Credit cards with a free checked bag
8 cards in the catalogue list a free checked bag among their benefits, none of them without an annual fee. Those with a stated limit come first, largest first.
Read this first
This list comes from each issuer's benefit summary, read on the month shown beside each card. Summaries leave out the exclusions, the claim limits per year and the conditions — often that the whole trip or purchase has to go on the card — so read the card's full guide to benefits before you rely on one. 29 of the 69 cards in the catalogue have no benefits recorded here yet and are left out, so a card missing from this list may still have it.
| Card | Annual fee | What the summary says | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bank of America |
$95 | First checked bag free on Alaska and Hawaiian for you and companions |
2026-09 |
|
Citi |
$99 | First checked bag free on domestic American itineraries |
2026-09 |
|
Chase |
$99 | First checked bag free for you and up to eight passengers on the same reservation |
2026-09 |
|
American Express |
$150 | First checked bag free on Delta flights for you and companions |
2026-09 |
|
Chase |
$150 | First checked bag free on United for you and a companion |
2026-09 |
|
American Express |
$350 | First checked bag free |
2026-09 |
|
Chase |
$350 | First and second checked bags free on United for you and a companion |
2026-09 |
|
American Express |
$650 | First checked bag free and priority boarding |
2026-09 |
Rewards rates are a separate question — each card's page says what it earns and whether its fee pays for itself. How the data here is kept, and how fresh it is.
Other benefits
- Credit cards with primary rental car insurance
- Credit cards with secondary rental car insurance
- Credit cards with cell phone protection
- Credit cards with purchase protection
- Credit cards with extended warranty protection
- Credit cards with trip delay insurance
- Credit cards with baggage insurance
- Credit cards with Priority Pass lounge access
Which of your cards covers this?
Cardful's cheat sheet lists the benefits across the cards you carry, side by side.