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Southwest’s bag fees and other changes could backfire, Fitch warns

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A Southwest Airlines jet approaches Midway Airport on Dec. 15, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) John J. Kim | Chicago Tribune | Getty Images Southwest Airlines ' new policies such as charging for checked bags for the first time could backfire, Fitch Ratings said Thursday. Southwest…

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Southwest Is Changing Its Bag Policy. You Won’t Like It.

Southwest Airlines is doing away with the one policy that made the carrier stand out from the competition. Starting May 28, the airline will no longer allow every passenger two free checked bags. Southwest is dropping that longstanding—and obviously very popular—policy as it applies to most customers. Instead, only Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred Members and…

March 12, 202541Views

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What Southwest Airlines is changing, from bag fees to basic economy

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX is pushed back from the gate at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, Aug. 24, 2024. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday what was once unthinkable: it will start charging customers to check their luggage. It's a $300 million gamble. Last year,…

March 11, 202553Views

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Airlines Are Shrinking Carry-On Sizes, Forcing Travelers to Pay Checked Bag Fees

Your carry-on hand baggage may not be small enough anymore. A new furor is unfolding in the skies as airlines are caught drastically reducing the maximum permitted size of carry-on bags on commercial flights. Unnoticed by many casual travelers, the volume of an allowed carry-on bag on some popular airlines has been cut as much…

January 5, 202597Views

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10 Surprising Things That Could Trigger a Bag Search at the Airport

Most travelers already know the warnings about packing hazardous and prohibited items—we're well informed to avoid sharp objects, flammable liquids, and firearms. But at airport security checkpoints, plenty of innocent, nonhazardous items can appear hazardous on scanning screens and trigger a time-consuming hand search. New scanner technology has finally enabled airport security officers to differentiate…

May 2, 2024172Views

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How to Use Delta, American, United, and Southwest Bag Trackers

Southwest Airlines recently became the latest U.S. carrier to roll out a bag-tracking tool for customers. Now live on both the airline’s website and mobile app, the service allows customers to view the status of checked luggage from the point it’s dropped off to when it's loaded and then unloaded from the plane. It’s a…

April 30, 2024174Views

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American Airlines Raises Bag Fees, Will Ban Some Booking Sites from Points Eligibility

It's almost as if the corporations dominating our lives are determined to make back whatever they missed during the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The cost of living is spiraling upward in multiple areas of Americans' lives, but that didn't stop American Airlines from piling on the misery by springing another fee hike on…

April 26, 2024175Views

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Now JetBlue Has Hiked Bag Fees, Too—Quietly and by a Lot

Yesterday we told you that American Airlines decided to spring another fee hike for checked baggage on travelers. Well, airlines tend to raise fees in packs. JetBlue has also surprised customers this month by slamming them with the carrier's own inflation of bag fees. On JetBlue, it now costs $45 to check one bag and another…

April 26, 2024146Views

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United Airlines, Matching Its Competition, Hikes Checked Bag Fees

What's the point of having "competition" among airlines if they all raise prices in lockstep? Perhaps United Airlines believed that it could minimize news coverage of the deed by announcing it on a Friday. But we caught it: The airline has hiked baggage fees for all flights in North America, from $35 to $40. That's…

April 26, 2024513Views