$352 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
Newark1 stop$948
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$661
Las Vegas
Las Vegas1 stop$811
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$973
Miami
Miami2 stops$1,174
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$616
Boston
Boston1 stop$846
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.2 stops$958
Denver
Denver2 stops$1,083
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale2 stops$1,124
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$713
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$1,006
Tampa
Tampa2 stops$1,032
Houston
Houston1 stop$1,002
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$702
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$843
Philadelphia
Philadelphia2 stops$1,200
New York
Newark1 stop$948
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$661
Las Vegas
Las Vegas1 stop$811
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$973
Miami
Miami2 stops$1,174
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$616
Boston
Boston1 stop$846
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.2 stops$958
Denver
Denver2 stops$1,083
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale2 stops$1,124
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$713
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$1,006
Tampa
Tampa2 stops$1,032
Houston
Houston1 stop$1,002
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$702
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$843
Philadelphia
Philadelphia2 stops$1,200

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

Sat, Aug 29 - Sun, Sep 27
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
$616Vietnam Airlines
Fri, Jun 5 - Thu, Jul 2
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
$642Vietnam Airlines
Thu, Apr 16 - Thu, Apr 23
Korean Air Logo
11:10 am - 10:40 am
PVG
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SFO
14h 30m
1 stop
Korean Air Logo
12:40 pm - 8:10 pm
SFO
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PVG
16h 30m
1 stop
$682Korean Air
Mon, Mar 23 - Sun, Apr 5
China Southern Logo
6:45 am - 7:30 pm
PVG
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LAX
27h 45m
1 stop
China Southern Logo
11:50 pm - 1:00 pm
LAX
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PVG
22h 10m
1 stop
$689China Southern
Mon, Mar 23 - Sun, Apr 5
China Southern Logo
3:50 pm - 7:30 pm
SHA
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LAX
18h 40m
1 stop
China Southern Logo
11:50 pm - 11:20 am
LAX
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SHA
20h 30m
1 stop
$689China Southern
Mon, Jun 22 - Sun, Aug 2
Asiana Airlines Logo
1:10 pm - 3:20 pm
PVG
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SFO
17h 10m
1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 3:00 pm
SFO
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PVG
24h 10m
1 stop
$698Asiana Airlines
Tue, Apr 21 - Wed, Apr 29
Korean Air Logo
8:50 am - 10:40 am
PVG
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SFO
16h 50m
1 stop
Korean Air Logo
12:40 pm - 9:40 am
SFO
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PVG
30h 00m
1 stop
$702Korean Air
Wed, Apr 1 - Wed, Apr 8
Asiana Airlines Logo
4:20 pm - 3:20 pm
PVG
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SFO
14h 00m
1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 11:45 am
SFO
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PVG
20h 55m
1 stop
$706Asiana Airlines
Tue, Apr 14 - Tue, Apr 21
Cathay Pacific Logo
7:05 pm - 10:05 am
PVG
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SEA
30h 00m
1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:45 am - 10:10 pm
SEA
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PVG
19h 25m
1 stop
$719Cathay Pacific
Thu, Apr 16 - Thu, Apr 23
Cathay Pacific Logo
10:30 pm - 10:40 pm
SHA
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SFO
39h 10m
1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
1:00 pm - 12:05 pm
SFO
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SHA
32h 05m
1 stop
$719Cathay Pacific
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 Los Angeles, at $832 round-trip. The most popular route is from Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,073.

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 February, when tickets cost $742 (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 1195 reviews
8.2Entertainment
8.3Comfort
8.7Crew
8.1Food
8.5Boarding
Airline reviews

Flight crew were very attentive and made this trip a pleasure. Plus the fact that this our first time flying business class.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Nov 2025
MNL - ICN
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Flight crew were very attentive and made this trip a pleasure. Plus the fact that this our first time flying business class.

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

I am thankful that I was able to fly using Asiana

The customer service was excellent. They noticed that our connecting flight was scheduled too closely for us to complete customs, so they changed the flight. Our initial flight was delayed, and they were able to get us on another flight, all without charging us any additional fees. I would fly them again anytime!

Better screens, it would have been nice to have more comfortable seats.

2nd major delay due to maintenance issues. 1st delay missed my connecting flight.

