$392 Find Cheap Flights from Shanghai to California

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Best California Flight Deals from Shanghai

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

Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$589
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$607
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,015
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,202
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$1,106
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$589
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$607
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,015
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,202
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$1,106

Cheap Flight Deals from Shanghai to California

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

Recent round-trip flight deals from Shanghai to California

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Shanghai to California.
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Air China Logo
3:45 pm - 8:10 pmPVG-LAX
19h 25m1 stop
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2:20 pm - 10:50 pmLAX-PVG
17h 30m1 stop
$589Air China
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Fri, May 30 - Sun, Aug 10
Air China Logo
3:25 pm - 8:10 pmSHA-LAX
19h 45m1 stop
Air China Logo
2:20 pm - 9:50 pmLAX-SHA
16h 30m1 stop
$589Air China
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Fri, May 30 - Sun, Aug 10
Vietnam Airlines Logo
3:10 pm - 6:00 pmPVG-SFO
41h 50m1 stop
Vietnam Airlines Logo
9:10 pm - 2:15 pmSFO-PVG
25h 05m1 stop
$607Vietnam Airlines
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Fri, Oct 24 - Sat, Nov 15
Korean Air Logo
8:50 am - 9:40 amPVG-LAX
15h 50m1 stop
Korean Air Logo
11:50 pm - 8:25 pmLAX-PVG
29h 35m1 stop
$708Korean Air
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Tue, Oct 14 - Sat, Oct 25
Korean Air Logo
11:10 am - 3:35 pmPVG-LAX
19h 25m1 stop
Korean Air Logo
12:40 pm - 8:10 pmLAX-PVG
16h 30m1 stop
$728Korean Air
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Thu, Sep 18 - Fri, Oct 24
Asiana Airlines Logo
8:35 am - 9:50 amPVG-LAX
16h 15m1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:00 pm - 8:55 pmLAX-PVG
30h 55m1 stop
$735Asiana Airlines
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Tue, May 13 - Wed, May 21
Asiana Airlines Logo
8:35 am - 9:50 amPVG-LAX
16h 15m1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:00 pm - 8:55 pmLAX-PVG
30h 55m1 stop
$773Asiana Airlines
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Thu, May 15 - Thu, Jun 5
United Airlines Logo
8:10 pm - 4:55 pmPVG-LAX
11h 45mnonstop
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1:45 pm - 6:35 pmLAX-PVG
13h 50mnonstop
$999United Airlines
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Tue, Oct 14 - Sat, Oct 25
United Airlines Logo
12:10 pm - 8:33 pmPVG-ONT
23h 23m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:35 am - 6:45 pmONT-PVG
18h 10m1 stop
$1,000United Airlines
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Tue, Oct 14 - Sat, Oct 25
China Eastern Logo
1:10 pm - 10:05 amPVG-LAX
11h 55mnonstop
China Eastern Logo
11:30 am - 5:45 pmLAX-PVG
14h 15mnonstop
$1,276China Eastern
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Shanghai to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Shanghai to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Shanghai to California flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Shanghai to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from Shanghai found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $707 round-trip. The most popular route is from Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $707.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Shanghai to California?

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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $947 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Shanghai to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Shanghai to California, 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 to California is March, when tickets cost $819 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,529 and $1,372 respectively.

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Shanghai to California, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Wednesday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from California, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Shanghai to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Shanghai to California, 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 Shanghai to California, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.


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Flight from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Los Angeles

FAQs - booking California flights

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

    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 to California.

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

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

    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 from Shanghai to California with an airline and back with another airline.

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

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $1,103 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,664.

Top 5 airlines serving from Shanghai to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Shanghai to California. 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.
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8.4
Korean AirOverall score based on 1069 reviews
8.7Crew
8.1Food
8.5Boarding
8.2Entertainment
8.3Comfort
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It's good overall. Flight was packed. Inflight entertainment choices were lacking.

8.0 ExcellentEdward, Apr 2025ICN - LAS
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It's good overall. Flight was packed. Inflight entertainment choices were lacking.

They were very accommodating of a dietary issue. Nice movie & tv selections. Non-stop helped get through a very long (15 hr) flight

Great except for the delay in Korea. Korean Air did a great job setting up a hotel for the night. I also needed assistance with a wheelchair and they were outstanding.

The flight was on time and very quick, as expected, but the leg room isn't great in coach seats.

The boarding process for Korean airlines is very straightforward and easy. You've never met such helpful and friendly people. The food was great and the entertainment options were excellent too. My teenage boys found programs they wanted to watch while I had fun watching a full season of the Last Man - the Blind Investigator (Japanese), which my wife enjoyed too. My only complaint was that it takes a very long time to taxi at ICN (20 minutes) and the pilot had to hold at the gate for 10 minutes after our scheduled departure time, which meant we got to Seattle 27 minutes late. Luckily I had a long enough connection to make my next flight, but just barely.

Just a typical domestic poor flight nothing more. There is no food choices in such a flight. Crew doesn't really care if you are on-board or not

My second flight wasn't better than the first one. And this is 14 hours trip, crew came out only to offer food and the choices was poor. This food choices are good for Asian people but not for westerners. The breakfast kind thing was a corn sausage really disgusting. The air-conditioned blower really blow high and cold, turn out on my arrival to feel seek, that makes the trip uncomfortable. The crew didn't not really come out during the trip to offer drinks or snacks. No fruits available. Very poor service

Our seat row plus one ahead and behind we're completely overlooked during beverage service...

