Only Southwest Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred Members and Business Select fare passengers will continue to receive two free checked bags. A-List Members and select customers will receive one free checked bag, while Rapid Rewards Credit Card members will receive a credit for one checked bag.

Southwest remains the largest carrier at the Midland Airport, where it led all airlines with 354,928 flights last year. While passengers can still check up to two bags for free wi

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags. It's a significant change for the budget carrier, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to two bags for free.

Two recent plane crashes have caused some passengers to pull back on air travel plans, according to two of the airlines that had those crashes. Southwest Airlines is ending its long-standing free checked bag policy for most passengers, starting May 28, 2025.

Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Airlines announced this week that it will be ending its long-standing policy that two bags fly free for every ticketholder.

Southwest will start charging for checked bags for the first time in its 50 years of flying. Thousands of Southwest customers complained about the loss of the free checked bags. Southwest shares jumped this week after it announced the fees,

And in this case, the days of checking your bags for free with Southwest Airlines are ending. The airline recently announced that ticket holders who book flights on or after May 28th will pay a fee to check their bags.