Deadlines for shipping holiday packages By Dana
Dratch • Bankrate.com
Want to get your gifts there on time and within your
holiday budget? Here's the rundown.
Price estimates are based on the cost of shipping
a 2-pound package from Atlanta to Los Angeles. Shippers
caution that deadlines could vary with destinations and could change
as the holiday season progresses -- so check their Web sites.
Also, bear in mind that many retailers have special
relationships with shippers that guarantee them an on-time holiday
delivery way past what an individual sending a package or two can
expect.
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Holiday shipping deadlines
and costs
Shipping
method
Speed
of delivery
Deadline
Cost
FedEx
ground
One to five business days
Send by Dec. 19 for delivery by Christmas
Eve
$4.48
FedEx
two day
Two days
Send by Dec. 22 for delivery by Christmas
Eve
$11.85
FedEx
standard overnight
One night delivered by
3 p.m.
Send by Dec. 23 for delivery Christmas Eve
afternoon
$24.72
FedEx
priority
overnight
One night delivered by 10:30 a.m.
Send by Dec. 23 for delivery Christmas Eve
morning
$29.10
UPS
ground
One to five business
days.
Ship as late as Dec.
20 for Christmas Eve delivery
$7.39
UPS
next day air
Overnight Monday through Friday and,
in some select locations, Saturday.
Send by Dec. 21 for delivery
by Christmas Eve morning
$29.62
UPS
next day air saver
Overnight Monday through
Friday and, in some select locations Saturday.
Send by Dec. 21 for delivery
by Christmas Eve afternoon
$27.84
UPS
second day air
Two business days.
Send by Dec. 20 for Christmas
Eve delivery
$13.37
UPS
three-day select
Three business days.
Send by Dec. 21 for
Christmas Eve delivery
$11.14
U.S. Postal Service
standard B
(formerly parcel post)