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.

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

The flight went very well, but the flight attendants didn't serve and food or drinks other than 1st class due to rough air but to be honest it wasn't that bumpy and I felt that they could've at least offered water and coffee perhaps. Also serving 1st class only is a bad look. I've been in 1st class many times and I would've felt that if the turbulence was too rough for the main cabin, it would be too rough for 1st class too.

There was an unruly family behind us that made the short flight miserable!!! The cabin crew did nothing to contain it.

My seatback screen didn’t work so that sucked because that’s what I was going to do on the plane.

Left a few minutes early. Got in 15 minutes early. Very attentive service on board. Very organized boarding.

The whole experience was excellent. As it most often is with Delta

Cabin was not pressurized properly. Several passengers had respiratory difficulties.

I was happy that I was able to get a last minute flight but unfortunately my seat was a middle seat. Even with Delta Comfort I wasn't comfortable

There’s not much to say about a one hour flight. This is a connection from LA to RNO that I missed the previous night due to a mechanical check delay on my originating flight from JFK to LAX. The short flight itself was fine. Instructions from the pilot and crew were per usual. The coffee was barely lukewarm, which possibly was purposeful so we would down it quickly. Bags were already on carousel upon reaching baggage claim, which was excellent.

Flight was warm for first few hours and quite rough

Seat was extremely hard which made even a short 1 hour 20 minute flight fairly uncomfortable.

After each meal was served I didn't see any flight attendant offer coffee or tea to the passengers after the initial drinks were offered. Other flights I had been one it was standard procedure to offer hot drinks after the meal service.

It was great. It was my first time with Cathay Pacific and I really recommend.

Selected ovo lacto meal because I’m ok with milk products but not any meat. It was terrible. We had the same selection back in October when we had traveled and it was pretty good at that time. It was gross this time.

I was mid plane and they were already out of the main beef entree....ugh!

Flight delayed first from bad weather, then after boarding there was a problem with the plane. We had to get off and onto another plane...connections were missed and the trip took an additional 10 hours!! Pre-paid seatting was not honored due ro last minute carrier changes. Most of the trip was on Japan Airline.

Vegetarian options should be included with every meal. Even just simple steamed vegetables and whole grains would capture a wide audience.

Cramped, hot and the plane was grubby. Also the plane was an hour late and it took an hour to get my luggage once I got to LAX.

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 .

Seats are uncomfortable. This has been a trend in the industry for decades. Trying to fit more seats on each plane to increase profits at the expense of the passenger.

The flight was delayed so we were dead tired, and after that the turbulence was horrible. I was very scared.

It was okay, the food was good, but after the landing there was not enough time for luggage and security to catch a connection. It was crowded on board.

It’s always a great time flying with united airlines.

Good flight. Efficient boarding and competent flight crew. No problems until we arrived at our destination gate. We were early so there was an aircraft at the gate that had to move before we could pull in. Then, due to the type of aircraft we flew, the cabin door could not be opened until some luggage from the cargo bay was offloaded to preserve center of gravity characteristics. So, that further delayed deplaning. Despite being 20 minutes early on landing, we ended up being 5 to 10 minutes late after all the delays.

It was amazing. I had several upgraded seats on my flight out. Everything went smooth with no delays.

They never clean the toilet, and the food is worse

Everything went well except the turbulence what no one have a control of but pilot and crew handled very good!

There was no WiFi available, there were mechanical problems with the plane and we landed at C 124, then the gate was switched to A 26, then all the way back to C126! For a 75 yo woman traveling alone, this was a difficult journey, indeed!

This trip did not start off well. The inbound flight was delayed about 20 minutes. Then, after initial onboarding, the passengers had to deplane due to a mechanical problem. That took about 30 minutes to fix and be cleared. Then, reboarding was chaotic. It took a long time to sort passengers and two passengers on standby were ticketed but there was no seat. So, they had to deplane. One of the flight crew was trying to help passengers figure out a place to put their carry-on bags and that took more time. In the end, our scheduled 10:30 am departure did not actually take off until about 12:05 pm CST. The flight itself was long but we got to Houston. Some passengers missed their connecting flights and had to rebook. Not the best of flights I've had.

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