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Southwest's bag fees and other changes could backfire, Fitch warns

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Fitch puts Southwest Airlines on "negative" outlook, says it could become less financially conservative.

The airline is reversing its decades-old two "bags fly free" policy for checked luggage in May .

Fitch: "Items aimed at improving profitability such as the introduction of bag fees and expiring flight credits risk eroding Southwest 's competitive strengths".

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