Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.

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.

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

“We have tremendous opportunity to meet current and future customer needs, attract new …

When it comes to satirical comedies, few films are as iconic and memorable as those produced by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker. The trio set the gold standard for comedy spoofs with films like Airplane, Top Secret!, and The Naked Gun, and soon you can grab all three of those classic movies in a new 4K Blu-ray release aptly titled ZAZ: The Collection. Preorders for the $50 collection are live at Amazon ahead of its November 19 release date.

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The latest major update for Helldivers 2, titled Omens of Tyranny, is live right now, having been announced during The Game Awards. The patch adds the mind-controlling Illuminate civilization to the game: a faction that uses psychic powers to overtake Super Earth citizens and transform them into mindless thralls.

As seen in the trailer that was released during The Game Awards, the update also adds a Jeep-like vehicle to the game and new urban environments, as well. Only time will tell how these new additions affect the flow of the ongoing conflict to defend Super Earth, as this update means the Game Masters that affect the enemy strategies in the background of Helldivers 2 now have more toys to play with as they attempt to outsmart players’ efforts.

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Octopath Traveler II, was made available on numerous platforms–including PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5–when it launched in February 2023. But the first entry in Square Enix’s hit RPG series, the original Octopath Traveler, still remains unavailable to PlayStation users. Fortunately, it looks like that’s about to change.

Recently, the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee rated Octopath Traveler II for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. The sequel’s release on Xbox is something fans of the franchise have known about since it was announced in September 2023, but the Taiwanese game-rating committee’s official website also contains a surprise: The committee has rated the original Octopath Traveler for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, suggesting it will soon join its …

MLB The Show 25 will be out this March, and as the first game in years to not release on day one for Game Pass, Sony’s San Diego Studio had to make the case for you to spend your money at launch. New features coming to the game this year might just do that, with the sometimes-stagnant Road to the Show mode getting a big upgrade and Diamond Dynasty ditching a system players took issue with.

Rather than complete a simple combine exercise before getting drafted by an MLB team, this year’s Road to the Show mode will let you begin your career as a high-school player before making the jump to college and the pros.

Authentic amateur-level audio has been included specifically for this, such as the loud “ping” of aluminum bats and the distinct crash of a player hitting a chain-link f…

The Pokemon anime is still going strong over 25 years after Ash chose Pikachu, but Pokemon: Ultimate Journeys brought Ash’s quest to become the very best to a close last year Come from malaysia online casino . The anime has since continued without Ash and his best pal, but multiple DVD releases starring the popular Pokemon master are still on the horizon. Most notably, Ash’s farewell in Pokemon: Ultimate Journeys is available to preorder now at Amazon. Plus, you can get a nice discount on Pokemon XY: The Complete Series ahead of its release next month.

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