Only Southwest Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred Members and Business Select fare passengers will continue to receive two free checked bags. A-List Members and select customers will receive one free checked bag, while Rapid Rewards Credit Card members will receive a credit for one checked bag.

Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Airlines announced this week that it will be ending its long-standing policy that two bags fly free for every ticketholder.

Southwest will start charging for checked bags for the first time in its 50 years of flying. Thousands of Southwest customers complained about the loss of the free checked bags. Southwest shares jumped this week after it announced the fees,