Be very cautious! Asking for pickup might actually cause you to be forced to wait till the 25th if Apple sent out a memo making sure ups doesn't deliver them. I used to work for ups 10 years ago and everything is based on the belt system. If it's on the belt computer system and once it slips into the truck the only way you won't get it delivered would be because of the driver recognizing the package (that is if they are instructed to look for them); however, If you ask for a pickup and you go to pick it up and they trained the employees to block Apple shipments then the the employee who grabs the package might possibly flag it for a 9/25 delivery and block it.
It's upto you to decide ln whether you want a human to directly affect the package or let the automated belt delivery system to let it slip by and end up on the truck. Once it's on the the truck you will get the package 99% of the time (unless Apple has some big influence this time around to block it) since most delivery drivers only care about one thing, delivering all their packages to get home as fast as possible.
