The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant shift at the company long prized by consumers for its perks.

The bag charges will apply to flights booked on or after May 28. Customers with loyalty status will still be able to check one or two bags for free. Southwest Airlines will stop offering two free checked bags to most customers.

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags. It's a significant change for the budget carrier, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to two bags for free.

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A guide to Southwest Airlines' baggage policies, including carry-on guidelines, baggage rules and baggage fees.

Starting May 28, Southwest will begin charging most passengers for checked luggage, officially ending its longtime “Bags Fly Free” policy. The airline also said that it will implement a new Basic rate on its lowest-priced tickets purchased on or after May 28.

Southwest Airlines will soon end its popular “bags fly free” policy, the carrier announced in an email to customers Tuesday morning.

Southwest Airlines will start charging many customers for checked bags in late May, marking the end of a longtime perk for the airline.

Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday that it plans to end its decades-long practice of offering two free checked bags to every customer.

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.

Southwest Airlines made the unpopular decision to change its bag policy, restricting free checked bags to only its A-List Preferred, A-List and Rapid Rewards credit-card-holding customers (previously,