I loved everything, I was just a little confused on my bag allowance. When I checked in it said I was allowed 2 check in bags, but when I got there they said I was only allowed 1 so I had to pay an additional 200 dollars! Other then that everything was great! I would love to use your Airlines again when I fly out to Manila again in late May, however I want to be able to have 2 bags included this time lol 😆

Need to have space for Cary on when traveler boarding any zone

It was amazing. I was not expecting the phenomenal customer service Asiana provides.

It was all perfect and very pleasant for such long flights

The seats felt very small. We were supplied with pillows and blankets, which was nice. Lots of noise from the bathroom, plus exterior noise. Made it hard to hear the entertainment system, even using my own noise-cancelling headphones. The food was really bad. I generally request a vegetarian meal and one was supplied, but the pasta was cold and hard and there was nothing pleasant about it. Two meals were served on this flight; one was a repeat of the meal I had had on the flight immediately preceding this one, which was bad enough I didn't even try it. Drinks were very limited. All I wanted was water, and on a 10.5 hour flight, I was given 3 cups of about 3 ounces each.

The seats felt very small. We were supplied with pillows and blankets, which was nice. Lots of noise from the bathroom, plus exterior noise. Made it hard to hear the entertainment system, even using my own noise-cancelling headphones. The food was really bad. I generally request a vegetarian meal and one was supplied, but the pasta was cold and hard and there was nothing pleasant about it. Drinks were very limited. All I wanted was water, and on a 4 hour flight, I was given 2 cups of about 3 ounces each.

We took business class, It was comfortable and I was able to sleep.

Everything was perfect. A flight attendant even brought me snacks after I declined food due to my desire to force myself to follow the destination time zone.

For the most part, it was an enjoyable experience. It's the 2nd half of the journey was a bit uncomfortable. It was on a noticable smaller plane compared to the previous one.

Only process that my luggage didn’t make it to my destination because of short connection but I understand

The boarding process was good. The toilet could be better maintained.

This has been the worst experience I've ever had. We arrived to Ho Chi Minh Airport and were supposed to get our Asiana ticket from the transfer counter as we came with a different airline. However, the staff at the transfer counter were not helpful and kept giving us different information. We were first told by Asiana airlines staff we had to wait 2 hours so they could print out and give us our tickets, then someone else told us we had to wait 3hrs, someone told us "I don't know, just go sit and wait and we will tell you later." This was at a place in the Ho Chi Minh airport that had no coffee or food shops, nothing, just immigration (to enter Vietnam with a Vietnam Visa) and security (to transfer into the gates) but we needed our printed boarding pass to go through. It wasn't until we demanded to speak to a supervisor as our flight time was 1hr away because they kept telling us "there's alot of time left for your international flight, we will get your tickets later" we still had to wait around 20minutes for the "Supervisor" to give us our tickets. I would NOT recommend Asiana Airlines, especially if going thru Ho Chi Minh Airport as they are not helpful. (We almost missed our flight, due to their lazyness and incompetence of printing our tickets) I would suggest Asiana Airlines to have a Machine in the transfer area so passengers can easily print out their boarding passes themselves and save some money by not hiring incompetent staff that can't do a simple task such as printing a boarding pass.

Special request meals are really below average. Vegetarian options are very limited if you didn't prebook.

I've stomach problems after 2 hours of flight, Iris, the flight purser not only did her best to make me feel comfortable, she went above and beyond providing pain relievers medicines and ointment. She look and found a doctor passenger on the flight to provide advise. She even report on ground staffs about my condition and provide wheelchair upon arrival. Kudos to her and Cathay Pacific!

Worst experience I have ever had with any airline in over 25 years.

I have a Peanut Allergy and the Steward staff were very accommodating in ensuring my safety as my allergy is life threatening. Very professional and so vested in their profession.

Everything was fine and I have no complaints or things to note.

The flight was delayed for 30 mins. The overall experience was good.

The economy seats are much indeed roomier. Meals needs improvement.

Baggage delayed for 2 days and still chasing for reimbursement of basis items. Very horrible customer care service.

Horrible. No good food. Baggage missed to onboard and came after a day. No support to compensate the delay. Customer care cannot see the status of the complaint. No reply of the email.

bad… no veg food was provided eventhough i pre ordered special meal

I needed to make changes to my flights. When I called customer service, they assisted me with care professionalism.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Wonderful and fast TSA checkpoint. The line was fast and our gate was close by

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

We tried to upgrade to economy premium but were told this was not possible as we had booked through United Airlines (and Air Canada was operating the flight). This seemed silly given there was ample space in economy premium. Additionally, we had to wait almost 1.5 hours upon arrival to taxi to the gate. Otherwise, the crew were very pleasant and passengers were friendly.

headphone jack didnt work for the first flight and not much variety

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

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.

The crew were excellent, service amazing, blankets and pillow good, cabin temperature perfect, the flight on time, food was unusual selection however plentiful, price for tickets unbeatable through Kayak. Older aeroplanes used by China Eastern was the only down side.

Delay in off-boarding due to customs at SFO... pilot announcement should have come earlier so passengers don't clog aisles.

Better good than most, if not all European airlines. If you’re stuck in an economy seat anyways, China Eastern is a good choice because of shorter flight time, being able to overfly Russia

The temperature of the plane cabin is too hot. Sweat and uncomfortable. Also my food tray was broken down drinks fall off

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