Holiday Shipping Deadlines

December 18, 2019 Chad Dorsett

If you still have some Christmas shopping left to do this year, you’ll want to know these key shipping deadlines from Amazon, FedEx, USPS, and UPS to ensure your gifts arrive on time. The following holiday shipping dates are for United States delivery by December 25, 2019. Dates noted are not guarantees but recommendations unless noted by the shipper.

Amazon key holiday shipping dates:

Dec. 18 – Standard shipping for non-Prime members. Items ship in 3-5 business days.
Dec. 22 – Free shipping on tens of millions of items for Prime members. No minimum purchase.
Dec. 23 – Free one-day delivery on over ten million items. No minimum purchase.
Dec. 24 – Free same-day delivery on qualifying orders of $35 or more.

FedEx key holiday shipping dates:

Dec. 20 – FedEx 2Day® A.M. and FedEx 2Day®.
Dec. 23 – FedEx First Overnight®, FedEx Priority Overnight®, FedEx Standard Overnight and FedEx 1Day® Freight.
Dec. 25 – FedEx SameDay® City Direct, FedEx SameDay® City Priority and FedEx SameDay®.

UPS key holiday shipping dates:

Dec. 19 – UPS 3 Day Select® packages scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
Dec. 20 – UPS 2nd Day Air® packages scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
Dec. 23 – UPS Next Day Air® packages scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, December 24 with a UPS On-Call, or scheduled, Pickup, or by visiting a The UPS Store location or a UPS Authorized Service Location.

USPS key holiday shipping dates:

Dec. 18 – First-Class Mail® Service to Alaska.
Dec. 19 – Priority Mail® Service to Alaska and Hawaii and last day for First-Class Mail® Service to Hawaii.
Dec. 20 – First-Class Mail® Service (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
Dec. 21 – Priority Mail® Service for U.S (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) and Priority Mail Express® Service to Alaska and Hawaii.
Dec. 23 – Last day for Priority Mail Express® Service (excluding Alaska and Hawaii)

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