Many airlines, including American Airlines, don’t charge baggage fees on premium cabin fares. If you’re flying economy, plan on paying a fee to check your luggage. Booking a higher class will ...

American Airlines suffered a widespread outage with its flight information computer system, authorities with two affected ...

American Airlines and JetBlue hiked their baggage fees in February, following a fee increase by Alaska Air in January. A similar situation happened in 2018, when American, JetBlue and Alaska ...

Delta Airlines, WestJet and Southwestern are just a few of the major carriers to make changes to their baggage policy in 2025. Before your next journey, make sure to double-check the dimensions of ...

American Airlines shouldn't have charged you $80 for your checked luggage. So much for "free" bags. While I'm on the subject, let me object to the term "free" anything, and especially luggage.

Fast forward to today, and US airlines alone made $7.27bn from check-in baggage fees last year, according to federal figures. That is up from $7bn in 2023, and $5.76bn in 2019.