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Carrier Apple.com New 2018 iPhone Pre-Order Thread
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I ordered for delivery to SW Ontario with September 21 date. Received UPS tracking yesterday morning.
Anybody else have scans like this?
ZhengZhou, China 09/17/2018 2:10 A.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/16/2018 11:57 P.M. Departure Scan
China 09/16/2018 6:40 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
ZhengZhou, China 09/17/2018 2:10 A.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/16/2018 11:57 P.M. Departure Scan
China 09/16/2018 6:40 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
LOL!
Someone is ALWAYS LATE to the PARTY! (sorry)
Finally got tracking info by searching by reference number on UPS.com. I used me phone #. Now I can breathe again.
Haha it's been a busy day, and I wasn't sure how many pages I would have to look back in the thread.
Thanks y'all!
Yep. Looks like several of us have that same scan. No worries, the system always has some funky info.
Yep, that's normal. Same thing as last year. The first departure scan is from the warehouse... The Arrival scan is at the airport. You'll see another Departure scan from ZhengZhou once it leaves.
So what do we think is coming next, a flight ZhengZhou => Anchorage or somewhere else?
I hate to ask this but how do you track the flight your phone is on? I've never did it before.
Edit: Also, if your phone requires a signature will it say it on the UPS order right away? My order has just be received by UPS via MyChoice so I don't know if finer details like that come later.
Edit: Also, if your phone requires a signature will it say it on the UPS order right away? My order has just be received by UPS via MyChoice so I don't know if finer details like that come later.
Not from USA but have ordered from USA and shipping also to USA and it's the same story here too. Still under processing.
There are 2 possible paths based on last year.
First is it could go to Incheon, South Korea, and then Anchorage from there... A lot of the launch day phones last year took this route.
Second option is it could go directly from ZhengZhou to Anchorage.
A weekend.
Having it held at a Customer Center keeps the package from being loaded on a truck for delivery to your location.
Having it held at a UPS Store requires UPS to reroute the delivery TO the store that you choose - and that delivery to the store happens on the day it was supposed to be delivered to you. That would add at least one business day, and seeing how this is a Friday delivery, most likely will push availability out to the following Monday.
I'm not seeing any cargo flights ZhengZhou to Incheon, only passenger flights with Korean Air and China Southern. But there are several cargo flights to Anchorage, so maybe that way.
Yep, same story as last year. We could never really find a UPS flight that took it to Incheon, but it made it there. Lol. Kind of strange.
In reviewing last year's thread, there were also some that went ZhengZhou to Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, and then onto Anchorage. The flight from HK to Anchorage was actually on a Cathay Pacific flight.
How in the heck do you do a same day request and keep it off the truck? Log in just after midnight and hope?