Southwest Airlines, known for free bags and open seating, is overhauling policies, leaving loyalists questioning if it’s ...

The budget airline also strips other benefits for those paying the lowest fares. How to avoid checked bag fees.

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags. It's a significant change for the budget carrier, which ...

The carrier has not yet revealed what the cost will be of checking a bag. Southwest competitors Delta, United and American ...

Southwest Airlines is ending its free checked bags policy for many passengers. Some experts think customer loyalty could ...

The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant ...

"Clearly, there are some customers who chose them because of that, and now those customers are up for grabs," said Delta's ...

Last year, the Dallas-based airline announced it was doing away with another tradition, the open-boarding system.

Two recent plane crashes have caused some passengers to pull back on air travel plans, according to two of the airlines that ...

Attention Southwest Airlines passengers: you will soon no longer automatically get two free checked bags on flights. The ...

Southwest Airlines has changed its “bags fly free” policy and will now begin charging most customers a fee for checked bags, marking another major policy reversal for the budget airline.

The changes that go into effect on May 28 eliminates Southwest's long-standing practice of offering two free checked bags to ...