Southwest is adding baggage fees and credit card perks
If you don't have Southwest elite status, the cheapest option for getting a free checked bag will be the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card. It has a $69 annual fee, which may be as much as the baggage fees for a round-trip flight.
Southwest Airlines as we know it is over. Here's what's changing, from bag fees to basic economy
Southwest will start charging customers to check bags, launch basic economy tickets in a bid to drive up revenue.
Southwest Airlines, MSY's biggest carrier, to add baggage fees
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Southwest Airlines is charging for checked bags. Will loyal flyers stick around?
Southwest Airlines, known for free bags and open seating, is overhauling policies, leaving loyalists questioning if it’s still the airline they loved.
Southwest Airlines Breaks With Another Tradition and Checked Bags Will Cost You Now
Southwest Airlines says it’s going to begin charging certain customers a fee to check bags, as the budget airline continues to look for ways to increase its revenue
What to know about new Southwest checked bag fees
Southwest Airlines will introduce checked bag fees for passengers without elite status. ABC News’ Sam Sweeney reports.
Southwest Airlines ends free checked bags for most travelers—here’s what it means for you
Ding! to travel budgets. Southwest cutting 'two checked bags fly free' policy. How to avoid fee
Southwest Airlines is doing away with its longstanding policy of two checked bags for free for all passengers. The Dallas, Texas-based carrier on Tuesday announced it will begin charging some customers for checked bags.
Competitors are circling Southwest after the airline announced it's going to start charging for checked bags
"Clearly, there are some customers who chose them because of that, and now those customers are up for grabs," said Delta's CEO.
Devoted Southwest flyer from Colorado upset about new bag policy: "They're just going to be same as every other flight"
A policy in existence for all Southwest Airlines passengers for over 50 years will soon be ended. Denver International Airport's second biggest carrier (behind United) is re-doing its bag policy, meaning the end of the popular "bags fly free" mantra for Southwest.
Southwest as you knew it is gone forever
Southwest has axed virtually everything that once set it apart from competitors and now looks like any other US airline.
Southwest ending one of its most distinct perks
Two free checked bags will no longer be a perk for all Southwest fliers. The company announced it's new bag policy will take ...
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'The Day Southwest Died': Reactions pour in about the carrier's big changes
Industry analysts fretted about how Southwest Airlines' remarkable set of recent changes threatened to take away all the ...
At Southwest Airlines, checked bags will no longer fly for free
Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags. It's a significant change for the budget carrier, which ...
Southwest Airlines to begin charging for checked bags, a move that could shake up the airline industry
Southwest Airlines’ calling card is their free checked bag policy; as of May 28, only specific ticket classes will receive ...
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Southwest is dropping its 'bags fly free' policy — but here's how you can still check a bag without paying
A guide to Southwest Airlines' baggage policies, including carry-on guidelines, baggage rules and baggage fees.
Amtrak boasts free baggage for passengers after Southwest Airlines announces end to popular perk
Amtrak is reminding travelers that train passengers can bring one personal item and two carry-on items for free after ...
Screaming Southwest passenger strips naked on plane, shocking fellow flyers — including children
A Southwest flight bound for Phoenix, Arizona, was forced to return to the gate after an unruly passenger stripped naked and ...