Southwest Airlines sets date for new charges, changed policies
The controversial change will be here before you know it.
Southwest Airlines has made a number of big changes recently, including eliminating its free checked bags, putting new rules in place for portable chargers, and starting to prepare the cabin for landing at an 18,000-foot altitude instead of at 10,000 feet.
Some of these changes, such as preparing the cabin a little earlier, are largely going to go unnoticed by passengers because they do not impact their flying experience very much. Requiring portable chargers to be visible and out of bags when they are charging devices also makes good sense, given that the batteries that power them have proved prone to causing fires.
