Southwest Airlines Just Abandoned Another Big Advantage. Will Passengers Even Notice?
That’s the very sentimental view of a new story that’s emerged out of Southwest Airlines, which for many years had a unique advantage that most passengers never would have noticed, although they ...
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Southwest backtracks yet again with another big change — to its boarding process
Southwest Airlines will switch up its boarding process in a big way once the carrier shifts to assigned seating.
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Southwest adds 3 routes, but cuts 5 others in winter schedule extension
The Dallas-based airline will add three routes later this year, including two from one of the airline's fastest-growing ...
SWA flight diverts to DFW, five hours later completes 10-minute leg to Love Field
A spokesperson for Dallas-based Southwest Airlines said that after a delay, passengers were put on another aircraft to Dallas ...
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 Removed From Service After Laptop Fire Breaks Out In Reno
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 was reportedly taken out of service after a fire broke out inside the aircraft upon ...
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Southwest Airlines’ looming baggage fees don’t fly with passengers
There was a certain egalitarianism to flying on Southwest. The airline has now destroyed any advantage there was to flying on it. Southwest, please don’t call yourself a discount airline any longer.
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Southwest Airlines Just Axed This Travel Perk, but There Are Still Ways to Get It for Free
Southwest Airlines will begin charging for checked bags at the end of May. Amid sinking profits, the budget airline announced in a press release Tuesday that it's ending its long-standing policy of ...
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Southwest Airlines is charging for checked bags. Will loyal flyers stick around?
Southwest Airlines is adding a new Basic fare and will begin charging for baggage on May 28. The airline has also recently made changes including assigned seating, offering fares on Expedia ...
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Southwest Airlines announces checked baggage fees: When it starts and what it could cost
Bags are no longer getting a free ride on Southwest Airlines. The carrier announced on March 11 that it will start charging passengers to check bags, ending a long-standing policy that allowed ...
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‘I wish they didn’t do that’: Southwest flyers unhappy airline dropping free bag policy
The Whitacre family of Waco tag their baggage and check-in before boarding their Southwest Airlines flight at Dallas Love Field on March 11, 2025. The airline announced today that they will be ...
Times Union19d
Southwest Airlines scraps 'Bags Fly Free' policy
convenient flights to destinations you want, and a travel experience that is rewarding,” Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan said in the email. “You can count on the Heart of Southwest ...
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Southwest customers react to airline’s end to change in free checked-bag policy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday it would end its free checked-back policy. They will now join every major airline in charging for checked bags. This decision came ...