C$ 579 Find Cheap Flights from Vancouver to Shanghai

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Cheap Flights from Vancouver to Shanghai (YVR-SHA)

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

Fri, 14 Nov - Mon, 24 Nov
Korean Air Logo
1:00 p.m. - 12:35 p.m.YVR-PVG
31h 35m1 stop
Korean Air Logo
8:50 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.PVG-YVR
18h 25m1 stop
C$ 918Korean Air
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Fri, 28 Nov - Mon, 1 Dec
Hong Kong Airlines Logo
12:20 a.m. - 3:40 p.m.YVR-PVG
23h 20m1 stop
Hong Kong Airlines Logo
4:50 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.PVG-YVR
18h 25m1 stop
C$ 922Hong Kong Airlines
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Wed, 5 Nov - Tue, 11 Nov
Hong Kong Airlines Logo
12:20 a.m. - 11:40 p.m.YVR-PVG
31h 20m1 stop
Hong Kong Airlines Logo
9:10 a.m. - 7:15 p.m.PVG-YVR
26h 05m1 stop
C$ 925Hong Kong Airlines
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Tue, 25 Nov - Tue, 2 Dec
Air Canada Logo
11:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.YVR-PVG
12h 45mdirect
Air Canada Logo
5:35 p.m. - 11:50 a.m.PVG-YVR
10h 15mdirect
C$ 938Air Canada
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Tue, 11 Nov - Thu, 13 Nov
Air Canada Logo
11:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.YVR-PVG
12h 45mdirect
Air Canada Logo
5:35 p.m. - 11:50 a.m.PVG-YVR
10h 15mdirect
C$ 940Air Canada
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Wed, 12 Nov - Thu, 25 Dec
Korean Air Logo
12:10 a.m. - 5:10 p.m.YVR-SHA
25h 00m1 stop
Korean Air Logo
6:25 p.m. - 11:15 a.m.SHA-YVR
32h 50m1 stop
C$ 944Korean Air
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Tue, 20 Jan - Fri, 20 Feb
Cathay Pacific Logo
12:35 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.YVR-SHA
31h 45m1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
4:35 p.m. - 8:35 p.m.SHA-YVR
20h 00m1 stop
C$ 989Cathay Pacific
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Wed, 19 Nov - Sun, 30 Nov
Air China Logo
12:00 p.m. - 10:55 p.m.YVR-SHA
18h 55m1 stop
Air China Logo
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 a.m.SHA-YVR
29h 30m1 stop
C$ 1,076Air China
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Sun, 9 Nov - Sun, 16 Nov
Cathay Pacific Logo
12:35 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.YVR-SHA
34h 45m1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
10:30 p.m. - 8:35 p.m.SHA-YVR
38h 05m1 stop
C$ 1,090Cathay Pacific
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Fri, 21 Nov - Wed, 26 Nov
Air China Logo
12:00 p.m. - 10:55 p.m.YVR-SHA
18h 55m1 stop
Air China Logo
8:55 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.SHA-YVR
16h 05m1 stop
C$ 1,130Air China
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Fri 14/11Mon 24/11
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Vancouver to Shanghai flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Vancouver Intl Airport 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 Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai departing in November.

What is the cheapest Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai costs C$ 813 on the route between Vancouver Intl Airport (YVR) and Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG). It is also the most popular route.

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

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

For Vancouver to Shanghai, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from Shanghai back to Vancouver, the best deals are generally found on Thursday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai, 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 Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai is September, where tickets cost C$ 1,108 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is C$ 1,850 and C$ 1,750 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai, 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 Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 14% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Vancouver to Shanghai

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarisation of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
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YVR offers high-efficiency CATSA Plus screening, eliminating the need to remove belts, jackets, or laptops during security checks.

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For quick city access, take the Maglev train from PVG to Shanghai in under 10 minutes, running every 15 minutes.

