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[Nanotyrns]

I think the Zhengzhou group has to make it to HK/Incheon before getting on a plane to Anchorage so it might be one of the flights leaving in 15-20 hours or so?

Flight from Incheon

Flight from Hong Kong

Looking at one poster's tracking from last year -- his had a departure scan from ZhengZhou directly to Anchorage. There is no departure scan for any other airport. It's getting a bit confusing but agree that we'll see a departure scan in 11-12 hours from somewhere. Maybe they are in ground transit to one of those airports. I can't keep track anymore lol

 

[rysmtihaz]

UPS owns the planes - I wonder why they don't just do special planes o ZhengZhou and fly em to Anchorage.

The impressive thing about UPS and worldwide cargo...these phone shipments will fill a lot of planes but they do this stuff every day of the year. The phones are just distributed through their normal channels with a few one off's here and there to pick up the extra volume.

 

[Bo15]

UPS owns the planes - I wonder why they don't just do special planes o ZhengZhou and fly em to Anchorage.

Phones trucked to several locations and flown to ANC. http://s354933259.onlinehome.us/mhi-blog/apples-supply-chain-factory-floor-retail-stores/

 

[jtumbaco5]

Yangtze River Express has several flights from ZhengZhou directly to Anchorage. YRE is partnered with UPS, so if we go directly to Anchorage, I wouldn’t be surprised.

 

[IanGrag]

So is anyone's still "In Progress"? I ordered mine at 3:01 est and it still says in progress.


I ordered a backup through ATT and that one says in progress too so this is just fantastic.

 

[Nanotyrns]

Yangtze River Express has several flights from ZhengZhou directly to Anchorage. YRE is partnered with UPS, so if we go directly to Anchorage, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Yangtze River Express

That bird will be in the air in minutes so .... maybe?

The only reason I'm skeptical is it doesn't show up in the iPhone tracker on FlightAware. Had to track it down.

 

[jtumbaco5]

Yangtze River Express

That bird will be in the air in minutes so .... maybe?

They got another one due out in half an hour I think.

 

[CarolG]

I just tracked my Red Leather Apple Folio Case for my Max and it is coming FedEx as usual for Apple accessories

 

[Nanotyrns]

I just tracked my Red Leather Apple Folio Case for my Max and it coming FedEx as usual for Apple accessories

Yeah Tim Cook owes us all a flippin' Red Leather Apple Folio Case for all the free customer service we laying out here in the forums lol

 

[frumpy16]

Yangtze River Express

That bird will be in the air in minutes so .... maybe?

The only reason I'm skeptical is it doesn't show up in the iPhone tracker on FlightAware. Had to track it down.

It’s not going to be this.

 

[blockheads88]

Ask and you shall receive:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS63

This flight is leaving from Hong Kong, and not ZhengZhou. I don’t know what flight that will be for those of us with our phones at ZhengZhou

My Phone also in Hong Kong. Hopefully goes on that flight also.

 

[jtumbaco5]

It’s not going to be this.

How are you so sure?

 

[EM2013]

if i try to hold my packages for pickup at the cc it delays my package until monday! two different hubs tell me monday delivery and one of them is where my stuff normally goes to.

changing to a store tells me the same thing ugh!! cannot stand ups

 

[Nanotyrns]

So is anyone's still "In Progress"? I ordered mine at 3:01 est and it still says in progress.


I ordered a backup through ATT and that one says in progress too so this is just fantastic.

That's how I fubar'd mine last year. Are you upgrading through AT&T Next? If so you only had one upgrade available and you need to call either Apple or AT&T.

 

[CarolG]

Sorry if this has been asked. Can you show up early to pick up your phone at the Apple store? I scheduled a 6:30-7 pick-up time, to be safe, but there’s a good chance I’ll be a lot earlier than that.

I am pretty sure you can. They just go get the item with your name on it. You might have to wait while they take care of whoever is there with their allotted time.

 

[Nanotyrns]

It’s not going to be this.

Yeah if it was going to be this flight we would be seeing the departure scan already.

 

[JFK1979]

Anyone else got an “Exception” after changing to pick up?

 

[buck1127]

Anyone else got an “Exception” after changing to pick up?

Yup all of us are getting that when switching to pickup

 

[jtumbaco5]

Yeah if it was going to be this flight we would be seeing the departure scan already.

Oh I thought they meant that it wouldn’t go from CGO straight to ANC, not that it wouldn’t be that specific flight.

 

[JFK1979]

Yup all of us are getting that when switching to pickup

Cool thanks

 

[buck1127]

Cool thanks

 

[A4Silicon]

How are you so sure?

will probably be on a UPS flight, like this one.

 

[Gathomblipoob]

Anyone else got an “Exception” after changing to pick up?

That's normal.

 

[IanGrag]

That's how I fubar'd mine last year. Are you upgrading through AT&T Next? If so you only had one upgrade available and you need to call either Apple or AT&T.

I paid them both off in full. What happened to you last year?

 

[JFK1979]

Last year no movement until Wednesday morning China time. Looks like another 24h until phones start moving