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Do they usually split them up for east coast/west coast in Anchorage? Or in Memphis? I've seen some go to Oakland, for the west coast, I assume... So my socal-bound ipad2 is in Anchorage, and I'm hoping that the next stop will be somewhere on the west coast... With a delivery date of 3/23, it seems improbable that it can make it on time if it has to go to Memphis first. :confused:

Dude, its 2011, you really think FedEx can't get a package from AK to So Cal in less than a day?!?! If it leaves today as it should it will probably be thru Memphis and in Cal by the time you wake up... getting to states was the hard part... domestic shipping, I trust, FedEx can easily handle
 
I hope they split them out. I'm in the Seattle area and sure don't want to see it go to Memphis (it's in AK right now; got there at 6am this morning). Scheduled delivery date was originally 3/23 but was changed to 3/24 right before it hit Lantau Island. Wouldn't hurt my feelings if came tomorrow :)

32Gb Black AT&T ordered 12:48am, March 11

The major fedex sort facilities are in Indy, Anchorage, Oakland and Memphis. You might end up on a flight from Alaska to Seattle, but it's more likely you'll go to Oakland first to be sorted domestically, then back up to Seattle. Alternatively, it might go all the way to Memphis, but that would seem to be a supply chain inefficiency.

I'm in San Francisco, on the same timing as you, but are still scheduled for delivery tomorrow. That makes me think Oakland is our next stop.
 
I really thank you guys for helping with that. I will be watching flight 94 and my FEDEX updates. I am scheduled for a 24th delivery. Fingers crossed but I am confident it will happen.
 
The major fedex sort facilities are in Indy, Anchorage, Oakland and Memphis. You might end up on a flight from Alaska to Seattle, but it's more likely you'll go to Oakland first to be sorted domestically, then back up to Seattle. Alternatively, it might go all the way to Memphis, but that would seem to be a supply chain inefficiency.

I'm in San Francisco, on the same timing as you, but are still scheduled for delivery tomorrow. That makes me think Oakland is our next stop.


Oakland would be great. I doubt Seattle would be first step.
Actually, I'm OK with Thursday; I've waited this long. What's another day :)
 
Anyways, based on the path my cover took and the flight history, I am "guessing" that my iPad will be on flight FDX 92 from AK to Newark, NJ leaving today at 3:50PM AK time (7:50PM EST)... using Yahoo's FedEx tracking, if it says "Left FedEx Ramp ANCHORAGE, AK" around 8PM EST then I know I am right... if your iPad is not on this flight, depending on where its going then there is a good chance it'll go to Memphis instead...

I'm in NJ and the cover I ordered went from Alaska, to Memphis, to Philly, to NJ all within about 14 hours. I received it the day after it arrived in AK. So it might not go directly from AK to EWR.

My guess is that mine will go out on the 3:16 PM AKDT FDX 94 flight to Memphis and I'll have it by tomorrow.

As Memphis is FedEx's hub and they have tons of flights out of there if it ends up in Memphis tonight, you're nearly guaranteed to have it by tomorrow.


You can find the FedEX flights from Alaska today at this web site, just choose FX for the carrier and ANC for the departure airport. According to the site, there's only 2 flights from Anchorage: a 3:16 AKDT flight to Memphis and a 4:05 AKDT flight to Newark.
 
prepared for shipment today

ordered on saturday and was in 2-3 week range.. changed to prepared for shipment today. how long after this??
 
Got my white 32gb wife yesterday

Ordered mine on 3/11 1:15AM PST.

Was not too happy to learn that Apple allowed people to order before 1AM since I would've done the same.

And some folks received theirs before I did although they ordered later than I did.

Found one dead pixel and the light leakage issue with my ipad 2.

Good luck everyone....
 
Well, I only see FDX92 (NJ) and FDX94 (TN) leaving today out of Anchorage, and they're leaving within 50min of each other -- so those of us with delivery scheduled for tomorrow 3/23, regardless of destination, it looks like we're going to have to go through New Jersey or Memphis. For Memphis, it looks like it'll get there around 10PM (pacific)... they'd have to sort really quickly to get it back on a plane for LAX (I'm guessing, for me)... that's another 5-ish hours and then out to sort again locally, then onto a truck. Fedex usually shows up around noon for me. I'll be truly amazed if it gets delivered tomorrow.
 
