Shortly after the Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announced it would start charging for checked bags — ditching its longtime “Bags Fly Free” policy — Frontier Airlines is stepping in with a ...

But for more than 50 years, American consumers could count on Southwest Airlines letting them check bags for free.

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags. It's a significant change for the budget carrier, which ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Southwest Airlines will no longer allow bags to fly free. The airline announced Tuesday that it will begin ...

When Southwest Airlines announced significant customer service changes in July 2024, including the end of its open seating policy, it said bags would still fly free. That's no longer true for all ...

The new luggage policy will begin for tickets purchased on or after Wednesday, May 28. The airline has had its well-known ...

Southwest Airlines announced today that it will begin charging for checked bags for the first time in its half-century of ...

Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday that it plans to end its decades-long practice of offering two free checked bags to every customer.

Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice ...

As recently as Southwest’s investor day in late September, airline executives described the bags-fly-free as the most important feature in setting Southwest apart from rivals. All other leading ...

Southwest will start charging passengers for checked luggage and sell basic economy tickets, as the maverick airline becomes ...