For many Houston travelers, Southwest Airlines isn't just a preferred airline — it's the main reason they fly out of Hobby Airport. The airline’s budget-friendly policies and Hobby’s convenient location have long made it a go-to choice,

Southwest, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to bags for free, said 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.