Free checked bags are an endangered species on domestic flights — and are heading toward extinction later this year. Southwest will yank its fan-favorite policy that allowed passengers to fly with two ...

There will be exceptions: Customers who have a Southwest Airlines co-branded credit card can get one bag for free, and ...

Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice ...

Southwest Airlines is ending its beloved "bags fly free" policy. Here's when the new Southwest baggage fees start and who has ...

Southwest Airlines announced today that it will begin charging for checked bags for the first time in its half-century of ...

On Tuesday, Southwest announced it will end its “Bags Fly Free” policy, which allowed every passenger to check two bags at no charge. The company also announced a new, nonrefundable basic ...

Southwest Airlines boasts that its passengers' "bags fly free" — but not for long. Starting May 28 — just in time for the busy summer travel season — only Southwest's most elite Rapid ...

The change came as a shock to many travelers who fly Southwest because of the longstanding ... or more convenient because they had the free bag option," said Cosgrove. "They don’t have that ...

Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday that it plans to end its decades-long practice of offering two free checked bags to every customer.