Hallalujah!!! Things are moving now! I almost peed in my pants when we landed in Alaska! haha! Ok..not really but I did cheer like it was a touchdown in the last few seconds of a football game.

I'm in Los Angeles, so I think the next official stop is Oakland? I'm becoming more confident of my 3/23 by 4:30pm.

Ordered 1:05 PST btw..32GB AT&T Black



2011-03-22 14:03:00 Released for delivery ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-22 12:22:00 Arrived at Sort Facility ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-22 20:39:00 Left FedEx Ramp TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-22 01:20:00 Package status TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-21 23:34:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-21 22:40:00 International Package in Transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-21 22:19:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK,
2011-03-20 22:41:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 11:39:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-17 23:20:00 Package received after FedEx cutoff time SHENZHEN,
2011-03-17 23:13:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,
 
Hallalujah!!! Things are moving now! I almost peed in my pants when we landed in Alaska! haha! Ok..not really but I did cheer like it was a touchdown in the last few seconds of a football game.

I'm in Los Angeles, so I think the next official stop is Oakland? I'm becoming more confident of my 3/23 by 4:30pm.

Ordered 1:05 PST btw..32GB AT&T Black



2011-03-22 14:03:00 Released for delivery ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-22 12:22:00 Arrived at Sort Facility ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-22 20:39:00 Left FedEx Ramp TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-22 01:20:00 Package status TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-21 23:34:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-21 22:40:00 International Package in Transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-21 22:19:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK,
2011-03-20 22:41:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 11:39:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-17 23:20:00 Package received after FedEx cutoff time SHENZHEN,
2011-03-17 23:13:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,

I don't see any flights from Anchorage->Oakland on FlightAware... but my tracking/sleuthing skills aren't as good as some in this thread... so I'm guessing we're going to Memphis, then back out to LA.
 
According to http://flightaware.com
there are 4 domestic FedEx flights from Anchorage Int. Airport

Flight No. Destination Departure Time
FDX22 Indianapolis Intl (KIND) Tue 02:59PM AKDT
FDX28 Memphis Intl (KMEM) Tue 03:50PM AKDT
FDX92 Newark Liberty Intl (KEWR) Tue 03:50PM AKDT
FDX94 Memphis Intl (KMEM) Tue 03:01PM AKDT

i believe my iPad2 will be in FDX92 because my address in NJ.

the good news ... all the 4 flight are leaving within 2 hours from now :)
 
Fedex doesn't file flight plans until a few hours before takeoff, so you can't see flights more than a few hours in advance. For example, look how many flights in/out of memphis are scheduled overnight. Guaranteed many more than that will actually fly
 
Got it a day early! :D Package wasn't due until tomorrow.

Noticed an exception on Fedex tracking - said the package arrived at the distribution center after the courier left. I couldn't find the local center phone # so I called the 800 number and asked the lady if I could swing by to pick up the package. She said she would send a message to my local center and ask them to call me. I never got a call and checked my status to find out that my driver went back to the center to pick up my package. :D:D:D

Date/Time Status Location
2011-03-22 16:56:00 Delivered HOUSTON, TX
2011-03-22 12:09:00 On FedEx vehicle for delivery HOUSTON, TX
2011-03-22 11:11:00 Arrived at FedEx Destination Location HOUSTON, TX
2011-03-22 11:11:00 Package at station - awaiting courier HOUSTON, TX
2011-03-22 10:10:00 Left FedEx Ramp HOUSTON, TX
2011-03-22 09:19:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp HOUSTON, TX
2011-03-22 08:30:00 Package status MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-22 07:54:00 Left FedEx Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-22 01:02:00 Released for delivery MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-22 00:04:00 Arrived at Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-22 02:19:00 Left FedEx Ramp SENNAN-SHI,
2011-03-20 01:40:00 Package in FedEx location SENNAN-SHI,
2011-03-20 01:40:00 Package status SENNAN-SHI,
2011-03-19 20:51:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp SENNAN-SHI,
2011-03-19 17:20:00 Left FedEx Ramp LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 16:57:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK,
2011-03-19 08:58:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,
2011-03-19 00:52:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-17 23:21:00 Package received after FedEx cutoff time SHENZHEN
 
is Fedex the worst shipping company?

