SAN DIEGO — During the busiest shipping season of the year, the U.S. Postal Service reported it has already processed an estimated 5.2 billion packages.
Here are the deadlines for shipping your packages during the holiday season using the United States Postal Service, UPS and FedEx. These dates include shipping in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii and internationally to Mexico.
These are the recommended final days to ship packages for delivery on December 24, 2024
- Ground Advantage: Dec. 18
- First-Class Mail: Dec. 18
- Priority Mail: Dec. 19
- Priority Mail Express: Dec. 21
- Alaska Ground Advantage: Dec. 16
- Alaska First-Class: Dec. 18
- Alaska Priority Mail: Dec. 19
- Alaska Priority Mail Express: Dec. 20
- Hawaii Ground Advantage: Dec. 16
- Hawaii First-Class: Dec. 18
- Hawaii Priority Mail: Dec. 19
- Hawaii Priority Mail Express: Dec. 20
- First-Class Package International Service: Dec. 9
- Priority Mail International Service: Dec. 9
- Priority Mail Express International Service: Dec. 16
- Ground: Check ups.com/ctc for details
- Three-Day Select: Dec. 19
- Second-Day Air: Dec. 20
- Next-Day Air: Dec. 23
- Standard services (From the 48 contiguous states only): Check ups.com/ctc for details
- Worldwide Expedited: Dec. 19
- Worldwide Express Services Dec. 20
- Ground (5-day shipping): Dec. 17
- Ground Economy: Dec. 13
- Express Saver: Dec. 19
- Same Day: Dec. 24
- International Next Flight: Mon. Dec. 23
- International First: Fri. Dec. 20
- International Priority: Fri. Dec. 20
- International Economy: Thu. Dec. 19
- International Connect Plus: Thu. Dec. 19