Get ready for Peak 2026 - Carrier Peak Surcharges

About Peak Season Surcharges

Some carriers apply peak-only surcharges during high-volume periods (Black Friday, Christmas, etc.). This article lists these surcharges by shipping origin (France, Spain, Great Britain, Germany), with the carrier service, destination, applicable period and amount.


Shipping from France 🇫🇷

Base peak surcharges

Carrier Carrier service Destination Peak period Surcharge
Bigblue Smartoffer: Europe Standard bigblue-fr-standard-europe Europe 01/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 €0.20 / package
Maersk b2ceurope-parcel-premium All 01/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 €0.40 / package
GLS gls-flex-delivery, gls-business-parcel Domestic 01/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 €0.20 / package
UPS ups-standard, ups-saver Domestic 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 €0.55 / package
UPS ups-standard International 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 €0.15 / kg
UPS ups-saver Europe 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 €0.30 / kg
UPS ups-saver US / CA 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 €0.55 / kg
UPS ups-saver AU / NZ 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 €1.00 / kg
UPS ups-saver LatAm 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 €0.90 / kg
UPS ups-saver IN / MEA 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 €2.53 / kg
UPS ups-saver IL / AE 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 €2.83 / kg
UPS ups-saver ROW 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 €0.90 / kg

A 50% discount is applied by Bigblue on these UPS surcharges.


Additional specific peak surcharges

Carrier Carrier service Destination Period Surcharge
UPS ups-standard, ups-saver All 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 A Demand Surcharge applies to all domestic and international shipments requiring Additional Handling and Large Packages: Additional Handling €7.65, Large Package €79.80, Over Maximum Limits €500
FedEx fedex-connect-plus, fedex-regional-economy, fedex-international-economy, fedex-international-priority All See link A Demand Surcharge applies to all domestic and international shipments (link). Bigblue applies the following discounts: 50% US, 25% ROW

Shipping from Spain 🇪🇸

Base peak surcharges

Carrier Carrier service Destination Peak period Surcharge
Bigblue Smartoffer: Express bigblue-eu-express Domestic 15/11/2026 – 15/01/2027 €0.10 / package
Maersk b2ceurope-parcel-premium All 01/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 €0.40 / package
SEUR seur-home-24, seur-europe Domestic, EU 15/11/2026 – 15/01/2027 €0.30 / package
Asendia asendia-epaq-select DE 01/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 €0.32 / package

Additional specific peak surcharges

Carrier Carrier service Destination Period Surcharge
UPS ups-standard, ups-saver All 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 Demand Surcharge on Additional Handling €7.65, Large Package €79.80, Over Maximum Limits €500
FedEx fedex-connect-plus, fedex-regional-economy, fedex-international-economy, fedex-international-priority All See link Demand Surcharge on all domestic and international shipments (link). Bigblue applies a 75% discount worldwide

Shipping from Great Britain 🇬🇧

Base peak surcharges

Carrier Carrier service Destination Peak period Surcharge
Bigblue Smartoffer: Standard Letter bigblue-uk-standard-letter Domestic 02/11/2026 – 10/01/2027 £0.10 / package
Bigblue Smartoffer: Express Letter, Standard Package bigblue-uk-express-letter, bigblue-uk-standard Domestic 02/11/2026 – 10/01/2027 £0.15 / package
Bigblue Smartoffer: Express Package bigblue-uk-express Domestic 02/11/2026 – 10/01/2027 £0.22 / package
Royal Mail royalmail-standard-letter Domestic 02/11/2026 – 10/01/2027 £0.10 / package
Royal Mail royalmail-express-letter, royalmail-standard Domestic 02/11/2026 – 10/01/2027 £0.15 / package
Royal Mail royalmail-express Domestic 02/11/2026 – 10/01/2027 £0.22 / package
Amazon Shipping – Domestic 02/11/2026 – 10/01/2027 £0.15 / package
Starlinks starlinks-crossborder-ddp, starlinks-crossborder-direct, starlinks-crossborder US 02/10/2026 – 17/01/2027 £0.15 / package
Starlinks same services DE 01/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 £0.29 / package
Starlinks same services CL / IE / MY / NL / CH / UA 01/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 £0.35 / package
Starlinks same services AT / BE / BG / HR / CY / CZ / EE / FI / GR / HU / IT / LV / LT / LU / MT / PL / PT / RO / SK / SI / ES 01/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 £0.40 / package
UPS ups-standard, ups-saver Domestic 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 £0.48 / package
UPS ups-standard International 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 £0.13 / kg
UPS ups-saver Europe 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 £0.26 / kg
UPS ups-saver US / CA 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 £0.48 / kg
UPS ups-saver AU / NZ 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 £0.88 / kg
UPS ups-saver LatAm 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 £0.79 / kg
UPS ups-saver IN / MEA 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 £2.22 / kg
UPS ups-saver IL / AE 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 £2.48 / kg
UPS ups-saver ROW 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 £0.79 / kg

A 75% discount is applied by Bigblue on these UPS surcharges.


Additional specific peak surcharges

Carrier Carrier service Destination Period Surcharge
UPS ups-standard, ups-saver All 20/09/2026 – 06/02/2027 Demand Surcharge on Additional Handling £7.25, Large Package £68.95, Over Maximum Limits £439.90

Shipping from Germany 🇩🇪

Base peak surcharges

Carrier Carrier service Destination Peak period Surcharge
DPD pakajo-dpd Domestic 01/11/2026 – 23/12/2026 €0.35 / package
GLS pakajo-gls All 23/11/2026 – 06/12/2026 €0.50 / package
GLS pakajo-gls All 01/10/2026 – 31/12/2026 +8% on total shipment amount
DHL & Deutsche Post pakajo-dhl, pakajo-deutschepost-kleinpaket All 23/11/2026 – 06/12/2026 €0.50 / package
DHL & Deutsche Post pakajo-dhl, pakajo-deutschepost-kleinpaket All 01/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 €0.19 / package
Spring springgds-untracked-letter, springgds-untracked-parcel, springgds-tracked International 16/11/2026 – 15/01/2027 €0.19 / package
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