Southwest Airlines will begin charging for checked bags at the end of May. Amid sinking profits, the budget airline announced ...

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

Less than a year ago, the Dallas-based airline announced it was doing away with another tradition, the open-boarding system ...

After announcing it would start adding bag fees, is Southwest catching up to its competition or is it losing its uniqueness?

Starting May 28 — just in time for the busy summer travel season — only ... Just last September, Southwest CEO Bob Jordan told Van Cleave bags would continue to fly without charge.

The bag charges will apply to flights booked on or after May 28. Customers with loyalty status will still be able to check one or two bags at no charge. Southwest Airlines will stop offering two free ...

Southwest officials in the release said the changes are "aimed to deepen and reward loyalty between Southwest and its most ...

Southwest Airlines will introduce checked bag fees for passengers without elite status. Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred and Business Select members will get free bags.

Starting May 28, just in time for the busy summer travel season, only Southwest's most elite Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred members and passengers who book their top-tier Business Select fares will ...

Southwest Airlines is ending its “bags fly free” policy, introducing checked baggage fees for most travelers beginning May 28 ...

Southwest Airlines for flights booked on or after May 28 will end its "two bags fly free" policy and begin to charge most travelers for first- and second-checked bags, the company announced Tuesday.