It is the last day to reserve a flight on South Western Airlines without being subjected to fees to verify the bags after the airline abandoned contracts for contracts for contracts that executive officials in last fall as a key to discrimination Budget From its competitors.
the Airlines She announced the change in March, saying that the new policy will start with the trips that were booked on Wednesday.
Southwest has built years of advertising campaigns about its policy of allowing passengers to examine two free bags. Under its new policy, he bought people who did not reach the highest levels of the Rapid Rewards Loyalty Program, bought a business ticket, or will have to the airline credit card payment against the bags that have been examined.
SouthWest will continue to provide two free bags that have been examined for rapid bonuses for members and members traveling in the field of business, and a free bag examined for the members of A list A and other chosen customers. Passengers with fast bonus credit cards will get a one -bag scanned.
Fees will be imposed on people who do not qualify for these groups to check the bags. The airline said in March that it will also offer a new basic fee for its lowest tickets when the change applies.
In September, the airline estimated that the bags of bags that would bring about $ 1.5 billion a year, but it cost the airline $ 1.8 billion of missing business from customers who chose flying in the southwest due to generous luggage allowance.
The southwest did not immediately respond to the request to comment on the new checked bags, but most major airlines usually receive between $ 35 and $ 40 for the checked bags.
last policy This will be valid on Wednesday, the southwest, which is asking the passengers to maintain mobile charging devices at the sight of the horizon while using it due to concerns about the increasing number of Lithium ion battery fires.
These are not the only changes in the southwest. Dallas Airline has previously announced that it will leave behind the southwest traditions, which is the open navigation system it used for more than 50 years. Southwest expects flights with passengers to start passengers In custom seats Next year.
The airline also said last year that it will get Implementing additional fees on customers to get more legs space It offers red eye trips.
Southwest Recently It is under pressure from active investors to increase profits and revenues. Airlines I reached a truce In October with the Elliott Investment Management Fund to avoid the Battle of an agent, but Elliot won many seats on the company’s board of directors.
The airline announced in February that it was Judiciary 1750 jobs, or 15 % of the companies ‘workforce, at the first workers’ demobilization in the company’s 53 -year -old history.
