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Southwest Airlines, Bag Policy

List of US Airlines Baggage Policies After Southwest Ends Free Bag Policy

Southwest Airlines will begin charging for checked bags on May 28, 2025, joining other major U.S. carriers in increasing baggage fees.

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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.

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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.

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Analysts retool Southwest Airlines stock price targets on cost-cutting

Customers who have a Southwest Airlines co-branded credit card can still get one bag for free, and customers in its top tiers ...

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Fliers Who Hauled Kitchen Sinks, Tire Rims Mourn Southwest’s Free Baggage Policy

Airline’s extreme generosity on checked luggage wasn’t just for chronic overpackers. Some used it for free shipping.

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Did Southwest Airlines just make a huge mistake?

Southwest is getting plenty of feedback on its decision to abandon its longstanding "bags fly free" policy — and it's not ...

Southwest Airlines Just Broke the $5 Chicken Rule, and There Goes What Once Made It Great

Now, Southwest Airlines is violating the $5 Chicken Rule. No, Southwest has never sold rotisserie chickens, but it has had quite a few identity-defining, loss-leading, customer-loving quirks through ...

Scott Maxwell: Stock down, bag fees up. Southwest’s woes hit Orlando hard

Maxwell: Southwest Airlines is ending its popular bags-fly-free program. The airline is No. 1 in Orlando, carrying 1 out of ...

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