checked bags

The rules for checking a bag with airlines can be confusing. It gets even more complicated when you’re connecting between two different airlines. And in 2025, it’s just as tricky …

When suitcases are coming around the baggage carousel, passengers cram shoulder to shoulder, hoping to see their bags quickly and easily, so they can grab them and “get outta there.” …

Checking a bag when you fly always feels like a gamble. Will your suitcase show up on time? Will it show up at all? While most bags eventually make it …

Sometimes an airline will make a big change, such as Southwest’s announcement last week. Sometimes the change is small but can potentially impact passengers in big ways. Such is the …

Airlines always like to claim they’re different from all the rest. Yet save for name, logo and routes, they all sure do seem to do the same things, especially the …

Although airlines are still (begrudgingly) working through allowing families to sit together for free, they do, at least, allow young families to check a stroller and car seat for free. …

Do you notice that when one travel company makes changes, others seem to follow shortly thereafter? One such example is the introduction of baggage fees by airlines such as American …

Remember when you used to fly, you could check your bag for free? Yeah, those days are long gone. Nearly all U.S.-based airlines charge a fee for checked bags up …

If you were wondering how long it would take Delta and American to match the increase in checked bag fees started by JetBlue and United, we now have an answer. …