Well, today is the date for my schedule delivery (supposed to deliver by 4:30pm). Took a day off, and waiting patiently whole day and nothing arrived by 3:30pm. With one hour to go, I decided to give Fedex a call, and to my f#$@king surprise, Fedex lost my package, and need to go back and locate it. And their tracking system hasn't been updated since Sunday when parcel received in Memphis. This entire online order experience is just horrible. Will call Apple now... see what they can do:mad:
 
FedEx has filed two flight plans with the FAA from Anchorage to Memphis (source: Flightstats) the first leaves at 3:16 Anchorage time and arrives 12:10 am Memphis time and the second leaves at 4:05 pm Anchorage time and arrives 12:58 am Memphis time. I am outside Denver so by looking at past FedEx flight from Memphis to Denver on FlightAware I can see that they usually leave about 4:00 am Memphis time and arrive about 5:11 am Denver time (I have the benefit of the time difference). 12:58 am to 4:00 am seems like enough time for my iPad to transfer. So assuming I make one of the two flights from Anchorage to Memphis today, I should get my iPad as promised tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
 
prepared for shipping

i ordered a engraved 32gb verizon black ipad at 6:55 am pct. it just changed to prepared for shipping when do you guy's think it well ship?
 
2011-03-22 12:24:00 Released for delivery ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-22 06:00:00 Arrived at Sort Facility ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-22 13:34:00 Left FedEx Ramp LANTAU ISLAND,

Released from customs (I guess) and in time for the memphis flight it looks like..
 
FDX86 should fly every weekday. So my guess is it will depart from Anchorage to Oakland at 4:40pm sth local time. Then it should touch down at around 10 pm tonight.
 
Freaking FEDEX and Apple FAIL

So.... I walk into my local bestbuy and sitting on the back counter behind the Geeksquad Precinct sit... 12 iPad boxes 3G for AT&T and Verizon.. I walk out with the ipad. No more worries for me might sell mine when it comes from apple.
 
FDX86 should fly every weekday. So my guess is it will depart from Anchorage to Oakland at 4:40pm sth local time. Then it should touch down at around 10 pm tonight.

Indeed... scheduled for a 4:45p departure. I'm pinning my hopes on this one...
 
Waiting in Philly.....

Hallalujah!!! Things are moving now! I almost peed in my pants when we landed in Alaska! haha! Ok..not really but I did cheer like it was a touchdown in the last few seconds of a football game.

I'm in Los Angeles, so I think the next official stop is Oakland? I'm becoming more confident of my 3/23 by 4:30pm.

Ordered 1:05 PST btw..32GB AT&T Black



2011-03-22 14:03:00 Released for delivery ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-22 12:22:00 Arrived at Sort Facility ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-22 20:39:00 Left FedEx Ramp TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-22 01:20:00 Package status TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-21 23:34:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-21 22:40:00 International Package in Transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-21 22:19:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK,
2011-03-20 22:41:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 11:39:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-17 23:20:00 Package received after FedEx cutoff time SHENZHEN,
2011-03-17 23:13:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,

Same tracking info as you....scheduled for delivery 3/23 by 4:30 in Philly....any chance that is going to happen? :D
 
So.... I walk into my local bestbuy and sitting on the back counter behind the Geeksquad Precinct sit... 12 iPad boxes 3G for AT&T and Verizon.. I walk out with the ipad. No more worries for me might sell mine when it comes from apple.

But you missed the visit to Lantau paradise =)

Anyhow, glad that you can find some at your local BB. My town's BB doesn't have anything at all.
 
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