Southwest Airlines to end free checked bags. Here’s what it means for Washington travelers
Southwest Airlines will be changing its baggage policy this spring. Here's what to know before your next flight.
Southwest ditches free checked bag policy in end of era for airline
Customers will be charged for their first and second checked bags unless they hold top-tier loyalty status or are traveling on a business fare.
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 built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to two bags for free.
Southwest Airlines is charging for checked bags. Will loyal flyers stick around?
Maddi Bourgerie always chose to fly Southwest Airlines, even when there were more direct flight options on other carriers. For the last five years, the Austin-based marketing director and travel expert at RVshare and her husband have been committed to the carrier,
Southwest Airlines Just Axed This Travel Perk, but There Are Still Ways to Get It for Free
Southwest Airlines will begin charging for checked bags at the end of May. Amid sinking profits, the budget airline announced in a press release Tuesday that it's ending its long-standing policy of allowing passengers to check two bags for free,
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.
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.
U of I professor reacts to Southwest Airlines ending 'Bags Fly Free' policy
"Bags Fly Free" has been Southwest Airlines' slogan for years, but on Tuesday the airline announced they're bucking that trend.
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Southwest Airlines is slashing 15% of its corporate workforce, its first major layoffs in 53 years
Southwest Airlines is eliminating 1,750 jobs, or 15% of its corporate workforce, in the first major layoffs in the company's 53-year history. The Dallas-based airline said Monday that the job cuts ...
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Southwest Airlines will stop flying bags for free for most customers
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Southwest Airlines says first mass layoff won’t include BWI workers, operations
Southwest Airlines’ plans for its first-ever mass ... San Jose and Ontario in California; Seattle, Washington; and Portland, Oregon.
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, ...