My phone is going straight from HK to KY. What flight am I on?
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong 09/27/2012 9:24 P.M. Departure Scan
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong 09/27/2012 9:24 P.M. Departure Scan
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There is a decent chance it actually departed on a Southwest Airlines flight. My brother used to work for SWA and he told me they carry a lot of bulk mail for the major mail couriers. This flight is my best guess flight it could have been on:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA1254
The flight departed Louisville at 2:26 edt and arrived BWI at 3:44 pm
No phones go directly from HK to KY. I'm in the same boat (plane) as you. Hopefully we were on flight 63 earlier on but who knows at this point.
Package mapping:
LOUISVILLE, KY US Sep 27, 2012 9:25 PM IN TRANSIT TO
CHEK LAP KOK, HK Sep 27, 2012 9:24 PM DEPARTURE SCAN
Edit: I spoke to a woman from ups on the phone and confirmed it is going straight to KY.
If that's not true, I am lost.
In my case, there is only one flight per day from SDF to OKC which kind of makes it easy. SDF to DFW probably has more than one flight which makes it more difficult.
Whatever flight it is, you will see an an arrival scan after landing and when they open the container and run the packages through the destination sorting system there is usually a destination scan. That could happen quite some time after the flight lands because they have to unload the plane and transport the containers to the sorting facility.
At least that has been my experience with packages here in OKC. YMMV
Here is the tracking information from my last Next Day Air shipment into Dallas.
Dallas, TX, United States 09/14/2012 6:47 P.M. Delivered
09/14/2012 6:49 A.M. Out For Delivery
09/14/2012 6:02 A.M. Arrival Scan
DFW Airport, TX, United States 09/14/2012 5:32 A.M. Departure Scan
09/14/2012 4:32 A.M. Arrival Scan
Louisville, KY, United States 09/14/2012 3:42 A.M. Departure Scan
09/14/2012 12:52 A.M. Origin Scan
United States 09/13/2012 3:06 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
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Packagemapping.com is wrong. If you had used it to look up your package two days ago it showed ZhengZhou, China to Louisville, KY.
Even though it says in transit to, the flight will still go through Anchorage, and then the same flight number will continue on to Louisville.
My packing mapping said the same thing at first, it then went to hong kong, sat there for 3 days, departed, and is hopefully now on the way to Anchorage.
It might be considered "straight through" since it's the same flight number, just two legs. The plane needs to stop in Anchorage to refuel before heading to KY.
Dude...that would be SICK!
Anyone else going to MD/DC that left KY today around my time?
End game is near!
This is all very exciting 😀
Oh, ok. Thanks, everyone.
So any idea where my package is along the route? Not sure what plane I am.
So any idea where my package is along the route? Not sure what plane I am.
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Yup. No commercial plane in existence can hold enough fuel to fly from Hong Kong to Kentucky without stopping to refuel.
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OH NO,
UPS61 left Anchorage but my package did not get a departure scan!
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/27/2012 13:03 Arrival Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/27/2012 23:56 Departure Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/25/2012 20:30 Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/25/2012 17:16 Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2012 19:35 Arrival Scan
09/23/2012 19:05 Departure Scan
09/23/2012 8:14 Origin Scan
China 09/23/2012 8:22 Order Processed: Ready for UPS
UPS61 left Anchorage but my package did not get a departure scan!
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/27/2012 13:03 Arrival Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/27/2012 23:56 Departure Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/25/2012 20:30 Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/25/2012 17:16 Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2012 19:35 Arrival Scan
09/23/2012 19:05 Departure Scan
09/23/2012 8:14 Origin Scan
China 09/23/2012 8:22 Order Processed: Ready for UPS
no update on the ups site since the 12:16pm import scan. i just tried packagemapping.com and i got a warehouse scan at 3:01pm, anyone get this also?
Our phone touched down in Anchorage! 2:49pm is the tag. I hope we already departed and it just hasn't been updated.
Needless to say, through this entire experience I now know more about UPS than I ever should working in a non shipping intensive industry.
However it may come in handy during the next launch.
However it may come in handy during the next launch.
this is correct. connecting flight is in anchorage, package mapping doesn't tell you that part.
ups is showing arrived in Anchorage on my tracking page now.
It is getting closer:
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/27/2012 2:49 P.M. Arrival Scan
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong 09/27/2012 9:24 P.M. Departure Scan
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong 09/26/2012 10:30 A.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2012 8:30 A.M. Departure Scan
09/26/2012 3:12 A.M. Package has shipped and the delivery is being scheduled; check for updates later. / Forwarded to the facility in the destination city.
09/26/2012 2:45 A.M. Package has shipped and the delivery is being scheduled; check for updates later.
ZhengZhou, China 09/25/2012 4:10 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/24/2012 8:22 A.M. Origin Scan
China 09/24/2012 4:38 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/27/2012 2:49 P.M. Arrival Scan
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong 09/27/2012 9:24 P.M. Departure Scan
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong 09/26/2012 10:30 A.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2012 8:30 A.M. Departure Scan
09/26/2012 3:12 A.M. Package has shipped and the delivery is being scheduled; check for updates later. / Forwarded to the facility in the destination city.
09/26/2012 2:45 A.M. Package has shipped and the delivery is being scheduled; check for updates later.
ZhengZhou, China 09/25/2012 4:10 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/24/2012 8:22 A.M. Origin Scan
China 09/24/2012 4:38 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
doesn't really matter if its on that flight or the next at this point. Will sit and wait to clear customs tomorrow most of the day anyway, so looking at a monday delivery but no later I'm pretty sure. Ups guys probably say thank god its friday tomorrow, lol they have all weekend now to get it to your local distribution place.
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i would bet 0. If it wasn't for customs there would be a chance.
Mine is there. Says "in warehouse" there was a billing issue. UPS says its fixed and should be at my house by 10:30am but my tracking doesn't show that. Whatever.
Well apparently packagemapping.com lied... It seems that my phone hitchhiked its way from Louisville to Knoxville.. lol That is pretty weird.
btw.. maybe those who have followed this thread for a while saw the pictures of my wife's damaged phone.. She goes to apple to day to get it swapped out and the new one has a small chip on the back off of the back plate as well. Shes just going to keep it since they didn't even have another one in stock.
anyway.. please don't let mine be damaged.
btw.. maybe those who have followed this thread for a while saw the pictures of my wife's damaged phone.. She goes to apple to day to get it swapped out and the new one has a small chip on the back off of the back plate as well. Shes just going to keep it since they didn't even have another one in stock.
anyway.. please don't let mine be damaged.
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This probably means there isn't a departing flight until sometime in the middle of the night, so they put it in a warehouse for the time being.