✈ A Guide to Airline Checked Baggage Fees (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE:

A Traveler’s Guide to Airline Checked Baggage Fees.

By Nicole Gill Council, AARP. Published March 28, 2025.

Southwest will begin charging for the first two checked bags on May 28. Here’s what to know about the other carriers’ fees.

When Southwest Airlines announced on March 11 that only select customers would qualify for free checked bags, it sent a shockwave through the industry. Southwest built its brand on free checked bags.

“Southwest is doing a 180-degree shift from its long history of free bags and will start doing what almost every U.S. airline does: charging customers for checked bags, effective May 28,” says Sean Cudahy, senior aviation reporter at The Points Guy.

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