 will the real fed ex please stand up  perhaps you have heard the news about the recent enhancements by fed ex to their freight services looks simple right national is now economy and regional is now priority well before you just go along with the hype make sure you know the facts so you don t end up in your boss s office explaining why the freight rates are suddenly so high i was working late in the office and called fed ex myself because i was interested in learning the difference here is the breakdown from the fed ex customer service department fed ex priority is the former fed ex freight regional ltl fed ex economy is the former fed ex national ltl calling in pickups   all pickups will be called in thru the single fed ex freight phone number or called into a single terminal operationally   a single fed ex truck will be dispatched to pickup both economy and or priority shipments and will be sorted on the dock by service as requested on the bill of lading bol  bol   to route the bol economy or priority must be written as the routed carrier priority or economy to get the appropriate service and rate  if no routing or just fed ex is on bol then priority service will be the default at a higher cost  bottom line is that it is important to know the difference and make the necessary changes to your process and or systems and most importantly let your coteam members know what is going on to avoid unnecessary increases  special note this will be even more confusing because the fed ex parcel equivalents are routed thru two separate trucks and contacts fed ex express and fed ex ground parcel and truck freight could end up on the wrong modes especially when shipping minimums   