Southwest Ends Free Check Bags

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Goodbye to 'bags fly free' on Southwest, the last airline freebie in America

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Southwest will start charging for checked bags for the first time in its 50 years of flying.

Thousands of Southwest customers complained about the loss of the free checked bags.

Southwest shares jumped this week after it announced the fees, while its rivals' stock prices dropped.

The airline is under pressure to increase profits as big competitors outpace the airline.

Southwest Airlines announced on Tuesday that it will no longer charge for checked bags.

The airline's CEO said it would lose $1.8 billion of market share.

But thousands joined in consumers' cri de coeur : "It's not like we traded Luka ," a reference to Luka Doncic trade.

"We have a series of work streams that are underway with our with our current operations, to make this not impact our turn times," COO Andrew Watterson said in an interview. Time will tell how it shakes out. For now, we have the $ 1.50 Costco hot dogs..

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