Here are some dates/services you may want to keep in mind for getting those last-minute presents delivered before Christmas.
Amazon key holiday shipping dates:
- Dec. 14 – Free shipping by Amazon for non-Prime members on qualifying orders of $25 or more.
- 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. 13 – FedEx Home Delivery® and FedEx Ground® to Alaska and Hawaii.
- Dec. 16 – FedEx Home Delivery® in the contiguous U.S. and last day to ship via FedEx Ground®
- 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. 13 – Some UPS® Ground packages scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
- 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. 14 – USPS Retail Ground® (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
- 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.