§ 121.3 USPS Marketing Mail.

(a) End-to-end.

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, a 4- to 7-day service standard applies to end-to-end USPS Marketing Mail pieces, with the standard generally equaling the sum of 2 days plus the applicable Single-Piece First-Class Mail (FCM) service standard (disregarding standards for USPS Connect® Local FCM and for intra-Local Processing Center (LPC) “turnaround” service).

(2) For certain end-to-end USPS Marketing Mail pieces originating and/or destinating outside the contiguous 48 states, an 11- to 28-day service standard applies, with the standard generally equaling the sum of 4 to 7 days plus the number of additional days (from 7 to 21) for which certain intermodal (e.g., highway, boat, air-taxi) transportation is utilized.

(b) Destination entry.

(1) USPS Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a Destination Delivery Unit (DDU) rate have a 2-day service standard.

(2) USPS Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a Destination Local Processing Center (DLPC) (or analogous legacy) rate have a 3-day service standard when accepted on Sunday through Thursday and a 4-day service standard when accepted on Friday or Saturday, except for mail dropped at the LPC in the territory of Puerto Rico and destined to the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands, or mail destined to American Samoa.

(3) USPS Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a DLPC (or analogous legacy) rate and that are entered in the territory of Puerto Rico and destined to the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands, or that are destined to American Samoa, have a 4-day service standard when accepted on Sunday through Thursday and a 5-day service standard when accepted on Friday or Saturday.

(4) USPS Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a Destination Regional Processing and Distribution Center or Campus (DRPDC) (or analogous legacy) rate have a 5-day service standard, if both the origin and the destination are in the contiguous 48 states.

(5) USPS Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a DRPDC (or analogous legacy) rate, and that are entered in the contiguous 48 states for delivery to addresses in the states of Alaska or Hawaii or the territories of Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, have a service standard of 12-14 days, depending on the 3-digit origin-destination ZIP Code pair. For each such pair, the applicable day within the range is based on the number of days required for transportation outside the contiguous 48 states.