IN-TRANSIT Meaning – What Does In-Transit to Destination Mean?

US Postal Service offers several facilities and services to its customers. At many times, you would be eager to know the status of your shipment after mailing or wonder whether the parcel has reached its destination or not. USPS strives hard to satisfy its customer needs. So, they came up with a solution to this issue. It is called the USPS tracking service. This facility is available by default for most of the mail-classes. The Postal Service lets its users locate their shipment and get updated about the shipment status. Some people do not have much understanding of the tracking status and wonder what does this mean.

People don’t know the meaning of IN-TRANSIT and the other statuses. So, this article is written with an intention to clarify all the customer’s doubts regarding IN-TRANSIT and other tracking updates meanings.

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In-Transit Meaning:

In transit

IN-TRANSIT is one of the processing stages which means that the parcel is on the way to the delivery. When you place your order, USPS starts processing it. If the package is on its way to the delivery, then we can say that your package is in transit to destination.

You see this status when the item is on the way to delivery after being processed by the local post office. The other tracking information can be seen once the shipment has arrived at the unit and is out for the delivery. You may see this scan multiple times because it is processed or in transit.

The below passage will explain more about the different USPS tracking status or updates.

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USPS Tracking Updates/Status Meanings:

You will be able to see several stages of the progress bar as you visit the tracking page of USPS. Every stage of the progress bar will give you an idea about the status of your shipment. The different stages of the progress bar are as follows:

  • PRE-SHIPMENT: Pre-Shipment is the first stage of the progress bar. If a customer sees this as the status update on the tracking page, then it implies that till now, the postal service has only received the information of your package or shipment, and has not started its shipping process.

pre shipment status

  • ACCEPTED: Accepted is the second stage of the progress bar. This status implies that the USPS has accepted your package or shipment in person.

package accepted by the receipeint

  • IN-TRANSIT: As mentioned above, In-Transit is the third stage of the Progress. If you see this as the status when you visit the USPS tracking page, then it implies that the mail package or shipment is now on its way to the destination, or the item is currently in transit to the destination. Now, you would have understood exactly what does in transit mean.

In transit

  • ALERT:  ALERT is a status that appears on the progress bar when there is an issue in the process of the mail or package. This status shows that there seems to be a problem that is leading to the delay in the delivery of the shipment or the mail item. To know more about the issue, call the customer care at 1-800-ASK-USPS. By doing this, you will be able to know about the issue in detail along with the latest update of your shipment.
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alert status

  • Status Not Available: Sometimes, this status alert can also pop up on your screen which implies that the tracking number you entered may be incorrect, or there is no update on your package. You must enter the correct tracking number and try once again.

tracking status not available

  • DELIVERED: It’s the status you want to see. It appears when the shipment is delivered successfully. You will also see the first initial and the last name of the person who received the shipment if you chose signature confirmation (an add-on service) or used Priority Mail Express service.

package delivered

  • In Case of Multiple Tracking Numbers: If you enter multiple tracking numbers, then you will see the following updates. If you want to know the update of each shipment, then you may click on the “+” sign.

multiple packages tracking

multiple shipments in transit

Conclusion:

These are the different updates while tracking any shipment. Now, you will easily understand the meaning of any of these progress bars. If you have any questions, then you may leave a comment below. We’ll try to solve your problem.

3 Comments on “IN-TRANSIT Meaning – What Does In-Transit to Destination Mean?”

  1. This is a really lousy description of the terms used by USPS. It is not clear, repetitive, and condescending!

    You did NOT describe what in transit to destination is. In particular, when shipments are coming from other countries, they do not go to “out for delivery” status. So when they say “in transit to destination,” what destination do they mean? Local post office, the actual delivery address? What? This is especially hard if the last scan was at the local distribution center. Is it coming directly to my home from there or going to my local post office for delivery tomorrow? Since it’s an international package, it does not show a projected delivery date even though it’s right down the street from me!

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