 2:30 pm
SHA
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MCI
39h 20m2 stops
$1,211Japan Airlines
Wed, Jan 21 - Wed, Mar 4
Japan Airlines Logo
3:01 pm - 11:45 am
MCI
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SHA
30h 44m2 stops
Japan Airlines Logo
1:10 pm - 11:58 am
SHA
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MCI
36h 48m2 stops
$1,226Japan Airlines
Tue, May 26 - Fri, Jun 5
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:50 pm
MCI
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SHA
25h 50m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 10:29 pm
SHA
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MCI
21h 59m2 stops
$4,231United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Kansas City to Shanghai flights

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How much is a round-trip flight from Kansas City to Shanghai?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Kansas City to Shanghai departing in February.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Kansas City to Shanghai?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Kansas City to Shanghai clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Kansas City to Shanghai, look for departures on Saturdays and avoid leaving on a Monday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Shanghai, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Tuesday is the most expensive.

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Cheapest flight$531
Flight from Kansas City to Shanghai Pudong Airport

When to book flights from Kansas City to Shanghai

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FAQs for booking flights from Kansas City to Shanghai

  • What is the cheapest flight from Kansas City to Shanghai?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Kansas City to Shanghai was $531 for a one-way ticket and $1,030 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Kansas City and Shanghai?

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

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Kansas City to Shanghai?

    When flying out of Kansas City you will be using Kansas City. You will be landing at one of these airports: Shanghai Pu Dong or Shanghai Hongqiao Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Kansas City to Shanghai?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Kansas City to Shanghai?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Kansas City and Shanghai, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Kansas City to Shanghai?

    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 Kansas City to Shanghai.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Shanghai from Kansas City 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 Kansas City to Shanghai?

    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 with an airline and back to Kansas City with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Kansas City to Shanghai?

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Kansas City to Shanghai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Kansas City 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 Kansas City to Shanghai? 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.
8.3
Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 1662 reviews
8.7Crew
8.2Comfort
7.8Entertainment
7.7Food
8.4Boarding
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I fell asleep, and the crew kindly left some snacks for me

8.0 ExcellentVi, Dec 2025
ORD - LAX
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I fell asleep, and the crew kindly left some snacks for me

I was so hungry , from Boston to Tokyo, only 2 big food .

The crew was nice, the food could be better, and at least 2 bathroom stalls were out of service.

Good experience for economy transpacific. Reasonable comfortable seats. Food was not as good as I expected or had on other prior transpacific flights but likely attribute that to rising cost of supplies. Staff is courteous. Overall, very good.

great experience - staff were kind and attentive and food was excellent. very comfortable flight that felt much shorter than 14 hours.

The original email I received and flight that I paid for was for Japan Airlines. Since JAL is a partner with American, I ended up on an American Airlines plane. This would not be a problem, except that JAL allows 2 check in bags for free and American only allows 1. A $100.00 unexpected expense was very disturbing, especially since I will have to pay it again on my way home. I feel like it was a bait and switch. I never would have chosen American Airlines if I had known that I would have to pay $200.00 in baggage fees, above and beyond my airfare. Secondly, the check in counter representative did not realize that I had TSA pre-check, so I had to return to the check-in desk on a different floor to get a new boarding pass. The AA representative helping at the check-in kiosks was very helpful, kind, polite, and professional when I returned for the new boarding pass. Thirdly, the crew was not as friendly as I have experienced on other airlines. Their tone when speaking to other passengers was not always polite. The food was better than I expected. However, I am used to having a station where one can serve themselves water, juice or grab a snack. That was not the case on this flight. Truly makes me think twice about booking with American Airlines. I am very disappointed.

Crews are rude and short. Example: after my drink and was ready to prep my bed to rest. I tried to give my empty glasses to the steward while she was playing her card game on her iPad. The steward told me to take the glass back to my table instead of taking the glass out of my hand. Compare Japanese steward it’s like heaven and hell.

The seat was uncomfortable and seemed to be on its last days. Loose and sloppy

I traveled business class from Lax to Narita flight Jl61. The crew was attentive and polite. Food was good quality and service was as it should be. Narita to Bengaluru Jl753was another story in business class. The cabin was darkened for the 9hr:30min flight, food was mediocre, service was below standard and crew can't speak English to save their lives. When you ask for noodles soup from Ala carte they gave cup of noodles while Lax to Narita i was served the best Ramen noodles in a big bowl. Why the disparity on this leg of the journey.....or is it because there were mostly Indian passengers and it really did not matter to Jal to bother as its a poor country and Indians refrain from speaking up? A good airline but differentiation like this brings their reputation and business down.

put me in front row, screen was tiny, movie slection wasnt very good will be flying back on another airlines

I noticed that the planes seem to be outdated. There was no entertainment per se. Also, the waiting area did not have any working electrical outlets

None of the airplane features were available during the flight.

Original flight was cancelled and when i was rebooked by the airline, they couldn't seat me in the same type of seat as I had originally booked (went from window/aisle to middle/middle and one was a bulkhead seat, and other wasn't in the same class)

Lady Pilot was perfect in every way wheels up to wheels down communication, professionalism, excellent on time departure and on time arrival, excellent communication! Fantastic job with Superb attitude!!

The food is terrible. The staff is wonderful. Comfort is good.

Left on time, a bit delayed due to headwinds most of the trip.

