[Rainger99]

If you think of Southwest Airlines, you think of one thing! Bags fly free. Now that is ending. That used to be the main attraction to flying Southwest.

Southwest is getting rid of its free checked baggage | CNN Business

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

If you think of Southwest Airlines, you think of one thing! Bags fly free. Now that is ending. That used to be the main attraction to flying Southwest.

Southwest is getting rid of its free checked baggage | CNN Business

Hmmm, no longer any reason for us to fly Southwest anymore. They're busy feeding stockholders.

[Stu from NYC]

Sad to see them charge for bags

[fdpaq0580]

Hey! Let the old Bags buy a ticket like the rest of us. 🤬

[kansasr]

And starting next year they're doing away with their process for seating (which, once you got used to it, wasn't that bad.) If you want to pay more, you can pick your seat, otherwise one will be assigned to you the day before your flight!

I for one, don't see any reason to fly SW any more....they're just like the other bargain carriers.

[manaboutown]

I have not flown SW since maybe 1990. I do remember el cheapo peanut flights when SW first started in 1971. I was young and it was fun to fly somewhere for a getaway. Although I have flown American as a frequent flier since the early 1980s I mostly flew AmericaWest which merged into USAirways which merged into American. I can't remember the last time I paid for a checked bag as I have almost 3,000,000 miles with American and get up to three free checked bags and some other perks. It does pay to stick with one airline year after year.

[Topspinmo]

I liked SW due to mostly direct flight where I was going or little layovers. Plus they had good safety record and boarding was controlled. Now days don’t matter too many flying now so it’s cattle car no matter what airline chose full of rude self absorbed think their special.

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by Aces4

Hmmm, no longer any reason for us to fly Southwest anymore. They're busy feeding stockholders.

So what airline will you switch to that isn't feeding their stockholders?

[Dotneko]

I fly SW all the time for weekend business trips. Never needed to check a bag. The new policy wont impact me one bit. I like SW routes - lots of non-stops to TX and the midwest.
Delta cant fly 100 miles without stopping in Atlanta. American has to go through Charlotte. Jet Blue just flies the eastern corridor. United is outrageously expensive for no reason I can fathom. Im currently liking Breeze, but they need more routes.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by JoMar

So what airline will you switch to that isn't feeding their stockholders?

Whichever one has the best price/most convenient flight for wherever I'm going. They all stink. (That's not the word I would have chosen were it not the forum.)

[CarlR33]

Originally Posted by Dotneko

I fly SW all the time for weekend business trips. Never needed to check a bag. The new policy wont impact me one bit. I like SW routes - lots of non-stops to TX and the midwest.
Delta cant fly 100 miles without stopping in Atlanta. American has to go through Charlotte. Jet Blue just flies the eastern corridor. United is outrageously expensive for no reason I can fathom. Im currently liking Breeze, but they need more routes.

Same here don’t check a bag and if I do then they charge like the other airlines, right? Pack lighter and combine stuff with the misses and you will be fine.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Whichever one has the best price/most convenient flight for wherever I'm going. They all stink. (That's not the word I would have chosen were it not the forum.)

The days of having loyalty to a single airline are long gone

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by JoMar

So what airline will you switch to that isn't feeding their stockholders?

Some airline stockholders are greedier than others. Have you seen the profits being raked in lately?

But we don't plan on using airlines any longer. We've done the long, extensive trips through the years and now prefer travel by our own vehicle. We'll leave the stockyards, eh, make that airports to the those people who are willing to endure them.

[Susan1717]

I never check a bag so it won’t affect me, but if they start charging for a seat, different story. The only thing they have going for them is the ease of changing flights with no charge. Anyone going to Atlanta? They are about to drop direct flights from airports like lauderdale etc. they may soon not be a good choice as I will not take any flight unless it’s direct.

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Aces4

Some airline stockholders are greedier than others. Have you seen the profits being raked in lately?

But we don't plan on using airlines any longer. We've done the long, extensive trips through the years and now prefer travel by our own vehicle. We'll leave the stockyards, eh, make that airports to the those people who are willing to endure them.

Tough to get to Europe without flying! Although you could cruise.

I dread flying anymore but in 8 hours you can be in Europe and in 24 hours you can be almost anywhere in the world!