Southwest Airlines Is Getting Rid of Another Beloved Perk — Here's What’s Changing and When
The airline’s latest change comes after its July 2024 announcement that it will be ending its infamous open seating policy
Southwest Airlines To Scrap Major Perk
Southwest Airlines is set to start charging for checked bags for most passengers for the first time in its history.
Southwest Airlines dared to be different. Now it’s just like everyone else.
Frequent fliers are in mourning after Southwest said it will stop allowing two free checked bags for everyone, putting an end to a half-century perk.
Bags fly for a fee: Southwest Airlines cancels its free checked luggage perk
The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant shift at the company long prized by consumers for its perks.
Southwest Airlines will charge to check bags for first time — breaking longstanding tradition
Southwest credit card holders will also get one free checked bag. The airline did not disclose how much it would charge for a checked bag. Rivals like Delta, American and United charge $35 for passengers’ first checked bag. The fee is typically higher for a second bag.
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,
Amtrak Just Responded to Southwest Airlines’ Unpopular Change and It’s Brilliant
For the most part, those feelings ranged from disappointment to frustration that Southwest was eliminating one of the
Boston Southwest passengers unhappy airline is ending free checked bag perk
Southwest Airlines is getting rid of its most recognizable perk. The airline announced that it is doing away with free checked bags. It is a major shift for the airline, the company made free checked bags the staple of their business when they were started about 60 years ago.
Say Bon Voyage to Free Checked Bags. Southwest Airlines Ends Popular Perk
The budget airline also strips other benefits for those paying the lowest fares. How to avoid checked bag fees.
Why Southwest Airlines is getting rid of free checked bags
Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.
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