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Cheap Flights from Shanghai to the United States

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
New York
Newark2 stops$942
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$764
Las Vegas
Las Vegas1 stop$763
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$965
Miami
Miami2 stops$1,004
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$615
Boston
Boston1 stop$887
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.2 stops$978
Denver
Denver2 stops$937
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale2 stops$1,416
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$725
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$955
Tampa
Tampa2 stops$949
Houston
Houston2 stops$949
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$683
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$934
Philadelphia
Philadelphia2 stops$1,137
New York
Newark2 stops$942
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$764
Las Vegas
Las Vegas1 stop$763
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$965
Miami
Miami2 stops$1,004
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$615
Boston
Boston1 stop$887
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.2 stops$978
Denver
Denver2 stops$937
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale2 stops$1,416
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$725
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$955
Tampa
Tampa2 stops$949
Houston
Houston2 stops$949
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$683
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$934
Philadelphia
Philadelphia2 stops$1,137

Book Cheap Shanghai to the United States Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Shanghai to the United States 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Shanghai to the United States

Wed, Mar 25 - Sun, Mar 29
Vietnam Airlines Logo
3:25 pm - 6:00 pm
PVG
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SFO
41h 35m
1 stop
Vietnam Airlines Logo
10:50 pm - 12:40 pm
SFO
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PVG
22h 50m
1 stop
$615Vietnam Airlines
Tue, Jun 9 - Sat, Jul 4
Vietnam Airlines Logo
3:10 pm - 5:55 pm
PVG
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SFO
41h 45m
1 stop
Vietnam Airlines Logo
10:50 pm - 12:40 pm
SFO
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PVG
22h 50m
1 stop
$641Vietnam Airlines
Fri, Mar 6 - Sun, Mar 15
Vietnam Airlines Logo
3:25 pm - 5:00 pm
PVG
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SFO
41h 35m
1 stop
Vietnam Airlines Logo
10:10 pm - 2:15 pm
SFO
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PVG
25h 05m
1 stop
$649Vietnam Airlines
Thu, Jan 22 - Wed, Feb 4
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:35 am - 2:00 pm
PVG
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SFO
18h 25m
1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 10:05 am
SFO
-
PVG
18h 15m
1 stop
$673Asiana Airlines
Thu, Mar 5 - Thu, Aug 27
Asiana Airlines Logo
1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
PVG
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SFO
16h 50m
1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:30 pm - 10:05 am
SFO
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PVG
19h 35m
1 stop
$683Asiana Airlines
Thu, Mar 5 - Thu, Aug 27
Korean Air Logo
6:25 pm - 9:30 am
SHA
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SFO
31h 05m
1 stop
Korean Air Logo
1:10 pm - 5:05 pm
SFO
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SHA
36h 55m
1 stop
$737Korean Air
Sat, Mar 7 - Fri, Mar 20
Cathay Pacific Logo
1:35 pm - 9:15 pm
SHA
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SFO
23h 40m
1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
12:25 pm - 12:20 pm
SFO
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SHA
32h 55m
1 stop
$765Cathay Pacific
Wed, Apr 15 - Wed, Apr 22
Cathay Pacific Logo
1:20 pm - 4:25 pm
SHA
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LAX
18h 05m
1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
12:25 pm - 12:05 pm
LAX
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SHA
32h 40m
1 stop
$765Cathay Pacific
Thu, Mar 5 - Thu, Aug 27
Korean Air Logo
6:25 pm - 9:30 am
SHA
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SFO
31h 05m
1 stop
Korean Air Logo
1:10 pm - 5:05 pm
SFO
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SHA
36h 55m
1 stop
$800Korean Air
Fri, Jul 10 - Mon, Jul 20
United Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 10:08 am
SHA
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LGA
32h 38m
3 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:10 pm - 9:50 pm
LGA
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SHA
36h 40m
3 stops
$6,296United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Shanghai to the United States flights

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

What is the cheapest Shanghai to the United States flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to the United States from Shanghai found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $832 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 $832.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Shanghai to the United States?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Shanghai to the United States, 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 the United States is November, when tickets cost $789 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,369 and $1,368 respectively.

