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Southwest Airlines starts charging many flyers to check bags this week

Travel NewsMay 26, 202575Views

Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on Feb. 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Set your alarm. Southwest Airlines customers have only one day to go before the company starts charging to check bags for the first time in more than half…

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Delta Tells Passengers to Arrive Earlier if They Have Bags

If you're flying Delta Air Lines in the domestic United States, make sure you bring a watch and a diversion. You'll now have to get to the airport even earlier to obtain the full service you paid for. Before this week, the airline told customers they could check in at the airport as late as…

May 1, 202539Views

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Save Money on Checked Luggage! The Best Carry-On Bags That…

When airlines began charging to check bags, they also ushered in the era of "gate lice." That's modern slang for people who jockey for early boarding to their flights in order to score valuable storage space on the plane and save a buck. Regular flyers know that carry-on size limits can vary wildly, especially on…

April 4, 202596Views

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Frontier Airlines offers free checked bags promo in swipe at Southwest

Frontier Airlines took a swipe at Southwest Airlines ' plan to start charging for seat assignments and checked luggage by doing the opposite. Budget carrier Frontier said customers can receive a bundle that includes a seat assignment and a carry-on bag without an upcharge if they book Tuesday through March 24…

March 18, 202565Views

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Goodbye to ‘bags fly free’ on Southwest Airlines, the last freebie in America

Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on Feb. 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Almost nothing is guaranteed in life. Certainly not weather, electricity, health, tariffs or eggs. But for more than 50 years, American consumers could count on Southwest Airlines letting…

March 15, 202573Views

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Southwest Airlines will charge for checked bags for first time

Ground operations employees load baggage onto a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft on the tarmac at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images It's happening: Southwest Airlines will start charging passengers to check bags for the first time. It's a stunning reversal that shows…

March 11, 202567Views

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Bags Stolen From Baggage Claim: The Airlines’ Big Luggage Security Problem

Many travelers won't know or remember this, but there was a time when airline passengers had to to present a claim check in order to pick up their luggage after flights. Until the early 1980s, it was standard for passengers to be asked by a security representative in the baggage claim area to match the…

January 8, 2025113Views

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Flight Status, Translation, Conversion, Measuring Bags, More

You can use the iPhone's ability to understand what's depicted in images to help clarify and organize your memories of your vacations. For example, if you took a picture of a major landmark as you fly by in a taxi but you don't remember or know what it was called, you can often find the…

December 31, 202461Views

Translate Signs, Get Flight Status, Measure Bags, More

May 14, 2024139Views

15+ Amazing Travel Tricks Your iPhone Can Already Do for Free, From Translation to Flight Status to Measuring Bags

May 6, 2024167Views