But for more than 50 years, American consumers could count on Southwest Airlines letting them check bags for free.

There will be exceptions: Customers who have a Southwest Airlines co-branded credit card can get one bag for free, and ...

Southwest Airlines is ending its beloved "bags fly free" policy. Here's when the new Southwest baggage fees start and who has ...

The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant ...

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags. It's a significant change for the budget carrier, which ...

Southwest will start charging passengers for checked luggage and sell basic economy tickets, as the maverick airline becomes ...

Southwest Airlines announced today that it will begin charging for checked bags for the first time in its half-century of ...

Frequent flyers woke up to some turbulence on Tuesday morning. The iconic “Bags fly free” slogan for Southwest Airlines is ...

"Bags fly free" was a staple slogan for the Dallas-based airline, which trademarked the phrase in 2012. Members of ...

For a number of reasons, airfare prices have gone up and amenities like luggage check-in have are no longer free. Don’t expect that to change soon because the problems facing airlines ...

It’s evident in the recent announcement by Southwest Airlines: no more “bags fly free”; enter “bags fly for a fee.” It’s ...

It's a money-making business after all and Southwest hasn't been making enough of it. Nearly six decades after its founding, ...