--- description: Caps on some air express deliveries title: Your Last-Minute Gift Might Not Get Home in Time for Christmas image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteef9cae773bc47b3/698777308e060164bc4596c3/ups-fedex-holiday-shipping.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Your Last-Minute Gift Might Not Get Home in Time for Christmas  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 24, 2014 3:06 PM CUT  UPS jet freighters sit on the tarmac while being loaded with outbound packages during the afternoon sort at the UPS Worldport hub in Louisville, Kentucky on July 24, 2014. UPS jet freighters sit on the tarmac while being loaded with outbound packages during the afternoon sort at the UPS Worldport hub in Louisville, Kentucky on July 24, 2014.Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 24, 2014 3:06 PM CUT UPS and FedEx are [limiting](http://www.wsj.com/articles/ups-fedex-cap-deliveries-amid-late-holiday-surge-1419378984 "undefined") air express deliveries from certain retailers during the busiest shipping time of year — meaning some last-minute orders might not make it home in time for Christmas. A last-minute increase in orders caused some retailers to go over their pre-set shipping volumes, the _Wall Street Journal_ [reported](http://www.wsj.com/articles/ups-fedex-cap-deliveries-amid-late-holiday-surge-1419378984 "undefined") Tuesday. In response, package carriers UPS and FexEx have curbed shipments from those retailers in a bid to avoid last Christmas’ delivery debacle. Last holiday season, an estimated three million shipments that retailers guaranteed to arrive in time for Christmas were delivered behind schedule as an unexpected surge in orders overwhelmed shipping companies. \[[_WSJ_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/ups-fedex-cap-deliveries-amid-late-holiday-surge-1419378984 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3646669/ups-fedex-shipping-gift/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3646669/ups-fedex-shipping-gift/"},"headline":"Your Last-Minute Gift Might Not Get Home in Time for Christmas","datePublished":"2014-12-24T15:06:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:07:22.483Z","description":"UPS and FexEx are reportedly capping some retailers' shipments","url":"https://time.com/3646669/ups-fedex-shipping-gift/","keywords":["Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteef9cae773bc47b3/698777308e060164bc4596c3/ups-fedex-holiday-shipping.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteef9cae773bc47b3/698777308e060164bc4596c3/ups-fedex-holiday-shipping.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"UPS, FedEx Capping Some Holiday Shipping","caption":"UPS, FedEx Capping Some Holiday Shipping","creditText":"Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3646669/ups-fedex-shipping-gift/","name":"Your Last-Minute Gift Might Not Get Home in Time for Christmas"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See The Unique Way Amazon Ships This Teddy Bear","description":"Go Behind the Scenes at Amazon to see how the products you buy make it to the shipping truck","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/IY8KG0y3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-01T04:19:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/IY8KG0y3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3646669/ups-fedex-shipping-gift/","duration":"PT2M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3646669/ups-fedex-shipping-gift/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```