I sent three parcels before the last suggested mailing date for Airmail for Christmas, two went surface as they were just were odds and sods, and one went by Air, the one by air arrived in time for Christmas, one surface one arrived last week, the other is still in transit. Canada Posts suggested delivery times are just that, suggested.

I've usually found mail takes less than 2 weeks either direction.

Err yes. Both were taken to my local post office and weighed and they put the postage on for me and I paid!

Panic over they have finally arrived, yet the tracking is still saying they are at the airport....

Yeah it all just sits at the airport in the back of a warehouse.

I don't know if you've ever been down to Heathrow to fetch something that's arrived from outside the EU but OMG it is like torture.

So you get there, first you have to go the carrier and stand in line to get a copy of the air waybill.

So then you take that to the Customs house, and sit there for ages until you can see someone from HMRC who calculates how much tax is due on your shipment. Then he gives you the bill.

Then you stand in another line for ages to pay the cashier.

Then with the receipt you can get the release, so you go back to the carrier and wait for ages for someone to process the release.

Then you get to stand in a warehouse for ages waiting for someone to find your package.

It really is like medieval torture. Whenever anyone suggests the UK should leave the EU, I tell them this story.

Post is shockingly slow and shit And unpredictable.........I paid $35 for a parcel to go airmail, quoted 1-2 weeks it took 4 weeks!!! And at Christmas sending cards home some arrived within a few days some took 3 weeks to arrive!!
Hope they arrive soon!!