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Shanghai to the United States

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Shanghai to the United States? 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.
8.4
Korean AirOverall score based on 1187 reviews
8.3Comfort
8.7Crew
8.5Boarding
8.2Entertainment
8.1Food
Airline reviews

Great service and comfort level. You can have more of vegetarian food options.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Nov 2025
ICN - SFO
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Great service and comfort level. You can have more of vegetarian food options.

It’s great, long flight and arrive safe at destination

Everything was excellent as I expected. They also had a very caring crew. I had a headache and asked a Tylenol. The crew members kept checking with me how I was doing.

They were trying to get people to check luggage because the over head compartments were full but when we boarded there were lots of empty places that people could have put the luggage.

I can't believe they put my wife and I in the two middle seats! It is a very long flight and we had single flyers on either side of us blocking the way to the bathroom! There's no reason to not give one of us the isle seat so we could have managed bathroom needs and snacks with convenience. So I think very poorly of Korean air to put us both in the middle, I've never had that happen before and will probably avoid this airline in the future because of this. We tried to have them change it but they didn't so you pretty much lost a customer because of it.

One of the flight attendants stepped on my foot. I was on the aisle seat. A lady inside needed to get out. So Instood. Just then, a flight attentendant came wuicklybtheoughbthe aisle and stepprd on my sock covered toes. I let out a small sound. She stopped momentarily, but didn’t ask how I was just took off of the aisle. Never came back to see how I was. Fortunately, I was not really hurt other than a slight soreness in my toes. But I found that to be very negligent.

Korean Air is unlike any other major airline I have flown with. The grace and respect that the staff has from check in to de-boarding is unmatched. The flight attendants this time were especially wonderful to my five little children. They helped us rearrange to more suitable seating, brought our children’s meals, and patiently waited for them in the aisles when they had to use the bathroom. We felt so welcome and comfortable. I really appreciate the meal voucher when our flight was delayed. I am grateful to have had such an stress-free experience.

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.

It was great, but my bag was not loaded onto the connecting flight. I'm currently getting it resolved. If this isn't a problem, everything else was excellent.

Very clean ,flight attendants very professional,nice , Boarding was very easy

The aircraft was massive (A-380) and became crowded with 400+ passengers on board.

The plane hasnt left im stuck in seatle still my flight has been grounded for almost 5 hours

My luggage didn’t arrive with my flight. Flight was delayed by nearly 2 hours while we sat on the plane and I almost missed my connecting flight and subsequently missed the last train from the airport so it took me another 2 hours to get to my destination after arriving, Crew skipped me several times when offering beverages, and I couldn’t get their attention at times because they wouldn’t even make eye contact with me. They didn’t give me a form for disembarking so I had to go to the back of the line after waiting an eternity for immigration. Paid for on flight wi- fi that didn’t work for most of the flight.

Love flying Asiana. Been using it for over a decade now.

Coming back to America was a peaceful flight everyone and everything was perfect

I had a bad experience coming from America to Thailand. On my connecting flight my check in suitcase was not put on the departing aircraft, I received my suitcase 24 hours after arriving in Bangkok and when I open my luggage my hand swelled up. The next morning when I put on an outfit from my suitcase my face swelled up and became numb. My entire vacation was ruined it seems that some kind of chemical was sprayed into suitcase and ruined my clothes and got me sick. The staff at my hotel called the airline and spoke to someone and they told me to file a complaint and gave my a website to do so. I did not file a complaint I felt like it would have fell on death ears. I had to throw away my brand new vacation clothes and suitcase and I had the worst vacation ever due to this happening to me.

The staff was courteous and the flight was very smooth. It was so nice to see the captain greeting the passengers at the end of the flights.

The beefsteak on the lunch menu was excellent! I usually do not eat airplane food. I loved it.

Food is basically Sun Chips, cookies or Cheezits. I had an exit row seat so I had plenty of room. The crew was very nice and efficient. Pilot kept us informed. Pretty good flight.

Air travel sucks. It continues to be awful for all airlines. No shame on delta alone.

It was Delta, but the flight attendants were stressful and disrespectful. I am a diamond member a travel weekly. I have not had a negative thing to share in quite some time. But this was noticeable.

Comfort Plus seat 11E seemed smaller than prior flights. The movie selection is good. Watched most of the most recent Tron movie. I'll watch the remaining part later as my movie is saved in the Delta Seatback Experience.

