Southwest Airlines no longer includes two free checked bags for all fares. Here’s who still qualifies, how much fees cost, ...

Earlier this year, Southwest Airlines announced several major policy changes in an attempt to boost the airline's slumping ...

Credit Cards: If you have an American Airlines AAdvantage credit card, you get your first checked bag free on domestic flights. Elite Status: AAdvantage elite members get free bags based on their ...

Travelers say the free bag policy is why they chose to fly Southwest in the first place. Screen said, "What gets it over the hump is the two free checked bags because that makes a difference ...

Southwest will continue to offer two free checked bags to Rapid Rewards A-List preferred members and customers traveling on Business Select fares, and one free checked bag to A-List members and ...

Bags don’t fly free with Southwest any longer. In March, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announced a major change to its longstanding bags-fly-free policy: checked bags, for the most part, would ...

DALLAS — DALLAS — Time has run out for travelers to book Southwest flights with free checked bags. Southwest Airlines' longstanding baggage policy allowed passengers two free checked bags with ...

The checked bag fees will apply to any tickets booked starting on May 28 for Basic, Wanna Get Away Plus and Anytime fares. Free checked bags will still be available for some people.

However, if the ticket for that flight was bought before Wednesday, May 28, customers will still be able to have two free checked bags. There are some exceptions to this policy, however.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The end of the era, no more free checked bags. Southwest is now charging for checked bags. The airline now charges $35 for a first checked bag and $45 for a second checked bag.

Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Southwest Airlines built its brand on letting your bags fly free. But recent changes have started to chip away at that promise. While the airline still offers some ...