<p>Around 15 times. But it does not matter. The point I want to make here is if you want better tracking service from USPS then use certified mail with delivery confirmation, instead of using priority mail.</p>
<p>L.A.Parent: I was just scanning this thread a saw your post. I really don’t know what the policy is supposed to be to get through security but earlier this year my S who just got his DL last December flew. He was 16 so we didn’t realize that the DL expired on his birthday several months prior. No one noticed when he flew out of state but coming back they did. All they did was ask for another form of ID. Fortunately at the last moment before he left on the trip I handed him the credit card I have in his name that he uses only for travel emergenicies. This wasn’t the type of travel emergency I had in mind but this and the expired DL were enough to clear him. I don’t know if rules were being bent to make this happen but happily he came home! I was surprised that an expired DL was not acceptable as an ID while a state issued ID card never expires. But then we were more surprised that his DL was expired and he had been driving with it for months!</p>
<p>USPS has an advantage over other carriers like FedEx or UPS for home delivery: the mailbox. Most mailboxes now have keys and can hold small packages. FedEx and UPS have to drop packages at front doors. I wonder USPS management people know they have this advantage. It seems that they don’t understand the difference between mail and junk paper from grocery stores. I have to carefully sort my mail out of grocery store ads everyday.</p>
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<p>Certified mail and delivery confirmation are virtually the same thing and the price difference is about $2.25.</p>
<p>Certified mail is mainly used for letters because it can’t be used for first class mail that isn’t 3/4" thick.</p>
<p>Per USPS.com: “It is not a trackable service (delivery information can be accessed, but the item cannot be tracked)”</p>
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<p>You don’t actually need to show an ID in order to fly. If you don’t show an ID, you just go through more screening.</p>
<p>There is a difference: priority mail does not have delivery confirmation option. Only certified mail or express mail (not sure which one, probably both) does. That’s what I saw on the rate table at my post office the last time.</p>
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<p>Don’t know who told you that, but you are 100% wrong.</p>
<p>You can use delivery confirmation on first class parcels, Priority Mail, parcel post, and media mail. And you can get free delivery confirmation when you print your Priority Mail postage online.</p>
<p>You get free insurance and confirmation when you use Express Mail.</p>
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<p>You USPS web link could be old. USPS customer service told me the same thing that the ebay site says 2 months ago when I inquired about my priority mail tracking loss.</p>
<p>I never said anything about tracking, only delivery confirmation.</p>
<p>“There is a difference: priority mail does not have delivery confirmation option. Only certified mail or express mail (not sure which one, probably both) does.”</p>
<p>That statement is 100% wrong.</p>
<p>Only Express Mail provides tracking.</p>
<p>^^ When I get Delivery Confirmation on Flat Rate Boxes, I’m given a tracking number. I can then log on and see everywhere the package has been – precisely what time the local PO accepted it, when it got to the sort facility, when it got on the plane, when it got off the plane, when it got to the destination post office, when it went out for delivery, and when it was delivered. That’s not tracking?</p>
<p>LasMa: I always though the same thing as you, but Express Mail is the only service that offers point by point tracking.</p>
<p>“Enter your label number to see the status of your item. If you shipped with Express Mail®, you’ll get point-by-point tracking details. If you used another service—Delivery Confirmation™, Certified Mail™, Registered Mail™ —you’ll see when it went out for delivery.”</p>
<p>I did have the online tracking number for my priority mail. I did not say clearly about delivery confirmation but I am sure both express mail and priority mail have tracking number. But the thing here is it truly tracked? What’s is the point of tracking without the ability to figure out what happen to the package? That ability is only provided with Express mail.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly you have to pay extra fee and fill out an extra label to get the tracking number for priority mail.</p>
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<p>I have shipped 1000’s of packages and, with the exception of 2 or 3 packages, all of them were tracked successfully.</p>
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<p>What the heck are you talking about? You pay 65 cents for delivery confirmation for Priority Mail and 75 cents for parcel post, media mail, and first class parcels. </p>
<p>You don’t have to fill anything out. The delivery confirmation number is on your receipt and the green proof of delivery slip that they give you.</p>
<p>I believe you but that’s not the point here. The point here is tracking for priority mail is not as the same as tracking for express mail.</p>
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<p>OK. When I ship Flat Rate, I can see the following: </p>
<p>*Acceptance at my Post Office
*Arrival at my regional sort facility
*On the plane
*Off the plane
*Arrival at the destination sort facility
*Arrival at the destination post office
*Placement on the delivery truck
*Delivery at the destination. </p>
<p>Exactly what “points” would Express Mail show me that I’m not already seeing?</p>
<p>I am talking about tracking. Don’t get snarky.</p>
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<p>LasMa: I agree 100% with your point, but sometimes delivery confirmation skips some of those skips. 9/10 they will show the entire process of the package, but sometimes they don’t.</p>
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<p>LasMa was talking about tracking.</p>
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<p>Sometimes it tracks and sometimes it doesn’t. It does, however, show time of acceptance and delivery confirmation. If it tracks each time for you, then, great. I’ve had both experiences and in-between. The first time it went from acceptance to delivery confirmation with no-tracking in-between, I worried. USPS remained unconcerned … told me it didn’t always track. Sure enough it delivered on time just like it was supposed to.</p>