New Princess Cruises Fee Increase Hits Guests Ordering Medallions
If you're ordering a Princess Cruises Medallion on or after August 20, 2026, expect to pay $22 (US) or $27 (Canada) for shipping instead of the prior $20/$25. If you already ordered a Medallion for a booked sailing, your original fee stands regardless of shipping date. To skip the fee entirely, plan to pick up your Medallion free at the cruise terminal during embarkation instead.
This is the second Medallion shipping hike this year — March took US fees from $10 to $20, and now they're at $22, more than double where they started in January. Princess hasn't cited postal costs as the reason, even though USPS raised rates in July and April; the math shows this increase (10% US, 8% Canada) roughly tracks the April postal hike anyway. My read is this is simple margin recapture after ditching free shipping for Plus/Premier package holders back in March. Guests who mail-order lose here; anyone willing to grab their Medallion at the terminal loses nothing but a few minutes at check-in. In your shoes, I'd skip shipping altogether and pick it up dockside — free is free, and there's no indication these fees are done climbing.