I fly Delta all the time, have Platinum Medallion status. But this route seems to have major problems with delays and seems to never leave on time! Have only taken it twice in the last two weeks, and each time it had delays of more than 1 hour... very disappointed!!!!

Getting to the flight was arduous and lengthy. The flight itself was good but the food option wasn’t a good selection. I need to do a Kosher option on my return. Flight crew were nice

Good seats in Main cabin, excellent service and excellent landing

My flight was cancelled with no explanation after I had already cleared security. I was given 4 options to rebook, only one being non-stop like I had paid for. I grabbed it. It was 4 plus hours later and then took off even later. Biggest complaint is that I booked early and had an aisle seat. They gave me a "window" seat in front of the exit row, so the seat did not decline. I weigh all of 103 #s and it was tight for me! For what I paid, I feel I was kind of ripped off. I think they should have given me the empty comfort seat for the inconvenience. There was no apology nor any explanation as to why the flight was cancelled. My guess is it benefitted Delta in some way.

The flight was on time. I generally don’t drink or eat on short flights and the seats were good and the flight attendants were friendly. That’s all I expect

It was nice to have gotten up upgraded to first class with a meal on a three hour flight

Not great experience - we were super late boarding due to issues with aircraft. Then when we finally all got onboard and seated and they started taxiing out to the runway they just stopped then turned around and went back to the airport. Apparently the crew “ran out of time” to legally fly us. They mentioned that they were about 2 minutes away from taking off. I understand the rules and safety but kinda wonder why they would have bothered boarding us in the first place? Had to go all the way back and de plane and then wait in a HUGE line to get a hotel (this is somewhere around 2:30am) finally got to hotel by Uber (no shuttle after 20min so gave up) and they ended up putting us all back on the same aircraft at 10am next morning so got about 2.5 hours sleep. They did give us. $250 credit, but it was a São Paulo Brazil flight out of Dulles. The flight and everything was fine.

United overall experience is great these days. Airport experience was very organized. Staff on flight were great. App and information as good as it gets.

United have really come back. Airport and boarding process is clear and good, app and information also very good

They charged a fee for 1st bag checked. Others in same party were free.

Flight was delayed 8 times. We were sitting at the airport for 14 hours. We got 2 hours of sleep (if that) on what was not meant to be a red-eye.

The movies offered were great. Staff were very pleasant and very efficient.

After a delay at the gate, C3, at Ohare on Sunday, I left my Blk ski coat on the bench at the gate, lost! Please review my lob claim, thx.

Very bad! They kept delaying my flight and wouldn’t do anything about it

Gate was overcrowded. Gate agents performed very well. Flight crew was top notch! Efficient & professional & courteous. Both meals not thermalized well. Dinner main dish was actually cold in the center. Almost inedible. Breakfast sandwich was lukewarm.

The boarding was as always, the crew tried their best but not enough. The food was a disaster I had dietary restrictions that were half met because the company did not loaded the food for the flight. The entertainment screen was fine but content was not and also they removed the free messaging option from the flight and they charged 30 dollars for that crappy bandwidth. This flight is not worth the cost and the company is going down on quality.

Not comparable to Qatar Airways services on flights to Doha. Flight attendants provided basic services; I was never recognized by name or as an Executive Platinum member. Restrooms were not kept clean during the flight.

Awful. They won’t help me with anything. I booked on American but they abdicated to Iberia. The ticket was overpriced. Everything negative

it was fine, decent flight... dont get food besides cookies or pretzels so not sure why you ask about food. same for entertainment..

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing and the care I received by Kayla? Keighly the flight attendant will be memorable for ever. Thank You

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing enough and the care I received on the flight was astounding.

Waaay too small plane. They also need to up the size of the overhead bins. I would love to keep me 3k with of camera equipment in my hard case baggahe instead of it being thrown into the belly of the plane

Attendants were pleasant and the flight was smooth and relaxed.

A little late at the start but all worked out well.

Small plane with only two lavatories at the back. You must have a good plan to use it before or after the meal, if you make a bad decision, you will end up with standing in front of the toilet for a while till the food carts empty. The good thing is even there’s a slightly delayed, the plane is still arriving on time which is superb!!

The only personel that smiled at all were the flights attendants. Desk agents, lounge people none of them had a smile or even a hello. They were like dealing with dead fish. Again flight attendants were good. All other personnel looked like they didn’t want to be there or help.

good flight. food is only so so. I actually did not eat the snack. it does not look too good on the passenger next to me.

Food no variations only beef of chicken no veggie meals

Super surprised with the entire experience. Business class is incredible. Flight attendants around the world could learn customer service from these people. Simply fabulous experience all the way around.

Pillow and blanket are dirty. My son got multiple bites during the flight

Flight was on time. My group paid for seat’s so that us four can be seated next to each other. We all got separated. We all got middle seats, which made it more difficult to be able to get up and stretch or use the restroom. We tried talking to the employees at China Eastern and they were of no help. We will not be taking this flight or recommend this route to others in the future. Also I will be contacting customer service on how I can get our money back for paying for assigned seats.

China eastern was fantastic. I had read so many bad reviews that had made me nervous. However, I found that the flight attendant’s, and customer service check in etc. etc. was excellent. I had no problems. I would fly with them again!

Excellent! I had read some negative reviews but I found out that it was not all was not true! The staff was courteous and helpful. The flight take off and landing was nice & easy. The food was good! I asked for a second and I got it easily and without an attitude! All was wonderful!

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

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