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Cheapest flightC$ 579
Flight from Vancouver to Shanghai

When to book flights from Vancouver to Shanghai

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Vancouver to Shanghai based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Vancouver to Shanghai flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Shanghai was C$ 579 for a one-way ticket and C$ 918 for a round-trip.

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

    On your way to Shanghai, you’ll fly out from Vancouver Intl. You’ll be landing in one of Shanghai’s 2 airports: Shanghai Pu Dong or Shanghai Hongqiao Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Vancouver to Shanghai?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Vancouver to Shanghai?

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Shanghai from Vancouver?

    Hong Kong is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users travelling from Vancouver to Shanghai.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Vancouver 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 Vancouver to Shanghai.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Shanghai from Vancouver is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Vancouver 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 Vancouver with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Vancouver 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 Vancouver up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Vancouver to Shanghai?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Vancouver Intl to Shanghai.
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Direct departures

Vancouver Intl to Shanghai

Monday

Air Canada,China Eastern

Air Canada,China Eastern

Tuesday

Air Canada

Air Canada

Wednesday

Air Canada

Air Canada

Thursday

Air Canada,China Eastern

Air Canada,China Eastern

Friday

Air Canada

Air Canada

Saturday

Air Canada

Air Canada

Sunday

Air Canada

Air Canada

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Direct returns

Shanghai to Vancouver Intl

Monday

Air Canada,China Eastern

Air Canada,China Eastern

Tuesday

Air Canada

Air Canada

Wednesday

Air Canada

Air Canada

Thursday

Air Canada,China Eastern

Air Canada,China Eastern

Friday

Air Canada

Air Canada

Saturday

Air Canada

Air Canada

Sunday

Air Canada

Air Canada

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Vancouver to Shanghai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Vancouver 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 Vancouver 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.
8.4
Korean AirOverall score based on 1153 reviews
8.5Boarding
8.2Entertainment
8.1Food
8.3Comfort
8.7Crew
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It’s great, long flight and arrive safe at destination

10.0 ExcellentAye, Oct 2025ICN - MSP
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It’s great, long flight and arrive safe at destination

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 has a little bit more seating space than Asiana air.

This flight was a superior flight in all regards. Extremely pleasant experience.

Unfortunately, there has been a boarding and departure delay. However, as usual, the flight arrived earlier than the scheduled. There has been a turbulence in-between, it’s unavoidable. I couldn’t complain them.

It's good overall. Flight was packed. Inflight entertainment choices were lacking.

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.

Flight delayed going to Korea. No free WiFi. Other than that everything else is were good. I would love to fly with Korea airline again

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

Close to excellent. The only problem is when I try to charge my phone on the USB in front of my seat, the battery level is decreasing rather than increasing. Why?

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

They downgraded me from premium economy to regular economy and me had 2 major lay over and had to have an emergency landing due to engine failure mid flight Don’t use them worst experience I have ever had still dealing with the trauma

My connecting flight was canceled or never existed. My stopover went from 1 hour and a half to 10 hours. It was a long day that I wasn't prepared for and it would have been nice to know that ahead of time. Cathay is great though. Great staff, entertainment and food.

The only problem was my connecting flight to Chiang Mai on Hong Kong express that I booked through Cathay Pacific was canceled and I was never told about it. I was rescheduled on a flight 10 hours later. Very long day at rgr airport in Hing Kong after a 13 hour flight but that's OK, I understand things change but I think I should have been told. I would have prepared myself for a long wait. Great flights all around though. Thank you

Overall pretty good experience. It would be nice to have caught the attendants even they were flying down the aisle with snacks, and if they could cater to multiple dietary restrictions (bland and no lactose. The customer service chat is a bad experience), but otherwise no complaints.

