SHAME: Southwest Bag Check Fees Ruin Kansas City Airport?!?

For those who don't know . . .

MCI is basically just a big Southwest hub with a ridiculous & unnecessary number of restaurant options.

And now . . .

Another glimpse at inflation confronts cowtown travelers . . . Take a peek: 

Southwest, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to two bags for free, said Tuesday that people who haven’t either reached the upper tiers of its Rapid Rewards loyalty program, bought a business class ticket or hold the airline’s credit card will have to pay for checked bags.

The airline did not outline the fee schedule but said the new policy would start with flights booked on May 28.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Southwest Airlines breaks with another tradition and checked bags will cost you now

Southwest Airlines says it's going to begin charging certain customers a fee to check bags, as the budget airline continues to look for ways to increase its revenue.