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Southwest introduces bag fees, basic economy fares, flight credit expirations and dynamic award pricing. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click ...

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers to check their bags, ending a long-standing “bags fly free” policy that inspired loyalty and differentiated the brand from its competitors.

Bags no longer fly free RIP “Bags Fly Free.” The airline is going to have to spend a lot of money changing the “Bags Fly Free ...

Attention Southwest Airlines passengers: you will soon no longer automatically get two free checked bags on flights. The airline announced Tuesday that some customers enrolled in its rewards ...

Southwest, the Texas-based airline with a hub in Nashville, announced Tuesday that it's shaking up its baggage policy. Currently, every Southwest flyer gets two free checked bags up to 50 pounds each.

DALLAS — Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives have described as key to differentiating ...

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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 ...

Sothwest Airlines is ending its free checked bag policy. Southwest Airlines announced the end of its signature "bags fly free" policy, a move that could significantly alter the airline's ...