UPS Additional Handling and Large Package Update

The most significant update is the addition of cubic-size triggers for both surcharge categories. That means a package can now qualify even if it does not exceed the longstanding linear-dimension thresholds, so long as its overall cube is above the new limits. UPS also added a new domestic Large Package trigger for packages over 110 lbs., bringing more dense, heavy shipments into LPS eligibility. These additions expand the surcharge framework rather than replace it: the legacy triggers still appear in the post-change language, only one Additional Handling charge or one Large Package Surcharge is assessed per package, and Additional Handling still is not assessed when Large Package Surcharge applies.

💡 Effective January 26, 2026, UPS added a cubic-size trigger to Additional Handling.
💡 Additional Handling now applies to packages over 10,368 cubic inches.
💡 Domestic Large Package Surcharge now applies to packages over 17,280 cubic inches.
💡 Domestic Large Package Surcharge now also applies to packages over 110 lbs.
💡 International Large Package criteria remain length-plus-girth over 130 inches; the new weight and cubic-size LPS triggers are domestic only.
💡 Additional Handling packages triggered by cubic size are now subject to the 40-lb minimum billable weight rule, except for UPS Ground with Freight Pricing packages.
💡 Large Package Surcharge still suppresses Additional Handling, and UPS still assesses only one charge within each surcharge category.