Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all ...

Southwest Airlines will be removing its free-check bag benefit from many fare classes. The airline will still provide free checked bags to its Business Select fare class, and other frequent flyer ...

Southwest Airlines has modified the earning levels of points on several fare classes. The discount carrier will increase points of its expensive fares, and decrease points of its more affordable ...

Southwest Airlines could lose a portion of leisure travelers to rivals with its latest decision to start charging for checked bags, according to an industry expert. It was a policy – along with ...

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 ...

A Southwest Airlines flight avoided a "possible conflict with another aircraft" Tuesday morning before landing safely at Chicago Midway Airport, the airline said. Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 ...

A Southwest Airlines plane and a private business jet narrowly avoided a collision at Chicago's Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning, CBS News has confirmed. Video shows Southwest ...

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 ...

Southwest is sunsetting another beloved perk. The airline on Tuesday said it will end its decades-old free bag check policy – another break from tradition as the company tries to ward off ...

Months after ditching its open seating policy, Southwest Airlines is ending its most recognizable perks: Free checked baggage. The airline will begin charging for the first and second checked bag ...

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty 2025 is a year of controversial changes for Southwest Airlines. After announcing that it was doing away with its loved-or-loathed open seating policy ...