I sent in my passport renewal and expedite fee last friday. Yesterday (thursday) it appeared on-line as in process. I received it today (friday)! Exactly 1 week or 5 business days. This was certainly unexpected.

FYI_ For those of you that need birth certificates, i just used a service called www.vitalchek.com, applied for birth cert online with credit card number and Fed-x to my Visa card - $25 all together - and received my cert NEXT DAY from Ny to California. WOW!