Compare transit times across UPS service levels for a shipment using the UPS Time in Transit API before selecting a rate
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Steps
Obtain a UPS OAuth 2.0 access token
Submit origin, destination, and ship date to the Time in Transit endpoint
Retrieve the list of eligible UPS services with each service's scheduled delivery date and number of transit days
Cross-reference the returned services against Rating API results to combine cost and speed in a single comparison
Present the fastest and cheapest qualifying options to the customer at checkout
Re-query if the ship date changes, since transit estimates are date-sensitive
Known gotchas
Time in Transit results are estimates tied to the requested ship date; a delayed hand-off to UPS invalidates the previously quoted delivery date without a re-query
Not all services returned by Time in Transit are guaranteed-delivery services — guarantee eligibility must be checked separately before promising a delivery date to a customer
International lanes can return wider transit ranges due to customs clearance variability, which is not something the API models precisely
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