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Airline checked baggage fees

05/28/25

End of an era: Southwest Airlines no longer checks bags for free Passengers checking bags on Southwest Airlines must now do what passengers on other airlines do: pay for their checked bags. The carrier’s longstanding and much-loved “two bags fly free” policy ended May 28, 2025. Now Southwest Airlines passengers who don’t have a Southwest →

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Wine flies free on Alaska Airlines

09/24/13

Wine flies free on Alaska Airlines in Oregon, Washington and from one airport in California. →

United offers baggage/upgraded seating subscriptions

06/04/13

On Monday United Airlines announced subscription programs offering customers either a year-long access to seats with extra legroom in the Economy Plus section of the cabin, or a year’s worth of pre-paid checked baggage fees. United says it is the first domestic carrier offering these services in subscription form. Prices start at $499 for the →

New airline fees for the new year

12/28/12

While a winter storm caused many airlines to issue travel change fee waivers this week, there are several new fees scheduled to take place in the new year. Here’s a sampling: *United Airlines is raising the membership rates for the United Club. According to a notice on the United website: “Effective January 1, 2013, United →

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Viral video forces Delta to change bag fees for soldiers

06/09/11

Soldiers charged $2800 for extra baggage force Delta - and other airlines - to change their policies on bag fees for activity military →

Changes galore in fees and service charges on Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air

04/22/10

Heads up, Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air customers. A bunch of changes to the airlines’ fees and services were announced today. The news is good and bad… Here’s a rundown: Effective for travel on or after June 16 for tickets purchased beginning May 1. Checked bags and baggage service guarantee It will cost you $20 →

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Improving the odds of having your baggage arrive when you do.

02/26/10

My Well Mannered Traveler column – Mishandled baggage: Mission Accomplished? – on MSNBC.com this week is all about the odds of having your checked baggage arrive at your destination airport when you do – and the airlines’ efforts to improve those odds. The good news is that those odds have been improving. According to statistics →

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