Southwest
Airlines Baggage Information - 2006
Checked Baggage
- Screening and Identification: Checked
baggage will be screened and is subject to physical inspection. Customers
may be required to present identification.
- Regulations
require name identification on the outside.
- We
recommend placing identification on the inside of baggage, too.
- Baggage Allowance: For each
ticketed Customer, Southwest allows three (3) checked pieces, each piece
of which having outside measurements (i.e., the sum of the greatest outside
length plus the greatest outside width plus the greatest outside height)
not exceeding sixty-two (62) inches, not weighing more than fifty (50)
pounds per piece
Carryon Baggage
Strict
limitations are being imposed on carryon items.
·
Carryon Baggage Allowance: One (1) item of carryon
baggage that does not exceed external dimensions of ten inches by sixteen
inches by twenty-four inches (10 x 16 x 24)
·
plus one (1) smaller personal-type item (e.g., purse,
briefcase, laptop computer case, backpack, small camera), provided that such
items are capable of being carried onboard the aircraft by one person without
additional assistance and are capable of being stowed under a seat or in an
overhead compartment.