$366 Find Cheap Flights from Shanghai to the United States

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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
New York2 stops$971
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$654
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stops$813
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$966
Miami
Miami2 stops$1,013
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$612
Boston
Boston1 stop$895
Denver
Denver2 stops$1,255
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale2 stops$1,009
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$710
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$1,005
Tampa
Tampa2 stops$970
Houston
Houston1 stop$830
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$687
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$892
Philadelphia
Philadelphia2 stops$1,180
New York
New York2 stops$971
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$654
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stops$813
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$966
Miami
Miami2 stops$1,013
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$612
Boston
Boston1 stop$895
Denver
Denver2 stops$1,255
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale2 stops$1,009
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$710
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$1,005
Tampa
Tampa2 stops$970
Houston
Houston1 stop$830
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$687
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$892
Philadelphia
Philadelphia2 stops$1,180

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

Tue, Apr 7 - Thu, Apr 23
Vietnam Airlines Logo
3:10 pm - 5:55 pm
PVG
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SFO
41h 45m1 stop
Vietnam Airlines Logo
10:50 pm - 12:40 pm
SFO
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PVG
22h 50m1 stop
$612Vietnam Airlines
Fri, Feb 20 - Tue, Mar 10
Sichuan Airlines Logo
4:40 pm - 7:05 pm
PVG
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LAX
18h 25m1 stop
Sichuan Airlines Logo
10:30 pm - 3:25 pm
LAX
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PVG
25h 55m1 stop
$654Sichuan Airlines
Thu, Jan 22 - Wed, Feb 4
Asiana Airlines Logo
1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
PVG
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SFO
16h 50m1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 10:05 am
SFO
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PVG
18h 15m1 stop
$674Asiana Airlines
Thu, Jan 22 - Wed, Feb 4
Asiana Airlines Logo
8:25 am - 2:00 pm
PVG
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SFO
21h 35m1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 10:05 am
SFO
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PVG
18h 15m1 stop
$678Asiana Airlines
Mon, Feb 23 - Mon, Mar 9
Cathay Pacific Logo
2:45 pm - 4:20 pm
PVG
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LAX
17h 35m1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
10:15 pm - 12:30 pm
LAX
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PVG
23h 15m1 stop
$698Cathay Pacific
Sat, Mar 7 - Fri, Mar 20
Korean Air Logo
11:20 am - 9:30 am
PVG
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SFO
14h 10m1 stop
Korean Air Logo
12:40 pm - 9:45 am
SFO
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PVG
30h 05m1 stop
$707Korean Air
Sat, Mar 7 - Fri, Mar 20
Korean Air Logo
11:20 am - 9:30 am
PVG
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SFO
14h 10m1 stop
Korean Air Logo
12:40 pm - 9:45 am
SFO
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PVG
30h 05m1 stop
$709Korean Air
Fri, Apr 10 - Mon, Apr 20
Cathay Pacific Logo
12:20 pm - 10:10 am
PVG
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SEA
36h 50m1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:50 am - 10:10 pm
SEA
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PVG
19h 20m1 stop
$710Cathay Pacific
Wed, Jan 21 - Wed, Jan 28
ANA Logo
1:40 pm - 5:45 am
SHA
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EWR
29h 05m2 stops
ANA Logo
6:00 pm - 12:25 pm
EWR
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SHA
29h 25m2 stops
$1,311ANA
Wed, Jan 14 - Sat, Jan 31
ANA Logo
1:40 pm - 3:50 pm
SHA
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EWR
39h 10m1 stop
ANA Logo
6:00 pm - 12:25 pm
EWR
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SHA
29h 25m2 stops
$1,484ANA
Booking Insights

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 San Francisco, at $896 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 $957.

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.

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

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

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

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Cheapest flight$366
Flight from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Seattle

FAQs - booking United States flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Shanghai to the United States?

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

    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 the United States 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 the United States?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to the United States is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $1,173 on average. Morning departures are around 2% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to the United States is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,373.

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 1185 reviews
8.2Entertainment
8.1Food
8.3Comfort
8.7Crew
8.5Boarding
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.

The plant way delayed departing by 3 hours. It was an old airplane with broken seats and armrests. The bathroom made a hollering sound. A really crappy flight experience and travel day all around.

Premium economy is like the forgotten class. Aside from meal service never saw a flight attendant. Any additional beverages required going to the very back of the plane to request and there was rarely an attendant there. Seat leg / foot rest hardly elevates and not well suite for someone under 5’6. Bulky armrests

Flight delays both to Detroits and return flight . The flight to Detroit was associated with mechanical difficulty

Flight was operated by Virgin Atlantic and it was up to their usual high standard. Minor grips about some issues, but they are really first world issues and as a whole, was an excellent flight.

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

Delta One upgrade it would have been great if my tray extended (it was jammed and wouldn’t pull out), seatbelt had too much slack & my little cabin door didn’t close properly

I paid for a business class ticket on Delta. It was sourced to Virgin Atlantic. They changed out the aircraft which had fewer upper class tickets. Even though I'd checked into the lounge, was receiving alerts via kayak about the delay and changes; no one informed me that the seat would be changed - until I attempted to board and was told that I would have an economy seat or they could search to put me on another airline. Even the flight crew were informed of this change (10 passengers were bumped out of Upper Class) around 2 pm (1400) time. Hours would have helped to consider alternatives instead of making a last minute change. There needs to be compensation from both Delta and Virgin given this change in service/experience.

Wasn't a Delta issue I don't think, but seems there was a Delta flight at each of the 2 Dallas airports at the same exact time, both to Atlanta. I was evidently booked on the one at Love Airport, but the Carey transport shuttle took me to DFW instead and I ended up missing the flight by just a few minutes. Was able to book a Southwest flight from Love Airport, but was a big loss of time and an inconvenience.

Every single flight that we got on was delayed by several hours or more. I honestly didn’t think we would get out of Atlanta because our flight was supposed to leave at 7:59 and it kept getting kicked back further and further. Delta stands for Don’t Ever Leave The Airport!

Great. I had to modify a flight. That was easy and free. Thank You

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?

The lead business class attendant was excellent. Made a point of greeting you and knowing your name by the time you leave.

A lot of things Never flying with this airline again Had an emergency landing

The flight was delayed for 1:30 hours for maintenance issues. They should give more information about connecting flights. For a Business Cabin the Crew was mediocre.

Very turbulent trip made it pretty bearable, plus the lack of refreshments served and the lack of any air conditioning before takeoff which took an hour or more.

Flight was late - I was downgraded from first class to coach

Not good - outbound flight was delayed and missed my connection even though I got to the gate after running through the airport - the agent would not let me on because the door was closed (flight had not left). There was no notification from United - overall experience was very disappointing. Additionally, I was downgraded from first class to coach on the alternative flight

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

Movie selection is good. Crew did not understand mileage program and were no help. Sick later. Food?

Staff on board was excellent. Positive upbeat helpful- like it used to be.

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

For an expensive flight to another country, United has a lot of nerve serving pretzels and no meals (unless, of course, you want to buy something to eat). Unacceptable.

The food is terrible. The same pasta or chicken with bad taste and presentation

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