I am Vegetarian also has Gluten free food. However they gave me chicken and fish which is gluten free, but i am a vegetrain and i requested crew Hindu meal vegetarian, they said they will come back. .but they never showed up even i asked 2nd time. They could have compensate. I also request airline industry to have another option Gluten Free for Vegetarin people as well. Because Vegetarin people will have gluen issue...

they are deley vancouver to hankong 3 hour after honkong 20 hour stay there honkong not visa approved and they cant help to visa so we are stay in airport 20 hour even honkong staf very bad person they cant do for us 6 hour we arround they said you there you go there waste time next time i dont want to go cathay stay in honkong

Just want to do a little more clean up so does not smell like urine.

it was a great experience as far as business class.. but I have had better meals and wine on other airlines.. that said.. the price was a great value for what I got in return.. crew made the difference.

cannot get seat information for LAX to IAH when check in in XI,AN

UA is ok. But check in was a very bad experience

I hate that you cannot check in online and when you are at the airport, there aren't any aisle seats left. Also, they could work a little on subtitles for their movies (not everyone is a native English speaker).

Nothing to complain of, the only reason I am not giving better marks is that I am used to flying with ANA and they are the top.

It's terrible that we can't do online check in because we didn't buy the tickets directly from Air china. It was not explained until I contacted Chatdeal and we could not sit together.

Communication between the captain/crew and the passengers needs to be improved.

Food and service are good. Bathroom was lack of lotions and cleaning. That should be improved.

Food & service very good next I will pick up again

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced. Also, a cabin bag allows only 5kg!

Everything was not satisfactory - the flight was delayed, staffs were ok but they didn't speak English well. I am from east Asia (not Chinese) and they didn't care enough to remember that I wasn't Chinese but persistently spoke chinese to me. The flight announcement in english wasn't clear to understand.

Crew was making faces when asked for extra water. They can really use a smile while giving services. Other Than that they were good. Lots of turbulence. Also while landing it was not smooth. The tire made a loud noise. They need to make those better. Other than that everything was good.

Board from the back of the plane to the front - it just makes sense. Try it.

I knew I was going to fall asleep unsettlingly from exhaustion so I warned the guy next to me in advance. The attendant took to checking on me frequently and even insisted I take my snack because I said no while sleep hazed and then absolutely wanted it about 5 minutes later. He was So caring and kind to my situation!!

The flight was delayed an hour, but not because of Air Canada. The crew was polite, professional, and competent. The food was above average for Air Canada, but just fine. The stand out for me in the 10 hour flight was the entertainment package. The best of any airline I’ve experienced so far. Looking forward to my return flight to finish some more of the shows I was watching.

Air Canada decided to go on strike less then 24 hours before our travel and we had to cancel finding flights elsewhere.

Just the stress of possible cancellations on flights from Air Canada, but all went as planned and everything was perfect! Thank you

The flight was cancelled, which led me to cancel my entire trip

Could not understand what the attendant was saying during his announcements.

Terrible, it’s a mess with the strike. Couldn’t do the Smithers flight because my flight to Vanvouver was cancelled and there is no customer service help to get refund or help

It would have been better if it wasn’t cancelled

On-time takeoff and arrival Cabin crew very helpful, especially the crew manager (I think) (young gentleman with glass)

I cannot check in online , and not able to select my seat

Watch for "bait and switch" - cheap prices, but not obvious at all at point of purchase that there will be an undisclosed charge for baggage - and less obvious that you will have to purchase baggage at an eye-watering level. Better still, if you go this airline, leave your gear behind and buy a complete wardrobe when you arrive in country and still be ahead. The staff were very pleasant, both at counter staff level - they were clearly unnerved by having to charge - and on board.

No entertainment service which equates them with budget airlines. But their fare are regular airline fares. Aircraft are old and seats are worn.

The crews at check in counter are not professional, they are talking and playing around. Also no entertainment on the plane

2 failed landing attemps before going to Nagoya airport for refueling. After 3 hours of taxiing, we still needed 3 attemps before a succeeded landing (after the 5th attempt finally!). In total, 11 hours inside the plane instead of 4h30, and with only a crappy piece of bread to feed us. A shame.

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