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[iApplereviews]

I'm with you - departed Incheon at 1:08am 9/21. I'm in NYC and mine is a 256 Max space gray.

Same. No clue what flight we are on we really can't figure anything out that left around that time.

 

[qwerty1202]

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i have same 10:24 and below maybe it made it out with yours

 

[iApplereviews]

He's right: it happens all the time. Also, they don't have to stop in Alaska. I've had shipments come straight from China to Dallas and be on the truck as promised for delivery. They can make the seemingly impossible happen. Keep the dream alive!

I'm not loosing hope at all! Actually more hopeful now that with the most recent scan it says "On Time". More of just trying to figure out the giant mystery of how they will pull it off

 

[ECJ]

What time was departure scan ?

11:07pm 9/20

 

[hungryteresa]

I couldn't find any plane leaving about that time! when I went backwards from Anchorage I found a Hong Kong plane that went to Taiwan first then onto Anchorage. So it'll be a while before we see it arrive, if that's the one. Ugh

I think this flight also goes to Louisville. I hope this is it for me otherwise where could my phone be?

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS61

 

[karabrooke1016]

I'm not loosing hope at all! Actually more hopeful now that with the most recent scan it says "On Time". More of just trying to figure out the giant mystery of how they will pull it off

I am still worried, but confident lol

 

[rysmtihaz]

No, who’s to say someone smuggled something inside of the box, maybe one pallet is randomly inspected but there’s no way because “they’re Apple” they don’t get inspected..

I work at an airport that does international customs. Everything is x-rayed for contraband but trusted shippers make guarantees and have procedures to seal and protect the packages. Customs won’t be a big time hinderance.

 

[Munky]

here’s all the iphone related flight data
https://flightaware.com/live/iphone

This is not everything. this is only UPS flights. UPS/Apple contract out to other airlines sometimes for iPhone launches.

 

[buck1127]

Anyone in this group

 

[iLoveMyApple]

The latest activity I have on mine is a departure from Korea at 11:07PM

 

[KdParker]

11:07pm 9/20

Plenty of time

 

[buck1127]

The latest activity I have on mine is a departure from Korea at 11:07PM

In same boat as me

 

[IFortWorth]

For the 1:39 Hong Kong crowd. This flight just left Anchorage:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SIA7952/history/20180920/1700Z/PANC/KSDF

It left Hong Kong at 1:37. I'd say there is a good possibility that plane has a bellyful of new iPhones. I didn't get an Anchorage scan which points to the fact that it's not on a UPS flight. Another 5 to 6 hours and we should know if I'm right.

 

[zachy85]

I think I found my flight from SDF to RDU!

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS2496/history/20180920/2052Z/KSDF/KRDU

If I get a departure scan around 4:52pm then I will know its on this flight.

 

[drkknte]

No, it will probably sit in a container in your city... lol

Nope. I know the flights to my area...there are two back-to-back morning flights M-F and one on Sat....Plus two contract flights by Western Global for UPS.

 

[KdParker]

I had one prepare for ship and arrive all in one day. Must have only been able to track for 5hrs its seemed.

 

[erickjovan]

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So here is my theory. The 3:46 “In Transit” scan from yesterday is when the phones actually started moving. By now they have landed in AK, but after refueling the plane it just went on it’s way to KY. So if there was no physical scan in AK, then there would be no inciting action till it lands in Louisville. I think that once it landed there they scanned the palettes and that triggered a departure scan from Incheon with today’s date. Now they are sorting and getting ready to put them on planes to our local hubs for this afternoon, so they can get them in trucks for tomorrow morning. If my theory holds true later this afternoon we will get rapid fire scans getting them all the way to departing Louisville.

Sound legit?

Mine shows in Louisville already and it’s coming to Fort Worth, the planes leaving for DFW are two, 3:50PM and 4:46PM, you should be good

 

[mcmanus7]

For the 1:39 Hong Kong crowd. This flight just left Anchorage:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SIA7952/history/20180920/1700Z/PANC/KSDF

It left Hong Kong at 1:37. I'd say there is a good possibility that plane has a bellyful of new iPhones. I didn't get an Anchorage scan which points to the fact that it's not on a UPS flight. Another 5 to 6 hours and we should know if I'm right.

hmm I dismissed that one as the departure scan occurred after. This is entirely possible. Hoping it's not the horrendously delayed Cathay.

 

[PastaPrimav]

i have same 10:24 and below maybe it made it out with yours

Same here. Same scans up until 10:24 then nothing after. Not promising.

 

[Juanefny]

Nope. I know the flights to my area...there are two back-to-back morning flights M-F and one on Sat.

Are you close to Louisville? Last year several people had their phones move via trucks instead of planes.

 

[ntez]

I got my tracking number early yesterday morning; however, it’s showing 9/28 delivery

Apple shows 9/28 still but Ups has a tentative monday. I'm shipping it to the UPS CC

 

[parseckadet]

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For the 1:39 Hong Kong crowd. This flight just left Anchorage:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SIA7952/history/20180920/1700Z/PANC/KSDF

It left Hong Kong at 1:37. I'd say there is a good possibility that plane has a bellyful of new iPhones. I didn't get an Anchorage scan which points to the fact that it's not on a UPS flight. Another 5 to 6 hours and we should know if I'm right.

You must be right. I can't think of any other reason for a Singapore Airlines flight to go to Louisville unless it's carrying packages for UPS.

 

[Juanefny]

hmm I dismissed that one as the departure scan occurred after. This is entirely possible. Hoping it's not the horrendously delayed Cathay.

I dismissed it too b/c I had not gotten an arrival scan. HOpefully it’s just screwed up scanning. The other flights to Louisville only give my phone three hours to go through customs, sorting etc and make it to the 3:34 am flight to ABQ tomorrow am...
So this Singapore flight would make me breath much easier! The departure scan in Hong Kong also aligns better with the departure of this flight!

 

[iApplereviews]

For the 1:39 Hong Kong crowd. This flight just left Anchorage:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SIA7952/history/20180920/1700Z/PANC/KSDF

It left Hong Kong at 1:37. I'd say there is a good possibility that plane has a bellyful of new iPhones. I didn't get an Anchorage scan which points to the fact that it's not on a UPS flight. Another 5 to 6 hours and we should know if I'm right.

Isn't that Singapore a passenger flight?

 

[drkknte]

Are you close to Louisville? Last year several people had their phones move via trucks instead of planes.

No, I’m outside ATL near UPS HQ. Last couple of launches, came by air.