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?
Southwest Airlines, known for free bags and open seating, is overhauling policies, leaving loyalists questioning if it’s still the airline they loved.
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.
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.
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.
Airline pilot unions split on response to Boeing 737 MAX engine risk
A March 6 letter to Alaska Airlines pilots from the chair of their union safety committee downplays the risk from a flaw in ...
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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 ...
Spirit Airlines, fresh from bankruptcy, is ready to take on the new Southwest, CEO says
Spirit Airlines emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, meeting its target to exit in the first quarter.
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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.