Flight was late from Newark to Atlanta, I asked flight attendant to please let my family of 3 out first when we landed to Atlanta because we were late for our connecting flight to Quito. She didn't and we were late for 5 minutes we couldn't board the plane and spend hours trying to get another flight with customer service for the next day.

I really liked the legroom. I am 6’4”.a at For some reason our seats were not together and using the app to fix it didn’t work. Passengers were nice enough to move for us but you should absolutely ensure a parent sits with their child.

Late delayed flight delays boarding and delays leaving and delays on arrival too. Cramped plane no room no food.

DTW line is too long. The flights from DTW to BWI are always delayed for unknown reasons.

Delta canceled our flight and we had to scramble to find another airline to get home. Phoenix is not a delta hub so they didn’t have another plane. It would have been a red eye though Salt Lake City. Getting in at 5am. No bueno.

This flight was no comparison to our prior flight. I'm thinking it all has to do with the age of the aircraft.

Extensive delays, poor organization to board people, as it felt like chaos to get inside of the plane. No lines, everyone gathering together like a mayhem, very confusing. Passengers out of hand and rude, which is not the airlines fault. However, there should be rules, e.g., not letting one passenger take 2+ spots in the overhead bin.

The bed was alright in business class. Food variety and quality were not up to the mark compared to the business class airfare.

Food , drink experience were great with Cathay. Crew service was excellent. Clean toilet and full snack bars always, pilot took of 26minutes later when boarding at Hong Kong with extra US customs check at gate 9 for US flight, but he managed to arrive only 2 minutes later from flight tracker. Smooth flight .

I wish there were more bathrooms available on these larger carriers.

The experience was efficient, on time, and provided great service.

My flight was suppose to be at 7:45pm to fly but it didnt fly out until 8:55 to dallas so then all of my other flights was late and delay ihad to wait at the airport for extra 14 hours to be able to get on a different plane

Super delayed. Unnecessary. Need more competent people doing logistics to keep things moving on time. Totally unacceptable.

Overall, not good. Super late boarding in Hong Kong because some last minute issue with a plane. The boarding process is chaotic. Kathy Pacific should seek to do better with punctual departure time. Caused a lot of trouble with missed connecting flight.

Not much of anything could have been done better unless I had a first class ticket. I was literally 15 hours with an airline in the economy class. Very professional friendly and attentive crew. Good airline food, clean cabin, seating area and bathrooms. I've been 4 times back-and-forth with Cathay Pacific, and I would not choose another airline for this trip. Five out of five stars.

Issues: 1) the charging issue as described in my previous survey 2) when I requested diet coke during the breakfast time, it is not available. Why? I can't drink diet coke in the morning? 3) when I tried to transfer to this flight, its gate information was not available to me?

I like flying first class, and United has a nice one

Flight was delayed 45 minutes because originating flight was coming from Newark. No complimentary snacks were offered on this 5+ hour flight. No screens for the flight, but movies offered if you had already downloaded the United app (which I hadn't on my ipad). No USB ports, only a flimsy plug-in port near the bottom of the seat that was hard to see and kept coming unplugged.

It was good but only meal served is very less. Meantime good to add rice and chicken in one of meal

Teeny tiny bathrooms, crew was not realistic about when we'd arrive.

Check-in, boarding and the flight from Phoenix to Houston was quick and easy. The flight from Houston to Shreveport was delayed 5 hours. It was frustrating but I think United handled it the best they could.

They lost my luggage, so, not happy. The crew was nice but my suitcases never made it, still trying to find out what happened!

The staff was hospitable and professional. The seat had a bit of wear. The winner shade was stuck 1/4 open. I received the best of both worlds. The morning sun was able to come in and blind the screen i was trying to use while at the same time it was too low to look out and enjoy the view. Rather embarrassing for a 1st class ticket.

On the way my flight entertainment wouldn’t work the screen went black and no matter how many times I tried to turn it on it wouldn’t. Food was surprisingly good but the tray tables were tiny so you couldn’t get anything else on the table. The seats hardly go back and are not overly comfortable. Wouldn’t fly United again.

Perfect flight. Smooth flight. Arrived 20 minutes early at destination. Excellent service.

The flights were on time which was great give. It was holiday travel season and there’d been some weather issues. The only complaint and this is every time with United is the terrible seat design. The head rest is not built for comfort and having my neck bent forward for a cross country trip reminded me while I try not to take United flights as a rule.

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