Key Takeaways Zone skipping means trucking your packages most of the way as freight, then handing them to UPS or FedEx near the customer so you pay a local delivery rate instead of a cross-country one. It works best when you send a lot of packages to the same region every week, usually 20% or more of your volume going to one or two distant areas. Savings typically land in the 10% to 30% range on the lanes you skip, though it varies a lot by weight and distance. The biggest hi