It's the end of a popular perk for travelers. Southwest Airlines announced it will start charging customers a fee to check bags for flights booked on May 28 or later.

Milwaukee travelers react as Southwest ditches its longstanding free checked bag policy citing the need for "revenue growth." ...

The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant ...

Only Southwest's Elite Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred members and passengers who book their top-tier Business Select fares will receive two free checked bags. Frequent flyer A-List Members and credit ...

Despite earlier assertions to the contrary, Southwest Airlines will soon end its “bags fly free” policy, a long-running perk ...

Southwest Airlines is ending its open seating policy and introducing bag fees as part of a major operational overhaul.

Southwest Airlines will introduce checked bag fees for passengers without elite status. Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred and Business Select members will get free bags.

Travelers at/Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport told WJZ that free baggage checks were one of the reasons they chose ...

Attention Southwest Airlines passengers: you will soon no longer automatically get two free checked bags on flights. The ...

Southwest Airlines announced the end of free checked bags, a huge policy overhaul from an airline that once bragged that they ...

Southwest Airlines is ending its long-standing free checked bag policy for most passengers, starting May 28, 2025.

Southwest Airlines was historically one of America's big success stories. Founded in 1967 by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King ...