The carrier has not yet revealed what the cost will be of checking a bag. Southwest competitors Delta, United and American Airlines charge $35 per bag for travelers to check luggage. If you're ...

Starting May 28, that will only apply to Southwest Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred Members and the Business Select class.

Southwest Airlines will begin charging some customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives ...

For decades now, we the people have been remarkably tolerant of all the nickel-and-diming the air travel industrial complex has unleashed on us. (That’s largely because of rampant industry ...

The Dallas-based airline announced that starting on May 28, most passengers will have to begin paying to check their bags.

Last year, the airline announced plans to do away with another uniquely Southwest policy: its open, no-assigned-seats ...

The new bag policy is rolling out just before Southwest switches to assigned seating like other U.S. airlines.

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

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

It's the end of an era. Free checked bags will soon be a thing of the past for some Southwest Airlines customers.

Passengers at Kansas City International airport were surprised to learn Tuesday about Southwest Airlines’ decision to charge ...

Southwest said it would still offer two free checked bags to its Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred Members and to customers who bought Business Select tickets.