After five decades, the airline is eliminating free checked bags for most passengers. For more than five decades, Southwest Airlines has allowed passengers to check two bags for free. It’s been such a part of the airline’s identity that it even has a registered slogan: “Two Bags Fly Free.”

Southwest Airlines will begin charging for checked bags at the end of May. Amid sinking profits, the budget airline announced in a press release Tuesday that it's ending its long-standing policy of allowing passengers to check two bags for free,

Amtrak is reminding travelers that train passengers can bring one personal item and two carry-on items for free after Southwest Airlines announced a change to its free baggage policy.

Southwest Airlines is getting rid of its most recognizable perk. The airline announced that it is doing away with free checked bags. It is a major shift for the airline, the company made free checked bags the staple of their business when they were started about 60 years ago.

Southwest Airlines abandons one of its biggest perks: free checked bags. The airline announced that it would charge for first time in company history.

Southwest Airlines is set to start charging for checked bags for most passengers for the first time in its history.